hepple.postag
Class Lexicon

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractMap<K,V>
      java.util.HashMap
          hepple.postag.Lexicon

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Map

 class Lexicon
extends HashMap

A HashMap that maps from lexical entry (String) to possible POS categories (List

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<K,V>, AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<K,V>

Field Summary

private String

encoding

Constructor Summary

Lexicon(URL lexiconURL)
Constructor.

Lexicon(URL lexiconURL, String encoding)
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	setEncoding(String encoding) Deprecated. The lexicon file is read at construction time, so setting the encoding later will have no effect. Use the two argument constructor to set the encoding.

Methods inherited from class java.util.HashMap

clear, clone, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, get, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

equals, hashCode

Field Detail

encoding

private String encoding

Constructor Detail

Lexicon

public Lexicon(URL lexiconURL)
        throws IOException

Constructor.

Parameters:

lexiconURL - an URL for the file contianing the lexicon.

Throws:

IOException

Lexicon

public Lexicon(URL lexiconURL,
               String encoding)
        throws IOException

Constructor.

Parameters:

lexiconURL - an URL for the file contianing the lexicon.

encoding - the character encoding to use for reading the lexicon.

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

setEncoding

public void setEncoding(String encoding)

Deprecated. The lexicon file is read at construction time, so setting the encoding later will have no effect. Use the two argument constructor to set the encoding.