simplenlg.framework

Interface ElementCategory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DocumentCategory, LexicalCategory, PhraseCategory

public interface ElementCategory

This is the base interface for defining categories for the sub classes of NLGElement. Each type of category that is used must implement this interface.

Version:

4.0

Author:

D. Westwater, University of Aberdeen.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equalTo(Object checkObject) Checks to see if this supplied object matches this particular category.

Method Detail

equalTo

boolean equalTo(Object checkObject)

Checks to see if this supplied object matches this particular category.

Parameters:

checkObject - the object to be checked against.

Returns:

true if the object matches, false otherwise.