gate.jape
Class ConstraintGroup

java.lang.Object
  gate.jape.PatternElement
      gate.jape.ConstraintGroup

All Implemented Interfaces:

JapeConstants, Serializable, Cloneable

public class ConstraintGroup
extends PatternElement
implements JapeConstants, Serializable

A sequence of conjunctions of PatternElements that form a disjunction.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class gate.jape.PatternElement

matchHistory

Fields inherited from interface gate.jape.JapeConstants

ALL_STYLE, APPELT_STYLE, BRILL_STYLE, DEFAULT_PRIORITY, FIRST_STYLE, INDENT_PADDING, KLEENE_PLUS, KLEENE_QUERY, KLEENE_STAR, MULTI_SPAN_BINDING, NO_BINDING, NO_KLEENE_OP, ONCE_STYLE, SINGLE_SPAN_BINDING

Constructor Summary

ConstraintGroup()
Anonymous constructor.

Method Summary

void	addPatternElement(PatternElement pe) Add an element to the current conjunction.
Object	clone() Need cloning for processing of macro references.
void	createDisjunction() Make a new disjunction at this point.
void	finish() Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.
void	getContainedAnnotationTypes(HashSet<String> set) Populate the HashSet passed as a parameter with all the annotation types that occur in this and recursively contained pattern elements.
protected Iterator	getCPEs() Get an list of CPEs that we contain.
PatternElement[][]	getPatternElementDisjunction()
String	toString() Create a string representation of the object.
String	toString(String pad) Create a string representation of the object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConstraintGroup

public ConstraintGroup()

Anonymous constructor.

Method Detail

clone

public Object clone()

Need cloning for processing of macro references. See comments on PatternElement.clone()

Overrides:

clone in class PatternElement

createDisjunction

public void createDisjunction()

Make a new disjunction at this point.

addPatternElement

public void addPatternElement(PatternElement pe)

Add an element to the current conjunction.

getCPEs

protected Iterator getCPEs()

Get an list of CPEs that we contain.

getContainedAnnotationTypes

public void getContainedAnnotationTypes(HashSet<String> set)

Populate the HashSet passed as a parameter with all the annotation types that occur in this and recursively contained pattern elements.

finish

public void finish()

Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.

Specified by:

finish in class PatternElement

toString

public String toString()

Create a string representation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toString

public String toString(String pad)

Create a string representation of the object.

Specified by:

toString in class PatternElement

getPatternElementDisjunction

public PatternElement[][] getPatternElementDisjunction()