repgrid.tracks

Class TrackedAttribute

Object

repgrid.RGAttribute

repgrid.tracks.TrackedAttribute

public class TrackedAttribute
extends RGAttribute

Abstraction of a tracked attribute, with links to Wordnet. Realized as a "row" in a tracked repertory grid.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected ArrayList	associatedCells all of the cells that are associated with this attribute.
private String	eol
(package private) ArrayList	typeDescriptors Holds ("term", TypeDescriptor) pairs, where "term" is one or more words from the attribute's label.

Fields inherited from class repgrid.RGAttribute

label

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TrackedAttribute(RGAttribute attr) Create a new tracked attribute, copying the label and cells from the original RGAttribute.
TrackedAttribute(String s) Make a new attribute with the given string as a label

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AbstractTypeDescriptor	getTypeDescriptor(String term) Get the type descriptor associated with the given term
AbstractTypeDescriptor[]	getTypeDescriptors() Get all the type descriptors associated with this attribute's phrase label.
void	removeAllTypeDescriptors() Forget all of the type descriptors assigned to this attribute.
void	setTypeDescriptor(String term, AbstractTypeDescriptor descr) Associates the given descriptor with the given term.

Methods inherited from class repgrid.RGAttribute

addCell, getCells, getLabel, setLabel

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Detail

eol

private String eol

typeDescriptors

ArrayList typeDescriptors

Holds ("term", TypeDescriptor) pairs, where "term" is one or more words from the attribute's label. Terms should not be overlapping; e.g., the phrase "herb roasted chicken" should not have both "herb roasted" and "roasted chicken" as terms.

associatedCells

protected ArrayList associatedCells

all of the cells that are associated with this attribute. Can be considered the cells in this attribute's "row"

Constructor Detail

TrackedAttribute

public TrackedAttribute(RGAttribute attr)

Create a new tracked attribute, copying the label and cells from the original RGAttribute.

See Also:

TrackedRepertoryGrid.replaceAttribute(repgrid.RGAttribute, repgrid.RGAttribute)

TrackedAttribute

public TrackedAttribute(String s)

Make a new attribute with the given string as a label

Method Detail

setTypeDescriptor

public void setTypeDescriptor(String term,
                              AbstractTypeDescriptor descr)

Associates the given descriptor with the given term.

Parameters:

term - one or more words from the attribute's label

descr - a type descriptor; if null, then this method has no effect.

removeAllTypeDescriptors

public void removeAllTypeDescriptors()

Forget all of the type descriptors assigned to this attribute.

getTypeDescriptor

public AbstractTypeDescriptor getTypeDescriptor(String term)

Get the type descriptor associated with the given term

Parameters:

term - one or more words from the attribute's label; null if there isn't one.

Returns:

the type descriptor corresponding to this term in the attribute phrase label. If the term occurs more than once in the phrase label, then the first one's descriptor is returned. If the term can't be found, returns null.

getTypeDescriptors

public AbstractTypeDescriptor[] getTypeDescriptors()

Get all the type descriptors associated with this attribute's phrase label. Note that not all words or terms in a phrase have descriptors; some (or all) of the words may be omitted.

Returns:

an array containing all defined descriptors for this attribute, in the order that their associated terms appear in the phrase. If there are no descriptors, a zero-length array is returned.