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TrecParser Class Reference

#include <TrecParser.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for TrecParser:

List of all members.

Public Methods
	TrecParser ()
void	parseFile (char *filename)
	Parse a file.
void	parseBuffer (char *buf, int len)
	Parse a buffer of len length.
long	fileTell ()
Private Methods
void	doParse ()
	Actual parsing action flow.
Private Attributes
int	state
	The state of the parser.
Property	begelem
	keep a property for being and end of elements
Property	endelem
LinkedPropertyList	proplist
	list

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Detailed Description

Parses documents in NIST's TREC format. Does case folding for words that are not in the acronym list. Contraction suffixes and possessive suffixes are stripped.

U.S.A., USA's, and USAs are converted to USA. Does not recognize acronyms with numbers.

The following fields are parsed: TEXT, HL, HEAD, HEADLINE, LP, TTL

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

TrecParser::TrecParser (    )

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Member Function Documentation

void TrecParser::doParse (    )  [private]

Actual parsing action flow.

long TrecParser::fileTell (    )  [virtual]

Gives current byte position offset into file being parsed. Don't use with parseBuffer Implements Parser.

void TrecParser::parseBuffer (  char *    buf, int    len )  [virtual]

Parse a buffer of len length. Implements Parser.

void TrecParser::parseFile (  char *    filename )  [virtual]

Parse a file. Implements Parser.

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Member Data Documentation

Property TrecParser::begelem [private]

keep a property for being and end of elements

Property TrecParser::endelem [private]

LinkedPropertyList TrecParser::proplist [private]

list

int TrecParser::state [private]

The state of the parser.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• TrecParser.hpp

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