net.java.sen.filter
Interface StreamFilter

All Known Implementing Classes:

CommentFilter, CompositeTokenFilter, CompoundWordFilter

public interface StreamFilter

Represents a Node filter capable of both pre- and post-processing. Filters are applied as follows:

• Each filter is called to pre-process the sentence in the same order they were added
• Viterbi analysis is performed on the pre-processed sentence
• Each filter is called, in reverse order, to post-process the sentence

Method Summary

List<Token>	postProcess(List<Token> tokens) Post-processes analysed tokens
void	preProcess(Sentence sentence) Pre-processes a sentence

Method Detail

preProcess

void preProcess(Sentence sentence)

Pre-processes a sentence

Parameters:

sentence - The sentence be pre-processed

postProcess

List<Token> postProcess(List<Token> tokens)

Post-processes analysed tokens

Parameters:

tokens - The analysed tokens

Returns:

The post-processed tokens