smile.taxonomy

Class Concept

java.lang.Object

smile.taxonomy.Concept

public class Concept
extends java.lang.Object

Concept is a set of synonyms, i.e. group of words that are roughly synonymous in a given context.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Concept(Concept parent, java.lang.String... keywords) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addChild(Concept concept) Add a child to this node
Concept	addChild(java.lang.String concept) Add a child to this node
void	addKeywords(java.lang.String... keywords) Add a list of synomym to the concept synset.
java.util.List<Concept>	getChildren() Get all children concepts.
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getKeywords() Returns the concept synonym set.
java.util.List<Concept>	getPathFromRoot() Returns the path from root to the given node.
java.util.List<Concept>	getPathToRoot() Returns the path from the given node to the root.
boolean	isAncestorOf(Concept concept) Returns true if this concept is an ancestor of the given concept.
boolean	isLeaf() Check if a node is a leaf in the taxonomy tree.
boolean	removeChild(Concept concept) Remove a child to this node
void	removeKeyword(java.lang.String keyword) Remove a keyword from the concept synset.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Concept

public Concept(Concept parent,
               java.lang.String... keywords)

Constructor.

Parameters:

keywords - a list of keywords of this concept

parent - the parent concept

Method Detail

isLeaf

public boolean isLeaf()

Check if a node is a leaf in the taxonomy tree.

getKeywords

public java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getKeywords()

Returns the concept synonym set.

Returns:

concept synomym set.

addKeywords

public void addKeywords(java.lang.String... keywords)

Add a list of synomym to the concept synset.

removeKeyword

public void removeKeyword(java.lang.String keyword)

Remove a keyword from the concept synset.

getChildren

public java.util.List<Concept> getChildren()

Get all children concepts.

Returns:

a vector of children concepts.

addChild

public Concept addChild(java.lang.String concept)

Add a child to this node

addChild

public void addChild(Concept concept)

Add a child to this node

removeChild

public boolean removeChild(Concept concept)

Remove a child to this node

isAncestorOf

public boolean isAncestorOf(Concept concept)

Returns true if this concept is an ancestor of the given concept.

getPathFromRoot

public java.util.List<Concept> getPathFromRoot()

Returns the path from root to the given node.

getPathToRoot

public java.util.List<Concept> getPathToRoot()

Returns the path from the given node to the root.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object