net.didion.jwnl.data
Class POS

java.lang.Object
  net.didion.jwnl.data.POS

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class POS
extends Object
implements Serializable

Instances of this class enumerate the possible major syntactic categories, or Part's Of Speech. Each POS has a human-readable label that can be used to print it, and a key by which it can be looked up.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static POS	ADJECTIVE
static POS	ADVERB
static POS	NOUN
static POS	VERB

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj) An instance of POS is equal to another iff they're underlying keys are equal.
static List	getAllPOS()
String	getKey() Gets the key for this POS.
String	getLabel() Return a label intended for textual presentation.
static POS	getPOSForKey(String key) Return the POS whose key matches key, or null if the key does not match any POS.
static POS	getPOSForLabel(String label) Return the POS whose key matches label, or null if the label does not match any POS.
int	hashCode() Returns the underlying pos key's hashcode.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NOUN

public static final POS NOUN

VERB

public static final POS VERB

ADJECTIVE

public static final POS ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

public static final POS ADVERB

Method Detail

getAllPOS

public static List getAllPOS()

getPOSForLabel

public static POS getPOSForLabel(String label)

Return the POS whose key matches label, or null if the label does not match any POS.

getPOSForKey

public static POS getPOSForKey(String key)

Return the POS whose key matches key, or null if the key does not match any POS.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the underlying pos key's hashcode.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

key hash code

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

An instance of POS is equal to another iff they're underlying keys are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the comparison object

Returns:

true if keys equal

getLabel

public String getLabel()

Return a label intended for textual presentation.

getKey

public String getKey()

Gets the key for this POS.

Returns:

key