gov.sandia.cognition.text.convert

Class AbstractMultiTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType extends Textual>

java.lang.Object

gov.sandia.cognition.util.AbstractCloneableSerializable

gov.sandia.cognition.text.convert.AbstractTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType>

gov.sandia.cognition.text.convert.AbstractMultiTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType>

Type Parameters:

InputType - The type of input that can be converted to a textual form.

OutputType - The type of textual output of the converter. Must implement the Textual interface.

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataConverter<InputType,java.lang.Iterable<OutputType>>, Evaluator<InputType,java.lang.Iterable<OutputType>>, MultiTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType>, TextualConverter<InputType,OutputType>, CloneableSerializable, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SingleToMultiTextualConverterAdapter

public abstract class AbstractMultiTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType extends Textual>
extends AbstractTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType>
implements MultiTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType>

An abstract implementation of the MultiTextualConverter interface.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Justin Basilico

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractMultiTextualConverter() Creates a new AbstractMultiTextualConverter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Iterable<OutputType>	convert(InputType input) Convert the input object into zero or more textual objects.
java.lang.Iterable<OutputType>	convertAll(java.lang.Iterable<? extends InputType> inputs) Convert the given input objects into zero or more textual objects.

Methods inherited from class gov.sandia.cognition.util.AbstractCloneableSerializable

clone

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface gov.sandia.cognition.evaluator.Evaluator

evaluate

Constructor Detail

AbstractMultiTextualConverter

public AbstractMultiTextualConverter()

Creates a new AbstractMultiTextualConverter.

Method Detail

convert

public java.lang.Iterable<OutputType> convert(InputType input)

Description copied from interface: MultiTextualConverter

Convert the input object into zero or more textual objects.

Specified by:

convert in interface MultiTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType extends Textual>

Parameters:

input - The input to convert.

Returns:

Zero or more textual objects.

convertAll

public java.lang.Iterable<OutputType> convertAll(java.lang.Iterable<? extends InputType> inputs)

Description copied from interface: TextualConverter

Convert the given input objects into zero or more textual objects. Typically the result is the concatenation of calls to the single convert methods.

Specified by:

convertAll in interface TextualConverter<InputType,OutputType extends Textual>

Parameters:

inputs - The inputs to convert.

Returns:

Zero or more textual objects.