org.aksw.simba.bengal.utils

Class DocumentHelper

java.lang.Object

org.aksw.simba.bengal.utils.DocumentHelper

public class DocumentHelper
extends Object

A simple utility class that should help to work with Document instances.

Author:

Michael Röder (roeder@informatik.uni-leipzig.de)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DocumentHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	replaceText(org.aksw.gerbil.transfer.nif.Document document, int start, int length, String replacement) This method replaces the part with the given start position and the given length inside the text of the given document with the given replacement.
static org.aksw.gerbil.transfer.nif.MeaningSpan	searchFirstOccurrence(String uri, org.aksw.gerbil.transfer.nif.Document document) Searches the MeaningSpan that a) occurs first inside the document and b) has the given URI as meaning.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DocumentHelper

public DocumentHelper()

Method Detail

searchFirstOccurrence

public static org.aksw.gerbil.transfer.nif.MeaningSpan searchFirstOccurrence(String uri,
                                                                             org.aksw.gerbil.transfer.nif.Document document)

Searches the MeaningSpan that a) occurs first inside the document and b) has the given URI as meaning.

Parameters:

uri - the meaning the searched marking should have

document - the document in which the marking should be searched

Returns:

the first occurrence of a meaning with the given URI in the text or null if such a marking couldn't be found.

replaceText

public static void replaceText(org.aksw.gerbil.transfer.nif.Document document,
                               int start,
                               int length,
                               String replacement)

This method replaces the part with the given start position and the given length inside the text of the given document with the given replacement. It updates the positions of markings that occur in the text behind the replaced part. Note that this method does not take care of markings that overlap with the replaced part!

Parameters:

document - the document that should be updated

start - the start position of the part that should be replaced

length - the length of the part that should be replaced

replacement - the replacement that should be inserted at the position of the deleted part