edu.columbia.surge
Interface NP

All Known Implementing Classes:

NPH

public abstract interface NP

extends FD

The NP category for a FD. Methods are provided to set the head and the lex of the noun phrase. Users should only set either the head or the lexical entry for each noun phrase, it does not make sense to set both of them at the same time.

See Also:

NPFactory

Inner classes inherited from class java.util.Map

java.util.Map.Entry

Method Summary

void	setHead(FD head) A method to set the head of the NP
void	setLex(java.lang.String lex) A method to set the lex of the NP

Methods inherited from interface edu.columbia.surge.FD

checkPath, checkPath, getPath, getPath, putPath, putPath, putPathOverride, putPathOverride, toString, toXML

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

clear, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, equals, get, hashCode, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Method Detail

setHead

public void setHead(FD head)

A method to set the head of the NP

Parameters:

head - a FD representation of the head

setLex

public void setLex(java.lang.String lex)

A method to set the lex of the NP

Parameters:

lex -