charger.gloss.wn

Class WNUtil

Object

charger.gloss.wn.WNUtil

public class WNUtil
extends Object

A collection of static utilities for use by various Wordnet-related routines.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	delimiters Word delimiters used by various routines.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WNUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
private static Vector	getDescriptorColumnLabels()
static JTable	getDescriptorTable(AbstractTypeDescriptor[] descriptors) Builds a JTable showing a list of type descriptors.
private static Vector	getDescriptorVector(int sequence, AbstractTypeDescriptor d)
static String[]	guessWordsFromPhrase(String phrase) Tries a few heuristics to break up a "word" into its parts.
static void	queryForDictFolder(JFrame f) Query the user for a new graphs folder.
static int	wordCount(String s, boolean smart) Counts up the number of words in a term, where a word is considered any sequence of characters that doesn't include the delimiter set from WNUtil.delimiters.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Detail

delimiters

public static String delimiters

Word delimiters used by various routines. Current set is any of the characters: " ;,\t."

Constructor Detail

WNUtil

public WNUtil()

Method Detail

guessWordsFromPhrase

public static String[] guessWordsFromPhrase(String phrase)

Tries a few heuristics to break up a "word" into its parts. Some examples are:

Phrase	Result
Physical_System	{ "physical", "system" }
tempSensor	{ "temp", "sensor" }

Parameters:

phrase - to be guessed from.

Returns:

its best guess as the words

See Also:

delimiters

wordCount

public static int wordCount(String s,
                            boolean smart)

Counts up the number of words in a term, where a word is considered any sequence of characters that doesn't include the delimiter set from WNUtil.delimiters.

Parameters:

s - string where terms will be found

smart - try to break up words by guessing

Returns:

number of words

See Also:

guessWordsFromPhrase(java.lang.String), delimiters

getDescriptorTable

public static JTable getDescriptorTable(AbstractTypeDescriptor[] descriptors)

Builds a JTable showing a list of type descriptors.

Parameters:

descriptors - zero or more type descriptors.

Returns:

a JTable with a backing table model.

getDescriptorColumnLabels

private static Vector getDescriptorColumnLabels()

getDescriptorVector

private static Vector getDescriptorVector(int sequence,
                                          AbstractTypeDescriptor d)

queryForDictFolder

public static void queryForDictFolder(JFrame f)

Query the user for a new graphs folder.

Parameters:

f - parent frame for the dialog.