net.didion.jwnl.data

Class POS

java.lang.Object

net.didion.jwnl.data.POS

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public final class POS
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Instances of this class enumerate the possible major syntactic categories, or Part's Of Speech. Each POS has a human-readable label that can be used to print it, and a key by which it can be looked up.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private java.lang.String	_cachedToString
private Resolvable	_key
private Resolvable	_label
static POS	ADJECTIVE
static POS	ADVERB
private static java.util.List	ALL_POS
static POS	NOUN
(package private) static long	serialVersionUID
static POS	VERB

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
private	POS(java.lang.String label, java.lang.String key)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) An instance of POS is equal to another iff they're underlying keys are equal.
static java.util.List	getAllPOS()
java.lang.String	getKey() Gets the key for this POS.
java.lang.String	getLabel() Return a label intended for textual presentation.
static POS	getPOSForKey(java.lang.String key) Return the POS whose key matches key, or null if the key does not match any POS.
static POS	getPOSForLabel(java.lang.String label) Return the POS whose key matches label, or null if the label does not match any POS.
int	hashCode() Returns the underlying pos key's hashcode.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

NOUN

public static final POS NOUN

VERB

public static final POS VERB

ADJECTIVE

public static final POS ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

public static final POS ADVERB

ALL_POS

private static final java.util.List ALL_POS

_label

private Resolvable _label

_key

private Resolvable _key

_cachedToString

private transient java.lang.String _cachedToString

Constructor Detail

POS

private POS(java.lang.String label,
            java.lang.String key)

Method Detail

getAllPOS

public static java.util.List getAllPOS()

getPOSForLabel

public static POS getPOSForLabel(java.lang.String label)

Return the POS whose key matches label, or null if the label does not match any POS.

getPOSForKey

public static POS getPOSForKey(java.lang.String key)

Return the POS whose key matches key, or null if the key does not match any POS.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the underlying pos key's hashcode.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

key hash code

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

An instance of POS is equal to another iff they're underlying keys are equal.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the comparison object

Returns:

true if keys equal

getLabel

public java.lang.String getLabel()

Return a label intended for textual presentation.

getKey

public java.lang.String getKey()

Gets the key for this POS.

Returns:

key