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## edu.stanford.nlp.ling
Class WordFactory

    java.lang.Object
      edu.stanford.nlp.ling.WordFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:
  LabelFactory

    public class WordFactory

extends Object
implements LabelFactory

A `WordFactory` acts as a factory for creating objects of class `Word`.

Author:
  Christopher Manning

Constructor Summary
`WordFactory()` Creates a new WordFactory.

Method Summary
`Label` | `newLabel(Label oldLabel)` Create a new `Word Label`, where the label is formed from the `Label` object passed in.
`Label` | `newLabel(String word)` Create a new word, where the label is formed from the `String` passed in.
`Label` | `newLabel(String word, int options)` Create a new word, where the label is formed from the `String` passed in.
`Label` | `newLabelFromString(String word)` Create a new word, where the label is formed from the `String` passed in.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### WordFactory

    public WordFactory()

  Creates a new WordFactory.

Method Detail

### newLabel

    public Label newLabel(String word)

  Create a new word, where the label is formed from the `String` passed in.

  Specified by:
    `newLabel` in interface `LabelFactory`
  Parameters:
    `word` - The word that will go into the `Word`
  Returns:
    The new label

### newLabel

    public Label newLabel(String word,
                          int options)

  Create a new word, where the label is formed from the `String` passed in.

  Specified by:
    `newLabel` in interface `LabelFactory`
  Parameters:
    `word` - The word that will go into the `Word`
    `options` - is ignored by a WordFactory
  Returns:
    The new label

### newLabelFromString

    public Label newLabelFromString(String word)

  Create a new word, where the label is formed from the `String` passed in.

  Specified by:
    `newLabelFromString` in interface `LabelFactory`
  Parameters:
    `word` - The word that will go into the `Word`
  Returns:
    The new label

### newLabel

    public Label newLabel(Label oldLabel)

  Create a new `Word Label`, where the label is formed from the `Label` object passed in. Depending on what fields each label has, other things will be `null`.

  Specified by:
    `newLabel` in interface `LabelFactory`
  Parameters:
    `oldLabel` - The Label that the new label is being created from
  Returns:
    a new label of a particular type

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