gate.jape.constraint
Class CleanStringAccessor

java.lang.Object
  gate.jape.constraint.MetaPropertyAccessor
      gate.jape.constraint.StringAccessor
          gate.jape.constraint.CleanStringAccessor

All Implemented Interfaces:

AnnotationAccessor, Serializable

public class CleanStringAccessor
extends StringAccessor

Accessor that returns the underlying string of an annotation in a document. The string is cleaned up a bit as follows: cleanString = string.replaceAll("\\s+", " ").trim();

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

esword

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class gate.jape.constraint.MetaPropertyAccessor

log

Constructor Summary

CleanStringAccessor()

Method Summary

Object	getKey() Always returns "cleanString", the name of the meta-property which this accessor provides.
Object	getValue(Annotation annot, AnnotationSet context) Return the cleaned up underlying string for the annotation.

Methods inherited from class gate.jape.constraint.MetaPropertyAccessor

equals, hashCode, setKey, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CleanStringAccessor

public CleanStringAccessor()

Method Detail

getValue

public Object getValue(Annotation annot,
                       AnnotationSet context)

Return the cleaned up underlying string for the annotation. Context must be a Document or an AnnotationSet which points to the document.

Specified by:

getValue in interface AnnotationAccessor

Overrides:

getValue in class StringAccessor

context - optional parameter with information about the context in which the annotation has meaning. Normally this would be a Document. Not all accessors will require the context information so it may be null. Some accessor implementations may throw an exception without it.

Returns:

getKey

public Object getKey()

Always returns "cleanString", the name of the meta-property which this accessor provides.

Specified by:

getKey in interface AnnotationAccessor

Overrides:

getKey in class StringAccessor

Returns: