kb.matching

Class AbstractConceptMatcher

Object

kb.matching.AbstractMatcher

kb.matching.AbstractConceptMatcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicConceptMatcher

public abstract class AbstractConceptMatcher
extends AbstractMatcher

Abstraction of the operations for matching two concepts, where one is considered the "master".

Since:

3.8

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractConceptMatcher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected String	bullet(String s) Used in explainYourself methods
abstract String	explainYourself() An explanation of the matcher's particular algorithm
MatchDegree	levelOfConceptMatch(Concept masterConcept, Concept conceptToMatch) Perform a possible comparison between two concepts.
abstract boolean	referentsMatch(Concept masterConcept, Concept conceptToMatch) Performs whatever referent matching is required by the matcher.
abstract boolean	typesMatch(Concept masterConcept, Concept conceptToMatch) Performs whatever type matching is required by the matcher.

Methods inherited from class kb.matching.AbstractMatcher

isIgnoreCase, isVerboseEnabled, setIgnoreCase, setVerboseEnabled

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractConceptMatcher

public AbstractConceptMatcher()

Method Detail

bullet

protected String bullet(String s)

Used in explainYourself methods

levelOfConceptMatch

public MatchDegree levelOfConceptMatch(Concept masterConcept,
                                       Concept conceptToMatch)

Perform a possible comparison between two concepts. Does not alter either of the tuples given as arguments.

Parameters:

masterConcept - the concept considered to be the "correct" one (if any)

conceptToMatch - the candidate concept that we want to match to the master.

Returns:

possible match score; zero otherwise.

typesMatch

public abstract boolean typesMatch(Concept masterConcept,
                                   Concept conceptToMatch)

Performs whatever type matching is required by the matcher.

Parameters:

masterConcept -

conceptToMatch -

Returns:

true if types match according to criteria.

referentsMatch

public abstract boolean referentsMatch(Concept masterConcept,
                                       Concept conceptToMatch)

Performs whatever referent matching is required by the matcher.

Parameters:

masterConcept -

conceptToMatch -

Returns:

true if referents match according to criteria.

explainYourself

public abstract String explainYourself()

An explanation of the matcher's particular algorithm

Specified by:

explainYourself in class AbstractMatcher

Returns:

A string explaining itself.