edu.columbia.surge.hashImpl
Class ProperH

java.lang.Object
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                    +--edu.columbia.surge.hashImpl.ProperH

public class ProperH

extends FDH

implements Proper

The proper category. This is usually used when user wants to specify a name of a person. The lexical entry in the proper category is usually the name, which is the proper noun itself. There are methods to set the proper noun and also the plurality of the noun. A factory method is available to construct a Proper object in a more convenient fashion. User can either use the ProperH class or directly use the constructor of this class to create instances of ProperH.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ProperH()
Constructor which creates a default instance of ProperFactoryH.

ProperH(java.lang.String lex)
Constructor to compute and return an object of type Proper with the given lexical entry An InvalidConstructorException will be thrown if the given lexical entry is invalid.

ProperH(java.lang.String lex, boolean plurality)
Construtor to compute and return an object of type Proper with the given lexical entry and specification of plurality.

Method Summary

void	setLex(java.lang.String lex) A method to set the lex/proper noun of the proper category.
void	setPlurality(boolean plurality) A method to set the plurality of the proper noun.

Methods inherited from class edu.columbia.surge.hashImpl.FDH

checkPath, checkPath, computePathDifference, getPath, getPath, putPath, putPath, putPathOverride, putPathOverride, stackToPath, stringToArray, toString, toString, toXML

Methods inherited from class java.util.HashMap

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

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

equals, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ProperH

public ProperH()

Constructor which creates a default instance of ProperFactoryH.

ProperH

public ProperH(java.lang.String lex)
        throws InvalidConstructorException

Constructor to compute and return an object of type Proper with the given lexical entry An InvalidConstructorException will be thrown if the given lexical entry is invalid.

Parameters:

lex - the proper noun

ProperH

public ProperH(java.lang.String lex,
               boolean plurality)
        throws InvalidConstructorException

Construtor to compute and return an object of type Proper with the given lexical entry and specification of plurality. An InvalidConstructorException will be thrown if the given lexical entry is invalid.

Parameters:

lex - the proper noun

plurality - set whether the proper noun should be plural, true to be plural.

Method Detail

setLex

public void setLex(java.lang.String lex)

A method to set the lex/proper noun of the proper category.

Specified by:

setLex in interface Proper

Parameters:

lex - the proper noun

setPlurality

public void setPlurality(boolean plurality)

A method to set the plurality of the proper noun.

Specified by:

setPlurality in interface Proper

Parameters:

plurality - set true to be plural and false to be singular