gov.nist.nlpir.irf.conversion
Class ConversionRules

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

TrecConversionRules

public class ConversionRules

extends java.lang.Object

This class models a collection of rules which specify mappings between SGML-tagged data and fields within a document object

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

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Field Summary

private java.util.Hashtable

rules A dictionary of rules for use during conversion

Constructor Summary

ConversionRules()
Creates a new instance with no rules

Method Summary

void	addRule(ConversionRule cr) Adds a conversion rule to the dictionary
ConversionRule	findRuleForTag(java.lang.String tag) Takes a tag string and looks through ConversionRules until it finds a rule with the same tag and returns the rule or finds no rule with the same tag and so returns null.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

rules

private java.util.Hashtable rules

A dictionary of rules for use during conversion

Constructor Detail

ConversionRules

public ConversionRules()

Creates a new instance with no rules

Method Detail

addRule

public void addRule(ConversionRule cr)

Adds a conversion rule to the dictionary

findRuleForTag

public ConversionRule findRuleForTag(java.lang.String tag)

Takes a tag string and looks through ConversionRules until it finds a rule with the same tag and returns the rule or finds no rule with the same tag and so returns null. We will assume it stops with the first match if any.