com.knowledgebooks.entity_extraction
Class Names

java.lang.Object
  com.knowledgebooks.entity_extraction.Names

public class Names
extends java.lang.Object

Wrapper for code to find both human and place names in input text.

Copyright 2002-2008 by Mark Watson. All rights reserved.

This software is not public domain. It can be legally used under either of the following licenses:

1. KnowledgeBooks.com Non Commercial Royality Free License
2. KnowledgeBooks.com Commercial Use License

see www.knowledgebooks.com for details

Constructor Summary

Names()

Names(java.lang.String dataPath)

Method Summary

ScoredList[]	getProperNames(java.util.List<java.lang.String> words) Facade method: get all place and human names from a text string
ScoredList[]	getProperNames(java.lang.String s)
boolean	isHumanName(java.util.List<java.lang.String> words)
boolean	isHumanName(java.util.List<java.lang.String> words, int index, int numWords)
boolean	isHumanName(java.lang.String s)
boolean	isPlaceName(java.util.List<java.lang.String> words, int startIndex, int numWords)
boolean	isPlaceName(java.lang.String name)
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Names

public Names()

Names

public Names(java.lang.String dataPath)

Parameters:

dataPath -

Method Detail

getProperNames

public ScoredList[] getProperNames(java.util.List<java.lang.String> words)

Facade method: get all place and human names from a text string

Parameters:

words -

Returns:

getProperNames

public ScoredList[] getProperNames(java.lang.String s)

Parameters:

s -

Returns:

isPlaceName

public boolean isPlaceName(java.util.List<java.lang.String> words,
                           int startIndex,
                           int numWords)

Parameters:

words -

startIndex -

numWords -

Returns:

isPlaceName

public boolean isPlaceName(java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

isHumanName

public boolean isHumanName(java.lang.String s)

Parameters:

s -

Returns:

isHumanName

public boolean isHumanName(java.util.List<java.lang.String> words,
                           int index,
                           int numWords)

Parameters:

words -

index -

numWords -

Returns:

isHumanName

public boolean isHumanName(java.util.List<java.lang.String> words)

Parameters:

words -

Returns:

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Parameters:

args -