dragon.ir.index
Class BasicIRTermIndexList

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

IRSignatureIndexList, IRTermIndexList

public class BasicIRTermIndexList

extends java.lang.Object

implements IRTermIndexList, IRSignatureIndexList

The class is used to write or load the relation indexing information for a given IR term or term set

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2005

Company: IST, Drexel University

Version:

1.0

Author:

Davis Zhou

Constructor Summary

BasicIRTermIndexList(java.lang.String filename, boolean writingMode)

Method Summary

boolean	add(IRTerm curTerm) Adds the term to the list
void	close() Releases occupied resources
IRTerm	get(int index) Gets the IRTerm object specified by the index
IRSignature	getIRSignature(int index)
int	size() Gets the number of terms in the list

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicIRTermIndexList

public BasicIRTermIndexList(java.lang.String filename,
                            boolean writingMode)

Method Detail

getIRSignature

public IRSignature getIRSignature(int index)

Specified by:

getIRSignature in interface IRSignatureIndexList

get

public IRTerm get(int index)

Description copied from interface: IRTermIndexList

Gets the IRTerm object specified by the index

Specified by:

get in interface IRTermIndexList

Parameters:

index - the index of the term

Returns:

the IRTerm object specified by the index

add

public boolean add(IRTerm curTerm)

Description copied from interface: IRTermIndexList

Adds the term to the list

Specified by:

add in interface IRTermIndexList

Parameters:

curTerm - the term for adding

Returns:

true if addes successfully

close

public void close()

Description copied from interface: IRTermIndexList

Releases occupied resources

Specified by:

close in interface IRTermIndexList

size

public int size()

Description copied from interface: IRTermIndexList

Gets the number of terms in the list

Specified by:

size in interface IRTermIndexList

Returns:

the number of terms in the list