it.uniroma2.sag.kelp.data.representation.string

Class StringRepresentation

java.lang.Object

it.uniroma2.sag.kelp.data.representation.string.StringRepresentation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Representation, Serializable

public class StringRepresentation
extends Object
implements Representation

String representation.
Useful for String or WordSequence Kernel function Useful also for comments

Author:

Giuseppe Castellucci

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StringRepresentation() Empty constructor necessary for making RepresentationFactory support this implementation.
StringRepresentation(String representation) Initializing constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object representation)
char[]	getCharArray()
String	getTextFromData() Returns a textual representation of the data stored in this representation
boolean	isCompatible(Representation rep) Evaluates whether a representation is compatible with this one, e.g.., they have same type and pass additional checks that are type-dependent
void	setDataFromText(String string) Initializes a Representation using its textual description provided in representationDescription
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringRepresentation

public StringRepresentation()

Empty constructor necessary for making RepresentationFactory support this implementation.

Parameters:

featureVector - is an array of feature values

StringRepresentation

public StringRepresentation(String representation)

Initializing constructor.

Parameters:

representation - is the string representation

Method Detail

setDataFromText

public void setDataFromText(String string)

Description copied from interface: Representation

Initializes a Representation using its textual description provided in representationDescription

Specified by:

setDataFromText in interface Representation

Parameters:

string - the textual description of the representation to be initialized

getCharArray

public char[] getCharArray()

equals

public boolean equals(Object representation)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getTextFromData

public String getTextFromData()

Description copied from interface: Representation

Returns a textual representation of the data stored in this representation

Specified by:

getTextFromData in interface Representation

Returns:

a textual representation of the data stored in this representation

isCompatible

public boolean isCompatible(Representation rep)

Description copied from interface: Representation

Evaluates whether a representation is compatible with this one, e.g.., they have same type and pass additional checks that are type-dependent

Specified by:

isCompatible in interface Representation

Parameters:

rep - the representation to be compared with this one

Returns:

whether this representation is compatible with the input one