kb.matching

Class BasicConceptMatcher

Object

kb.matching.AbstractMatcher

kb.matching.AbstractConceptMatcher

kb.matching.BasicConceptMatcher

public class BasicConceptMatcher
extends AbstractConceptMatcher

Author:

Harry Delugach

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected boolean	matchReferents

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BasicConceptMatcher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	explainYourself() Give a description of the rules used, in HTML.
boolean	isIgnoreCase()
boolean	isMatchReferents()
boolean	referentsMatch(Concept masterConcept, Concept conceptToMatch) The routine used for comparing referents.
void	setIgnoreCase(boolean ignoreCase)
void	setMatchReferents(boolean matchReferents) Tells the matcher whether to bother matching referents or not.
boolean	stringsEqual(String s1, String s2) The routine used for comparing strings.
boolean	typesMatch(Concept masterConcept, Concept conceptToMatch) The routine used for comparing types.

Methods inherited from class kb.matching.AbstractConceptMatcher

bullet, levelOfConceptMatch

Methods inherited from class kb.matching.AbstractMatcher

isVerboseEnabled, setVerboseEnabled

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Detail

matchReferents

protected boolean matchReferents

Constructor Detail

BasicConceptMatcher

public BasicConceptMatcher()

Method Detail

setMatchReferents

public void setMatchReferents(boolean matchReferents)

Tells the matcher whether to bother matching referents or not.

Parameters:

matchReferents -

isMatchReferents

public boolean isMatchReferents()

isIgnoreCase

public boolean isIgnoreCase()

Overrides:

isIgnoreCase in class AbstractMatcher

setIgnoreCase

public void setIgnoreCase(boolean ignoreCase)

Overrides:

setIgnoreCase in class AbstractMatcher

stringsEqual

public boolean stringsEqual(String s1,
                            String s2)

The routine used for comparing strings. For this matcher, it's simply string equality with possibly ignoring case. Can be overridden by subclasses.

Parameters:

s1 -

s2 -

Returns:

true if they are equal (possibly ignoring case); false otherwise.

referentsMatch

public boolean referentsMatch(Concept masterConcept,
                              Concept conceptToMatch)

The routine used for comparing referents. For this matcher, same as comparing type labels. Can be overridden by subclasses.

Specified by:

referentsMatch in class AbstractConceptMatcher

Parameters:

masterConcept - First concept. In some operations, it may be considered a master concept for non-symmetric matching.

conceptToMatch - Second concept.

Returns:

An agreed-upon value -- usually 0 if no match and 1 if there is.

typesMatch

public boolean typesMatch(Concept masterConcept,
                          Concept conceptToMatch)

The routine used for comparing types. For this matcher, just compare strings Can be overridden by subclasses.

Specified by:

typesMatch in class AbstractConceptMatcher

Parameters:

masterConcept - First concept. In some operations, it may be considered a master concept for non-symmetric matching.

conceptToMatch - Second concept.

Returns:

An agreed-upon value -- usually 0 if no match and 1 if there is.

explainYourself

public 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.

Specified by:

explainYourself in class AbstractConceptMatcher

Returns:

A string explaining itself.