simplenlg.lexicon.util

Class NIHLexiconXMLDumpUtil

java.lang.Object

simplenlg.lexicon.util.NIHLexiconXMLDumpUtil

public class NIHLexiconXMLDumpUtil
extends Object

This class reads in a CSV word list, looks up the words in the NIH lexicon, and writes the XML words into an output file. This XML file can then be used as the XML Lexicon source for SimpleNLG.

Author:

Ehud Reiter

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NIHLexiconXMLDumpUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(String[] args) This main method reads a list of CSV words and POS tags and looks up against the NIHDB Lexicon for a corresponding entry.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NIHLexiconXMLDumpUtil

public NIHLexiconXMLDumpUtil()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(String[] args)

This main method reads a list of CSV words and POS tags and looks up against the NIHDB Lexicon for a corresponding entry. If found the baseform is written out into a XML file, which can be used in SimpleNLG or elsewhere.

Parameters:

args - : List of Arguments that this command line application must be provided with in order:

1. The full path to the NIHDB Lexicon database file e.g. C:\\NIHDB\\lexAccess2009
2. The full path to the list of baseforms and POS tags to include in the written out XML Lexicon file
3. The full path to the XML file that the XML Lexicon will be written out to.

Example usage: java simplenlg.lexicon.util.NIHLexiconXMLDumpUtil C:\\NIHDB\\lexAccess2009 C:\\NIHDB\\wordlist.csv C:\\NIHDB\\default-lexicon.xml

You will need to have the HSQLDB driver (org.hsqldb.jdbc.JDBCDriver) on your Java classpath before running this application.