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

java.lang.String	getDefinition(java.lang.String sWord, java.lang.String sPOS, int iSenseNum) Returns the definition of a given word, for a given part-of-speech and a predefined sense number.
java.lang.String	getGloss(java.lang.String sWord, java.lang.String sPOS, int iSenseNum) Returns the gloss of a given word, for a given part-of-speech and a predefined sense number.
WordDefinition	getMeaning(java.lang.String sString) Looks up a word using a locally installed WordNet instance.
java.lang.String	getSenseWords(java.lang.String sWord, java.lang.String sPOS, int iSenseNum) Returns the synonym words of a given word, for a given part-of-speech and a predefined sense number.

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

getGloss

public java.lang.String getGloss(java.lang.String sWord,
                                 java.lang.String sPOS,
                                 int iSenseNum)

Returns the gloss of a given word, for a given part-of-speech and a predefined sense number.

Parameters:

sWord - The word looked up.

sPOS - Can be verb, noun, adjective or radverb.

iSenseNum - The sense number of interest.

Returns:

A string containing the gloss part of the given sense number, for the given word and part-of-speech.

getDefinition

public java.lang.String getDefinition(java.lang.String sWord,
                                      java.lang.String sPOS,
                                      int iSenseNum)

Returns the definition of a given word, for a given part-of-speech and a predefined sense number.

Parameters:

sWord - The word looked up.

sPOS - Can be verb, noun, adjective or radverb.

iSenseNum - The sense number of interest.

Returns:

A string containing the definition part of the given sense number, for the given word and part-of-speech.

getSenseWords

public java.lang.String getSenseWords(java.lang.String sWord,
                                      java.lang.String sPOS,
                                      int iSenseNum)

Returns the synonym words of a given word, for a given part-of-speech and a predefined sense number.

Parameters:

sWord - The word looked up.

sPOS - Can be verb, noun, adjective or radverb.

iSenseNum - The sense number of interest.

Returns:

A string containing the synonyms part of the given sense number, for the given word and part-of-speech, as the synonyms appear if the gloss parameter is given to the WordNet executable.