com.mtnfog.entity

Class Span

java.lang.Object

com.mtnfog.entity.Span

public class Span
extends Object

A span in text identified by token and character indexes.

Author:

Mountain Fog, Inc.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Span(int tokenStart, int tokenEnd, int characterStart, int characterEnd) Creates a new span.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
int	getCharacterEnd() Gets the character's end of the start of the span.
int	getCharacterStart() Gets the character's start of the span.
int	getTokenEnd() Gets the end of the span.
int	getTokenStart() Gets the token's start of the span.
int	hashCode()
void	setCharacterEnd(int characterEnd) Sets the character-based index of the end of the span.
void	setCharacterStart(int characterStart) Sets the character-based index of the span.
String	toString() Returns the token-based span as a formatted string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Span

public Span(int tokenStart,
            int tokenEnd,
            int characterStart,
            int characterEnd)

Creates a new span.

Parameters:

tokenStart - The position of the start of the token's span.

tokenEnd - The position of the end of the token's span.

characterStart - The character-based position of the span.

characterEnd - The character-based position of the span.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Returns the token-based span as a formatted string. An example is: [3..5)

Overrides:

toString in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getTokenStart

public int getTokenStart()

Gets the token's start of the span.

Returns:

The token's start of the span.

getTokenEnd

public int getTokenEnd()

Gets the end of the span.

Returns:

The end of the span.

getCharacterStart

public int getCharacterStart()

Gets the character's start of the span.

Returns:

The character's start of the span.

setCharacterStart

public void setCharacterStart(int characterStart)

Sets the character-based index of the span.

Parameters:

characterStart - The character-based index of the span.

getCharacterEnd

public int getCharacterEnd()

Gets the character's end of the start of the span.

Returns:

The character's end of the start of the span.

setCharacterEnd

public void setCharacterEnd(int characterEnd)

Sets the character-based index of the end of the span.

Parameters:

characterStart - The character-based index of the end of the span.