edu.stanford.nlp.pipeline

Class AnnotatorFactory

java.lang.Object

edu.stanford.nlp.pipeline.AnnotatorFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

Factory<Annotator>, Serializable

public abstract class AnnotatorFactory
extends Object
implements Factory<Annotator>

A Factory for creating a certain type of Annotator.

Author:

Mihai Surdeanu

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Properties	properties

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AnnotatorFactory(Properties properties, AnnotatorImplementations implementations)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract String	additionalSignature()
abstract Annotator	create() Creates and returns an Annotator given the local properties.
String	signature() Creates the annotator's signature given the current properties.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

properties

protected final Properties properties

Constructor Detail

AnnotatorFactory

protected AnnotatorFactory(Properties properties,
                AnnotatorImplementations implementations)

Method Detail

create

public abstract Annotator create()

Creates and returns an Annotator given the local properties.

Specified by:

create in interface Factory<Annotator>

Returns:

A new instance of the type T

signature

public String signature()

Creates the annotator's signature given the current properties. We use this to understand if the user wants to recreate the same annotator type but with different parameters.

additionalSignature

protected abstract String additionalSignature()