prajna.text

Class WesternSentenceSplitter

java.lang.Object

prajna.text.WesternSentenceSplitter

All Implemented Interfaces:

SentenceSplitter

public class WesternSentenceSplitter
extends java.lang.Object
implements SentenceSplitter

Implementation of a sentence splitter that uses western syntax. It looks for periods and other terminating characters, and splits the text into a list of sentences.

Author:

Edward Swing

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WesternSentenceSplitter()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	loadDictionary(java.io.File file)
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	splitSentences(java.lang.String text) Split a block of text into sentences

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WesternSentenceSplitter

public WesternSentenceSplitter()

Method Detail

splitSentences

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> splitSentences(java.lang.String text)

Split a block of text into sentences

Specified by:

splitSentences in interface SentenceSplitter

Parameters:

text - the block of text

Returns:

the sentences

loadDictionary

public static void loadDictionary(java.io.File file)
                           throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException