gov.sandia.cognition.text.convert

Class AbstractSingleTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType extends Textual>

java.lang.Object

gov.sandia.cognition.util.AbstractCloneableSerializable

gov.sandia.cognition.data.convert.AbstractDataConverter<InputType,OutputType>

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

Type Parameters:

InputType - The type of input object to convert to text.

OutputType - The type of output textual representation.

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

DocumentFieldConcatenator, DocumentSingleFieldConverter, ObjectToStringTextualConverter

public abstract class AbstractSingleTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType extends Textual>
extends AbstractDataConverter<InputType,OutputType>
implements SingleTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType>

An abstract implementation of the SingleTextualConverter interface. It implements the convert and convertAll methods to call the evaluate method.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Justin Basilico

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractSingleTextualConverter() Creates a new AbstractSingleTextualConverter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
OutputType	convert(InputType input) Convert an input into its single textual form.
java.util.List<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

AbstractSingleTextualConverter

public AbstractSingleTextualConverter()

Creates a new AbstractSingleTextualConverter.

Method Detail

convert

public OutputType convert(InputType input)

Description copied from interface: SingleTextualConverter

Convert an input into its single textual form.

Specified by:

convert in interface SingleTextualConverter<InputType,OutputType extends Textual>

Parameters:

input - The input to convert.

Returns:

The output textual object.

convertAll

public java.util.List<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.