edu.stanford.nlp.util

Class AcronymMatcher

java.lang.Object

edu.stanford.nlp.util.AcronymMatcher

public class AcronymMatcher
extends java.lang.Object

A simple class with a variety of acronym matching utilities. You're probably looking for the method isAcronym(String, List).

Author:

Gabor Angeli

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getMainStrs(java.util.List<java.lang.String> tokens)
static boolean	isAcronym(CoreMap chunk1, CoreMap chunk2) Returns true if either chunk1 or chunk2 is acronym of the other.
static boolean	isAcronym(java.lang.String[] chunk1, java.lang.String[] chunk2)
static boolean	isAcronym(java.lang.String str, java.util.List<?> tokens)
static boolean	isAcronym(java.lang.String str, java.lang.String[] tokens)
static boolean	isAcronymImpl(java.lang.String str, java.util.List<java.lang.String> tokens)
static boolean	isFancyAcronym(java.lang.String[] chunk1, java.lang.String[] chunk2)
static boolean	isFancyAcronymImpl(java.lang.String str, java.util.List<java.lang.String> tokens)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getMainStrs

public static java.util.List<java.lang.String> getMainStrs(java.util.List<java.lang.String> tokens)

isAcronym

public static boolean isAcronym(java.lang.String str,
                                java.lang.String[] tokens)

isAcronymImpl

public static boolean isAcronymImpl(java.lang.String str,
                                    java.util.List<java.lang.String> tokens)

isAcronym

public static boolean isAcronym(java.lang.String str,
                                java.util.List<?> tokens)

isAcronym

public static boolean isAcronym(CoreMap chunk1,
                                CoreMap chunk2)

Returns true if either chunk1 or chunk2 is acronym of the other.

Returns:

true if either chunk1 or chunk2 is acronym of the other

isAcronym

public static boolean isAcronym(java.lang.String[] chunk1,
                                java.lang.String[] chunk2)

See Also:

isAcronym(edu.stanford.nlp.util.CoreMap, edu.stanford.nlp.util.CoreMap)

isFancyAcronym

public static boolean isFancyAcronym(java.lang.String[] chunk1,
                                     java.lang.String[] chunk2)

isFancyAcronymImpl

public static boolean isFancyAcronymImpl(java.lang.String str,
                                         java.util.List<java.lang.String> tokens)