Class RelationshipFinder

java.lang.Object

net.didion.jwnl.data.relationship.RelationshipFinder

public class RelationshipFinder
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
RelationshipList	findRelationships(Synset sourceSynset, Synset targetSynset, PointerType type)	Find all relationships of type type between sourceSynset and targetSynset.
RelationshipList	findRelationships(Synset sourceSynset, Synset targetSynset, PointerType type, int depth)	Find all relationships of type type between sourceSynset and targetSynset to depth depth.
int	getImmediateRelationship(IndexWord sourceWord, IndexWord targetWord)	Looks at whether the target word is one of the words in one of the synsets of the source word.
static RelationshipFinder	getInstance()

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Method Details

getInstance

public static RelationshipFinder getInstance()

getImmediateRelationship

public int getImmediateRelationship(IndexWord sourceWord,
 IndexWord targetWord)
                             throws JWNLException

Looks at whether the target word is one of the words in one of the synsets of the source word.

Returns:

int the sense of the source word that contains the target word

Throws:

JWNLException

findRelationships

public RelationshipList findRelationships(Synset sourceSynset,
 Synset targetSynset,
 PointerType type)
                                   throws JWNLException

Find all relationships of type type between sourceSynset and targetSynset. This method creates a symmetric or asymmetric relationship based on whether type is symmetric.

Throws:

JWNLException

findRelationships

public RelationshipList findRelationships(Synset sourceSynset,
 Synset targetSynset,
 PointerType type,
 int depth)
                                   throws JWNLException

Find all relationships of type type between sourceSynset and targetSynset to depth depth. This method creates a symmetric or asymmetric relationship based on whether type is symmetric.

Throws:

JWNLException