gr.demokritos.iit.conceptualIndex
Class LocalWordNetMeaningExtractor

java.lang.Object
  gr.demokritos.iit.conceptualIndex.LocalWordNetMeaningExtractor

All Implemented Interfaces:

IMeaningExtractor

public class LocalWordNetMeaningExtractor
extends java.lang.Object
implements IMeaningExtractor

This class uses locally installed WordNet to extract word definitions.

Constructor Summary

LocalWordNetMeaningExtractor()
Creates a new instance of LocalWordNetMeaningExtractor, checking there is a reachable WordNet instance installed.

Method Summary

WordDefinition

getMeaning(java.lang.String sString) Looks up a word using a locally installed WordNet instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LocalWordNetMeaningExtractor

public LocalWordNetMeaningExtractor()
                             throws java.io.IOException

Creates a new instance of LocalWordNetMeaningExtractor, checking there is a reachable WordNet instance installed.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If WordNet is not found an appropriate IOException is thrown.

See Also:

IOException

Method Detail

getMeaning

public WordDefinition getMeaning(java.lang.String sString)

Looks up a word using a locally installed WordNet instance.

Specified by:

getMeaning in interface IMeaningExtractor

Parameters:

sString - The string to lookup.

Returns:

The definition of the word being looked up.

See Also:

WordDefinition