Package com.yahoo.prelude.semantics

Class RuleImporter

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.prelude.semantics.RuleImporter

public class RuleImporter
extends Object

Imports rule bases from various sources.

Author:

bratseth

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RuleImporter(boolean ignoreAutomatas, boolean ignoreIncludes, com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)
RuleImporter(boolean ignoreAutomatas, com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)
RuleImporter(com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)	Create a rule importer which will read from file
RuleImporter(SemanticRulesConfig config, boolean ignoreAutomatas, boolean ignoreIncludes, com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)
RuleImporter(SemanticRulesConfig config, boolean ignoreAutomatas, com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)
RuleImporter(SemanticRulesConfig config, com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)	Create a rule importer which will read from a config object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
RuleBase	importConfig(SemanticRulesConfig.Rulebase ruleBaseConfig)
RuleBase	importFile(String fileName)	Imports semantic rules from a file
RuleBase	importFile(String fileName, String automataFile)	Imports semantic rules from a file
RuleBase	importFromReader(Reader reader, String sourceName, String automataFile, RuleBase ruleBase)	Imports rules from a reader
RuleBase	importString(String string, String automataFile)
RuleBase	importString(String string, String automataFile, String sourceName, RuleBase ruleBase)
void	include(String ruleBaseName, RuleBase ruleBase)	Read and include a rule base in another
RuleBase	privateImportConfig(SemanticRulesConfig.Rulebase ruleBaseConfig)	Imports an uninitialized rule base
RuleBase	privateImportFile(String fileName, String automataFile)
RuleBase	privateImportFromReader(Reader reader, String inputSourceName, String automataFile, RuleBase ruleBase)	Returns an uninitialized rule base
void	setAutomata(RuleBase base, String automata)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

RuleImporter

public RuleImporter(com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)

Create a rule importer which will read from file

RuleImporter

public RuleImporter(SemanticRulesConfig config,
 com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)

Create a rule importer which will read from a config object

RuleImporter

public RuleImporter(boolean ignoreAutomatas,
 com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)

RuleImporter

public RuleImporter(boolean ignoreAutomatas,
 boolean ignoreIncludes,
 com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)

RuleImporter

public RuleImporter(SemanticRulesConfig config,
 boolean ignoreAutomatas,
 com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)

RuleImporter

public RuleImporter(SemanticRulesConfig config,
 boolean ignoreAutomatas,
 boolean ignoreIncludes,
 com.yahoo.language.Linguistics linguistics)

Method Details

importFile

public RuleBase importFile(String fileName)
                    throws IOException,
ParseException

Imports semantic rules from a file

Parameters:

fileName - the rule file to use

Throws:

IOException - if the file can not be read for some reason

ParseException - if the file does not contain a valid semantic rule set

importFile

public RuleBase importFile(String fileName,
 String automataFile)
                    throws IOException,
ParseException

Imports semantic rules from a file

Parameters:

fileName - the rule file to use

automataFile - the automata file to use, or null to not use any

Throws:

IOException - if the file can not be read for some reason

ParseException - if the file does not contain a valid semantic rule set

privateImportFile

public RuleBase privateImportFile(String fileName,
 String automataFile)
                           throws IOException,
ParseException

Throws:

IOException

ParseException

include

public void include(String ruleBaseName,
 RuleBase ruleBase)
             throws IOException,
ParseException

Read and include a rule base in another

Throws:

IOException

ParseException

setAutomata

public void setAutomata(RuleBase base,
 String automata)

importString

public RuleBase importString(String string,
 String automataFile)
                      throws ParseException

Throws:

ParseException

importString

public RuleBase importString(String string,
 String automataFile,
 String sourceName,
 RuleBase ruleBase)
                      throws ParseException

Throws:

ParseException

importConfig

public RuleBase importConfig(SemanticRulesConfig.Rulebase ruleBaseConfig)
                      throws ParseException

Throws:

ParseException

privateImportConfig

public RuleBase privateImportConfig(SemanticRulesConfig.Rulebase ruleBaseConfig)
                             throws ParseException

Imports an uninitialized rule base

Throws:

ParseException

importFromReader

public RuleBase importFromReader(Reader reader,
 String sourceName,
 String automataFile,
 RuleBase ruleBase)
                          throws ParseException

Imports rules from a reader

Parameters:

reader - the reader containing rules on the proper syntax

sourceName - a string describing the source of the rules used for error messages

ruleBase - an existing rule base to import the rules into, or null to create a new one

Returns:

the rule base containing the rules added from the reader

Throws:

ParseException - if the reader contains illegal rule syntax

privateImportFromReader

public RuleBase privateImportFromReader(Reader reader,
 String inputSourceName,
 String automataFile,
 RuleBase ruleBase)
                                 throws ParseException

Returns an uninitialized rule base

Throws:

ParseException