kb.matching

Class AbstractMatcher

Object

kb.matching.AbstractMatcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractConceptMatcher, AbstractTupleMatcher

public abstract class AbstractMatcher
extends Object

Abstraction of any matcher of CG constructs. In the future will contain hooks to the support used for this match.

Since:

3.8

Author:

Harry Delugach

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private boolean	ignoreCase
private boolean	verboseEnabled

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractMatcher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract String	explainYourself() Give a description of the rules used, in HTML.
boolean	isIgnoreCase()
boolean	isVerboseEnabled() Tells whether verbose is enabled for this matcher.
void	setIgnoreCase(boolean ignoreCase)
void	setVerboseEnabled(boolean verboseEnabled) Allows matchers to tailor their output at the caller's option

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Detail

verboseEnabled

private boolean verboseEnabled

ignoreCase

private boolean ignoreCase

Constructor Detail

AbstractMatcher

public AbstractMatcher()

Method Detail

setVerboseEnabled

public void setVerboseEnabled(boolean verboseEnabled)

Allows matchers to tailor their output at the caller's option

isVerboseEnabled

public boolean isVerboseEnabled()

Tells whether verbose is enabled for this matcher.

setIgnoreCase

public void setIgnoreCase(boolean ignoreCase)

isIgnoreCase

public boolean isIgnoreCase()

explainYourself

public abstract String explainYourself()

Give a description of the rules used, in HTML. This should probably be more structured. Recommended that the explanation use the UL tag to list the rules. Can use verbose to decide its granularity.