edu.stanford.nlp.util

Class AcronymMatcher

java.lang.Object

edu.stanford.nlp.util.AcronymMatcher

public class AcronymMatcher
extends Object

A simple class with a variety of acronym matching utilities. You're probably looking for the method isAcronym(String, List).

Author:

Gabor Angeli

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AcronymMatcher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List<String>	getMainStrs(List<String> tokens)
static boolean	isAcronym(CoreMap chunk1, CoreMap chunk2) Returns true if either chunk1 or chunk2 is acronym of the other
static boolean	isAcronym(String[] chunk1, String[] chunk2)
static boolean	isAcronym(String str, List<?> tokens)
static boolean	isAcronym(String str, String[] tokens)
static boolean	isAcronymImpl(String str, List<String> tokens)
static boolean	isFancyAcronym(String[] chunk1, String[] chunk2)
static boolean	isFancyAcronymImpl(String str, List<String> tokens)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AcronymMatcher

public AcronymMatcher()

Method Detail

getMainStrs

public static List<String> getMainStrs(List<String> tokens)

isAcronym

public static boolean isAcronym(String str,
                                String[] tokens)

isAcronymImpl

public static boolean isAcronymImpl(String str,
                                    List<String> tokens)

isAcronym

public static boolean isAcronym(String str,
                                List<?> tokens)

isAcronym

public static boolean isAcronym(CoreMap chunk1,
                                CoreMap chunk2)

Returns true if either chunk1 or chunk2 is acronym of the other

Returns:

true if either chunk1 or chunk2 is acronym of the other

isAcronym

public static boolean isAcronym(String[] chunk1,
                                String[] chunk2)

See Also:

isAcronym(edu.stanford.nlp.util.CoreMap, edu.stanford.nlp.util.CoreMap)

isFancyAcronym

public static boolean isFancyAcronym(String[] chunk1,
                                     String[] chunk2)

isFancyAcronymImpl

public static boolean isFancyAcronymImpl(String str,
                                         List<String> tokens)