Class POS

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable

    public final class POS
    extends Object
    implements Serializable
    Instances of this class enumerate the possible major syntactic categories, or Part's Of Speech. Each POS has a human-readable label that can be used to print it, and a key by which it can be looked up.
    See Also:
    Serialized Form
    • Field Detail

      • NOUN

        public static final POS NOUN
      • VERB

        public static final POS VERB
      • ADJECTIVE

        public static final POS ADJECTIVE
      • ADVERB

        public static final POS ADVERB
    • Method Detail

      • getAllPOS

        public static List getAllPOS()
      • getPOSForLabel

        public static POS getPOSForLabel​(String label)
        Return the POS whose key matches label, or null if the label does not match any POS.
      • getPOSForKey

        public static POS getPOSForKey​(String key)
        Return the POS whose key matches key, or null if the key does not match any POS.
      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        Returns the underlying pos key's hashcode.
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class Object
        Returns:
        key hash code
      • equals

        public boolean equals​(Object obj)
        An instance of POS is equal to another iff they're underlying keys are equal.
        Overrides:
        equals in class Object
        Parameters:
        obj - the comparison object
        Returns:
        true if keys equal
      • getLabel

        public String getLabel()
        Return a label intended for textual presentation.
      • getKey

        public String getKey()
        Gets the key for this POS.
        Returns:
        key