ai.idylnlp.nlp.utils

Class SpanUtils

java.lang.Object

ai.idylnlp.nlp.utils.SpanUtils

public class SpanUtils
extends Object

Utility functions for OpenNLP's Span.

Author:

Mountain Fog, Inc.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static opennlp.tools.util.Span	getSpan(opennlp.tools.tokenize.Tokenizer tokenizer, String entity, String text) Gets a span for an entity in a text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getSpan

public static opennlp.tools.util.Span getSpan(opennlp.tools.tokenize.Tokenizer tokenizer,
                                              String entity,
                                              String text)

Gets a span for an entity in a text.

Parameters:

tokenizer - The tokenizer.

entity - The text of the entity.

text - The text containing the entity.

Returns:

A span of the entity in the text, or null if no span is found.