edu.mit.jmwe.detect

Interface IInflectionRule

All Known Implementing Classes:

InflectionRule

public interface IInflectionRule

Represents a pattern according to which the parts of a multi-word expression may be inflected.

Since:

jMWE 1.0.0

Version:

$Id: IInflectionRule.java 356 2015-11-25 22:36:46Z markaf $

Author:

N. Kulkarni

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends IToken> boolean	isValid(IMWE<T> mwe) Returns true if this MWE follows the rule; false otherwise.
<T extends IToken> boolean	matches(IMWE<T> mwe) Returns true if the given MWE has the same syntax as this rule.

Method Detail

isValid

<T extends IToken> boolean isValid(IMWE<T> mwe)

Returns true if this MWE follows the rule; false otherwise.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of tokens in the MWE

Parameters:

mwe - the MWE to which the rule may/may not be applied

Returns:

true if this MWE follows the rule; false otherwise.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this rule may not be applied to the given MWE. May only throw this exception if the matches(IMWE<T> mwe) method returns false.

Since:

jMWE 1.0.0

matches

<T extends IToken> boolean matches(IMWE<T> mwe)

Returns true if the given MWE has the same syntax as this rule. In other words, returns true if this rule may be applied to the given MWE; false otherwise.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of tokens in the MWE

Parameters:

mwe - the MWE to which the rule may/may not be applied

Returns:

returns true if this rule may be applied to the given MWE, false otherwise.

Since:

jMWE 1.0.0