net.java.sen.tokenizers.ja
Class JapaneseTokenizer

java.lang.Object
  net.java.sen.dictionary.Tokenizer
      net.java.sen.tokenizers.ja.JapaneseTokenizer

public class JapaneseTokenizer
extends Tokenizer

A Tokenizer for Japanese text

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.java.sen.dictionary.Tokenizer

bosNode, dictionary, eosNode, unknownCToken, unknownPartOfSpeechDescription

Constructor Summary

JapaneseTokenizer(Dictionary dictionary, String unknownPartOfSpeechDescription)
Creates a JapaneseTokenizer with the given Dictionary

Method Summary

Node	lookup(SentenceIterator iterator, char[] surface) Searches for possible morphemes from the given SentenceIterator.

Methods inherited from class net.java.sen.dictionary.Tokenizer

getBOSNode, getDictionary, getEOSNode, getUnknownNode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JapaneseTokenizer

public JapaneseTokenizer(Dictionary dictionary,
                         String unknownPartOfSpeechDescription)

Creates a JapaneseTokenizer with the given Dictionary

Parameters:

dictionary - The Dictionary in which to search for possible morphemes

unknownPartOfSpeechDescription - The part-of-speech code to use for unknown tokens

Method Detail

lookup

public Node lookup(SentenceIterator iterator,
                   char[] surface)

Description copied from class: Tokenizer

Searches for possible morphemes from the given SentenceIterator. The Node that is returned links through Node.rnext to a list of matches which may be of varying lengths

Specified by:

lookup in class Tokenizer

Parameters:

iterator - The iterator to search from

surface - The underlying character surface

Returns:

The head of a chain of Nodes representing the possible morphemes beginning at the given index