info.ephyra.answerselection.filters
Class ResultLengthFilter

java.lang.Object
  info.ephyra.answerselection.filters.Filter
      info.ephyra.answerselection.filters.ResultLengthFilter

public class ResultLengthFilter
extends Filter

A filter that cuts off results if the total length of non-whitespace characters exceeds a threshold.

This class extends the class Filter.

Version:

2006-07-15

Author:

Guido Sautter, Nico Schlaefer

Field Summary

private int	cutoffLength
private static int	MAX_NON_WHITESPACE Maximum number of non-whitespace characters per question.

Constructor Summary

ResultLengthFilter()

ResultLengthFilter(int cutoffLength)

Method Summary

Result[]

apply(Result[] results) Ensures that the total number of non-whitespace characters in all answer strings does not exceed cutoffLength.

Methods inherited from class info.ephyra.answerselection.filters.Filter

apply

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MAX_NON_WHITESPACE

private static final int MAX_NON_WHITESPACE

Maximum number of non-whitespace characters per question.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

cutoffLength

private int cutoffLength

Constructor Detail

ResultLengthFilter

public ResultLengthFilter()

ResultLengthFilter

public ResultLengthFilter(int cutoffLength)

Parameters:

cutoffLength -

Method Detail

apply

public Result[] apply(Result[] results)

Ensures that the total number of non-whitespace characters in all answer strings does not exceed cutoffLength.

Overrides:

apply in class Filter

Parameters:

results - array of Result objects

Returns:

filtered array of Result objects