org.aksw.fox.tools.ner

Interface INER

All Superinterfaces:

ITool, Runnable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNER, AlchemyCommon, AlchemyEN, BalieCommon, BalieDE, BalieEN, BalieES, BalieFR, IllinoisExtendedEN, NercFR, OpenNLPCommon, OpenNLPEN, OpenNLPES, OpenNLPFR, OpenNLPNL, SpotlightCommon, SpotlightDE, SpotlightEN, SpotlightES, SpotlightFR, SpotlightIT, SpotlightNL, StanfordCommon, StanfordDE, StanfordEN, StanfordENOldVersion, StanfordES, TagMeCommon, TagMeEN, TagMeIT, TextProIT

public interface INER
extends ITool

An interface for the use of a ner tool. The method retrieve(String input) can be used to get the result list of Entity objects.

Author:

rspeck

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<Entity>	getResults() Returns results.
List<Entity>	retrieve(String input) Retrieves Entity objects from the give input String with sentences as plain text.
void	setInput(String input) Sets the input with sentences as plain text.

Methods inherited from interface org.aksw.fox.tools.ITool

getToolName, getToolVersion, setCountDownLatch

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Runnable

run

Method Detail

retrieve

List<Entity> retrieve(String input)

Retrieves Entity objects from the give input String with sentences as plain text.

Parameters:

input - sentences as plain text

Returns:

list entities

setInput

void setInput(String input)

Sets the input with sentences as plain text.

Parameters:

input -

getResults

List<Entity> getResults()

Returns results. Uses the retrieve(String input) method to get the result list.

Returns:

results