net.didion.jwnl.data
Class SynsetProxy

java.lang.Object
  net.didion.jwnl.data.PointerTarget
      net.didion.jwnl.data.Synset
          net.didion.jwnl.data.SynsetProxy

All Implemented Interfaces:

DictionaryElement, java.io.Serializable

public class SynsetProxy

extends Synset

Proxy for a Synset. This class wraps a Synset that may be null at the time of creation. When this Synset is initialized (set), all method calls are forwarded to it.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

SynsetProxy(POS pos)
The only value that matters is pos, since the call to getPOS is not forwarded to _source

Method Summary

boolean	containsWord(java.lang.String lemma) Returns true if lemma is one of the words contained in this synset.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object) Two Synsets are equal if their POS's and offsets are equal
java.lang.String	getGloss()
java.lang.Object	getKey() Get a key that can be used to index this element.
long	getOffset()
Pointer[]	getPointers() Return a list of Target's pointers
Pointer[]	getPointers(PointerType type) Get all pointers of type type.
protected Synset	getSource()
PointerTarget[]	getTargets() Get all the pointer targets of this synset
PointerTarget[]	getTargets(PointerType type) Get all the targets of the pointers of type type.
java.lang.String[]	getVerbFrames() Returns all Verb Frames that are valid for all the words in this synset
Word	getWord(int index)
Word[]	getWords()
int	hashCode()
void	setSource(Synset source)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class net.didion.jwnl.data.Synset

getPOS, getType, getVerbFrameFlags, getVerbFrameIndicies, getWordsSize, isAdjectiveCluster

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SynsetProxy

public SynsetProxy(POS pos)

The only value that matters is pos, since the call to getPOS is not forwarded to _source

Method Detail

getPointers

public Pointer[] getPointers(PointerType type)

Description copied from class: PointerTarget

Get all pointers of type type.

Overrides:

getPointers in class PointerTarget

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

Description copied from class: Synset

Two Synsets are equal if their POS's and offsets are equal

Overrides:

equals in class Synset

getTargets

public PointerTarget[] getTargets()
                           throws JWNLException

Description copied from class: PointerTarget

Get all the pointer targets of this synset

Overrides:

getTargets in class PointerTarget

Throws:

JWNLException

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Synset

getTargets

public PointerTarget[] getTargets(PointerType type)
                           throws JWNLException

Description copied from class: PointerTarget

Get all the targets of the pointers of type type.

Overrides:

getTargets in class PointerTarget

Throws:

JWNLException

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Synset

getPointers

public Pointer[] getPointers()

Description copied from class: PointerTarget

Return a list of Target's pointers

Overrides:

getPointers in class Synset

getGloss

public java.lang.String getGloss()

Overrides:

getGloss in class Synset

getWords

public Word[] getWords()

Overrides:

getWords in class Synset

getWord

public Word getWord(int index)

Overrides:

getWord in class Synset

getOffset

public long getOffset()

Overrides:

getOffset in class Synset

getKey

public java.lang.Object getKey()

Description copied from interface: DictionaryElement

Get a key that can be used to index this element.

Specified by:

getKey in interface DictionaryElement

Overrides:

getKey in class Synset

getVerbFrames

public java.lang.String[] getVerbFrames()

Description copied from class: Synset

Returns all Verb Frames that are valid for all the words in this synset

Overrides:

getVerbFrames in class Synset

containsWord

public boolean containsWord(java.lang.String lemma)

Description copied from class: Synset

Returns true if lemma is one of the words contained in this synset.

Overrides:

containsWord in class Synset

getSource

protected Synset getSource()

setSource

public void setSource(Synset source)