info.ephyra.questionanalysis.atype
Class AnswerType

java.lang.Object
  info.ephyra.questionanalysis.atype.AnswerType

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class AnswerType
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

A basic class which contains hierarchical answer type information.

Version:

2008-02-10

Author:

Justin Betteridge

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected double	confidence
protected int	level the level in an answer type hierarchy, 1 being the top level answer type, 2 being the first subtype level, etc
private static long	serialVersionUID
protected java.util.List<AnswerType>	subtypes
protected java.lang.String	type

Constructor Summary

AnswerType(int level, double confidence, java.lang.String type)
Constructs an Answer Type object.

AnswerType(int level, double confidence, java.lang.String type, java.util.List<AnswerType> subtypes)
Constructs an Answer Type object with pre-defined list of subtypes.

Method Summary

static AnswerType	constructFromString(java.lang.String answerTypeStr) Construct answer type from a String that looks like NUMEX.MONEY This string cannot have multiple types at any level (e.g NUMEX|PERSON not allowed) Any number of "."
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
double	getConfidence()
java.lang.String	getFullType(int classLevels)
int	getLevel()
java.util.List<AnswerType>	getSubtypes()
java.lang.String	getType()
int	hashCode()
boolean	isTopLevel()
void	setConfidence(double confidence)
void	setLevel(int level) Sets the Answer Type level
void	setSubtypes(java.util.List<AnswerType> subtypes)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

level

protected int level

the level in an answer type hierarchy, 1 being the top level answer type, 2 being the first subtype level, etc

confidence

protected double confidence

type

protected java.lang.String type

subtypes

protected java.util.List<AnswerType> subtypes

Constructor Detail

AnswerType

public AnswerType(int level,
                  double confidence,
                  java.lang.String type)

Constructs an Answer Type object. Note that no default constructor is provided

Parameters:

level - A int indicating the level of this answer type in answer type hierarchy

confidence - A double indicating the confidence score

type - A String indicating the type

AnswerType

public AnswerType(int level,
                  double confidence,
                  java.lang.String type,
                  java.util.List<AnswerType> subtypes)

Constructs an Answer Type object with pre-defined list of subtypes.

Parameters:

level - A int indicating the level of this answer type in answer type hierarchy

confidence - A double indicating the confidence score

type - A String indicating the type

subtypes - A List containing subtype information about the current answer type

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

getLevel

public int getLevel()

Returns:

the level of this answer type in answer type hierarchy

isTopLevel

public boolean isTopLevel()

Returns:

boolean indicating if the current answer type is top-level

setLevel

public void setLevel(int level)

Sets the Answer Type level

Parameters:

level - the answer type level

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

getConfidence

public double getConfidence()

getSubtypes

public java.util.List<AnswerType> getSubtypes()

setConfidence

public void setConfidence(double confidence)

setSubtypes

public void setSubtypes(java.util.List<AnswerType> subtypes)

getFullType

public java.lang.String getFullType(int classLevels)

constructFromString

public static AnswerType constructFromString(java.lang.String answerTypeStr)

Construct answer type from a String that looks like NUMEX.MONEY

This string cannot have multiple types at any level (e.g NUMEX|PERSON not allowed) Any number of "."-separated subtypes can be present. Subtypes called DEFAULT are ignored.

Parameters:

answerTypeStr - the String from which to construct an AnswerType