edu.mit.jwi.data

Interface IContentType<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the parameterization of the data type for this content type

All Superinterfaces:

IHasCharset, IHasPOS

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContentType

public interface IContentType<T>
extends IHasPOS, IHasCharset

Objects that implement this interface represent all possible types of content that are contained in the dictionary data resources. Each unique object of this type will correspond to a particular resource or file.

In the standard Wordnet distributions, examples of content types would include, but would not be limited to, Index, Data, and Exception files for each part of speech.

Since:

JWI 1.0

Version:

2.4.0

Author:

Mark A. Finlayson

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IDataType<T>	getDataType() Returns the assigned resource type of this object.
ILineComparator	getLineComparator() Returns a comparator that can be used to determine ordering between different lines of data in the resource.

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.item.IHasPOS

getPOS

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.data.IHasCharset

getCharset

Method Detail

getDataType

IDataType<T> getDataType()

Returns the assigned resource type of this object. This method may not return null

Returns:

the data type object representing the resource type for this content type

Since:

JWI 1.0

getLineComparator

ILineComparator getLineComparator()

Returns a comparator that can be used to determine ordering between different lines of data in the resource. This is used for searching. If the data in the resource is not ordered, then this method returns null.

Returns:

a comparator that imposes an ordering on the lines in the data file; or null if there is no comparator

Since:

JWI 1.0