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| package org.apache.stanbol.enhancer.nlp.model.annotation; |
| |
| import java.util.List; |
| import java.util.Set; |
| |
| public interface Annotated { |
| |
| /** |
| * Getter for all keys used by Annotations |
| * @return the Set with all keys. An empty Set if none |
| */ |
| Set<String> getKeys(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Method for requesting Values of a given Key. This allows to request |
| * Values without an {@link Annotation}. |
| * @param key the Key |
| * @return the Value with the highest probability |
| */ |
| Value<?> getValue(String key); |
| |
| /** |
| * Method for requesting the Value of an Annotation. |
| * @param annotation the requested {@link Annotation} |
| * @return the Value with the highest probability |
| * @throws ClassCastException if values of {@link Annotation#getKey()} are |
| * not of type V |
| */ |
| <V> Value<V> getAnnotation(Annotation<V> annotation); |
| |
| /** |
| * Method for requesting Values of a given Key. This allows to request |
| * Values without an {@link Annotation}. |
| * @param key the Key |
| * @return all Value sorted by probability |
| */ |
| List<Value<?>> getValues(String key); |
| |
| /** |
| * Method for requesting the Value of an Annotation. |
| * @param annotation the requested {@link Annotation} |
| * @return all Values sorted by probability |
| * @throws ClassCastException if the returned value of |
| * {@link Annotation#getKey()} is not of type V |
| */ |
| <V> List<Value<V>> getAnnotations(Annotation<V> annotation); |
| |
| /** |
| * Appends an Annotation to eventually already existing values |
| * @param annotation the annotation |
| * @param value the value to append |
| */ |
| <V> void addAnnotation(Annotation<V> annotation, Value<V> value); |
| |
| /** |
| * Replaces existing Annotations with the parsed one |
| * @param annotation the annotation |
| * @param value the value for the annotation |
| */ |
| <V> void setAnnotation(Annotation<V> annotation, Value<V> value); |
| |
| /** |
| * Appends an Value to the key. This method is intended for internal use ( |
| * e.g. parsers). Users are encouraged to define type save |
| * {@link Annotation} objects and use {@link #addAnnotation(Annotation, Value)} |
| * instead. |
| * @param key the key |
| * @param value the value |
| */ |
| void addValue(String key, Value<?> value); |
| /** |
| * Replaces existing Values for a key with the parsed one. This method is |
| * intended for internal use (e.g. parsers). Users are encouraged to define |
| * type save {@link Annotation} objects and use |
| * {@link #setAnnotation(Annotation, Value)} instead. |
| * @param key the key |
| * @param value the value |
| */ |
| void setValue(String key, Value<?> value); |
| /** |
| * Appends an Annotation to eventually already existing values |
| * @param annotation the annotation |
| * @param value the value to append |
| */ |
| <V> void addAnnotations(Annotation<V> annotation, List<Value<V>> values); |
| |
| /** |
| * Replaces existing Annotations with the parsed one |
| * @param annotation the annotation |
| * @param value the value for the annotation |
| */ |
| <V> void setAnnotations(Annotation<V> annotation, List<Value<V>> values); |
| |
| /** |
| * Appends the parsed values to the key. This method is intended for internal use ( |
| * e.g. parsers). Users are encouraged to define type save |
| * {@link Annotation} objects and use {@link #addAnnotations(Annotation, List) |
| * instead. |
| * @param key the key |
| * @param value the value |
| */ |
| void addValues(String key, List<Value<?>> values); |
| |
| /** |
| * Replaces existing Values for a key with the parsed one. This method is |
| * intended for internal use (e.g. parsers). Users are encouraged to define |
| * type save {@link Annotation} objects and use |
| * {@link #setAnnotations(Annotation, List) instead. |
| * @param key the key |
| * @param value the value |
| */ |
| void setValues(String key, List<Value<?>> values); |
| } |