edu.neu.ccs.demeter
Class Text

java.lang.Object
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  +--edu.neu.ccs.demeter.Text

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class Text

extends Object

implements Serializable

A terminal class for parsing a block of arbitrary text. Put Text in a class dictionary to represent a block of text in an input sentence, surrounded by begin and end.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static String	begin The beginning marker for the text block in an input sentence.
static String	end The end marker for the text block in an input sentence.
static String	quoted_end Java code for the end marker for the text block in an input sentence.

Constructor Summary

Text()
Construct an empty text block.

Text(Object obj)
Construct a Text from an Object by converting it to a String with Object.toString().

Text(String s)
Construct a Text from a String.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object text)
int	hashCode()
String	toString() The body of the text block, not including the begin and end markers.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

begin

public static final String begin

The beginning marker for the text block in an input sentence.

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Constant Field Values

end

public static final String end

The end marker for the text block in an input sentence.

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Constant Field Values

quoted_end

public static final String quoted_end

Java code for the end marker for the text block in an input sentence.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Text

public Text()

Construct an empty text block.

Text

public Text(String s)

Construct a Text from a String.

Text

public Text(Object obj)

Construct a Text from an Object by converting it to a String with Object.toString().

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

The body of the text block, not including the begin and end markers.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object text)

Overrides:

equals in class Object