charger.gloss

Class GenericTypeDescriptor

Object

charger.gloss.AbstractTypeDescriptor

charger.gloss.GenericTypeDescriptor

public class GenericTypeDescriptor
extends AbstractTypeDescriptor

Encapsulation of a user-defined ("free-form") type descriptor.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	tagName

Fields inherited from class charger.gloss.AbstractTypeDescriptor

definition, eol, label, legalPartsOfSpeech, partofspeech, validated

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GenericTypeDescriptor() Create an empty type descriptor, without any content.
GenericTypeDescriptor(String lab, String pos, String def) Create a new generic type descriptor, with the given contents .

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static AbstractTypeDescriptor	getInstanceFromXML(org.xml.sax.Attributes attrs) Parses the XML parms that go along with the tag in getTagName().
static AbstractTypeDescriptor	getInstanceFromXMLDOM(org.w3c.dom.Element elem)
static String	getTagName() Gives the tag name that will be used by XML to represent this descriptor
String	toString()
String	toXML(String indent) Translate the descriptor into XML.

Methods inherited from class charger.gloss.AbstractTypeDescriptor

equals, getDefinition, getLabel, getPOS, getTrimmedString, isValidated, setDefinition, setLabel, setValidated

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

tagName

public static String tagName

Constructor Detail

GenericTypeDescriptor

public GenericTypeDescriptor()

Create an empty type descriptor, without any content.

GenericTypeDescriptor

public GenericTypeDescriptor(String lab,
                             String pos,
                             String def)

Create a new generic type descriptor, with the given contents .

Parameters:

lab - the term to which this descriptor applies.

pos - the part of speech as a string

def - The definition part of this descriptor, possibly including exemplars, usage, etc.

See Also:

TypeDescriptor#legalPartsOfSpeech

Method Detail

getTagName

public static String getTagName()

Gives the tag name that will be used by XML to represent this descriptor

toXML

public String toXML(String indent)

Translate the descriptor into XML.

Specified by:

toXML in class AbstractTypeDescriptor

Parameters:

indent - For convenience, what is the current indentation prefix?

Returns:

a self-contained XML tag, including nested parts if necessary.

getInstanceFromXML

public static AbstractTypeDescriptor getInstanceFromXML(org.xml.sax.Attributes attrs)

Parses the XML parms that go along with the tag in getTagName(). Does not handle the tag itself; it assumes we've already determined that this is the right class to invoke.

Parameters:

attrs - the Attributes passed to org.xml.sax.startElement

Returns:

an instance of the descriptor, or null if it can't be formed.

See Also:

charger.xml.CGXParser

getInstanceFromXMLDOM

public static AbstractTypeDescriptor getInstanceFromXMLDOM(org.w3c.dom.Element elem)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object