simplenlg.phrasespec

Class AdjPhraseSpec

java.lang.Object

simplenlg.framework.NLGElement

simplenlg.framework.PhraseElement

simplenlg.phrasespec.AdjPhraseSpec

public class AdjPhraseSpec
extends PhraseElement

This class defines a adjective phrase. It is essentially a wrapper around the PhraseElement class, with methods for setting common constituents such as preModifier. For example, the setAdjective method in this class sets the head of the element to be the specified adjective

From an API perspective, this class is a simplified version of the AdjPhraseSpec class in simplenlg V3. It provides an alternative way for creating syntactic structures, compared to directly manipulating a V4 PhraseElement.

Methods are provided for setting and getting the following constituents:

• PreModifier (eg, "very")
• Adjective (eg, "happy")

NOTE: AdjPhraseSpec do not usually have (user-set) features AdjPhraseSpec are produced by the createAdjectivePhrase method of a PhraseFactory

Version:

4.1

Author:

E. Reiter, University of Aberdeen.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class simplenlg.framework.NLGElement

features

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AdjPhraseSpec(NLGFactory phraseFactory)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
NLGElement	getAdjective()
void	setAdjective(Object adjective) sets the adjective (head) of the phrase

Methods inherited from class simplenlg.framework.PhraseElement

addComplement, addComplement, addFrontModifier, addFrontModifier, addModifier, addPostModifier, addPostModifier, addPreModifier, addPreModifier, clearComplements, getChildren, getFrontModifiers, getHead, getPostModifiers, getPreModifiers, printTree, setComplement, setComplement, setDeterminer, setFrontModifier, setFrontModifier, setHead, setPostModifier, setPostModifier, setPreModifier, setPreModifier

Methods inherited from class simplenlg.framework.NLGElement

clearAllFeatures, equals, equals, getAllFeatureNames, getAllFeatures, getCategory, getFactory, getFeature, getFeatureAsBoolean, getFeatureAsDouble, getFeatureAsElement, getFeatureAsElementList, getFeatureAsFloat, getFeatureAsInteger, getFeatureAsList, getFeatureAsLong, getFeatureAsString, getFeatureAsStringList, getParent, getRealisation, getTense, hasFeature, isA, isNegated, isPlural, removeFeature, setCategory, setFactory, setFeature, setFeature, setFeature, setFeature, setFeature, setFeature, setNegated, setParent, setPlural, setRealisation, setTense, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AdjPhraseSpec

public AdjPhraseSpec(NLGFactory phraseFactory)

Method Detail

setAdjective

public void setAdjective(Object adjective)

sets the adjective (head) of the phrase

getAdjective

public NLGElement getAdjective()

Returns:

adjective (head) of phrase