synesketch.emotion.util
Class LexicalUtility

java.lang.Object
  synesketch.emotion.util.LexicalUtility

public class LexicalUtility
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class for some text processing alghoritms

Version:

1.0

Author:

Uros Krcadinac email: uros@krcadinac.com

Method Summary

AffectWord	getAffectWord(java.lang.String word) Returns the instance of AffectWord for the given word.
java.util.List<AffectWord>	getAffectWords() Returns all instances of AffectWord
AffectWord	getEmoticonAffectWord(java.lang.String word) Returns the instance of AffectWord for the given word, which is emoticon.
java.util.List<AffectWord>	getEmoticonWords(java.lang.String sentence) Returns all instances of AffectWord which represent emoticons for the given sentence.
static LexicalUtility	getInstance() Returns the Singleton instance of the LexicalUtility.
boolean	hasNegation(java.lang.String sentence) Returns true if the sentence contains a negation word in it.
boolean	isIntensityModifier(java.lang.String word) Returns true if the word is an intensity modifier.
boolean	isNegation(java.lang.String word) Returns true if the word is a negation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static LexicalUtility getInstance()
                                  throws java.io.IOException

Returns the Singleton instance of the LexicalUtility.

Returns:

the instance of LexicalUtility

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getAffectWord

public AffectWord getAffectWord(java.lang.String word)

Returns the instance of AffectWord for the given word.

Parameters:

word - String representing the word

Returns:

AffectWord

getEmoticonAffectWord

public AffectWord getEmoticonAffectWord(java.lang.String word)

Returns the instance of AffectWord for the given word, which is emoticon.

Parameters:

word - String representing the word

Returns:

AffectWord

getEmoticonWords

public java.util.List<AffectWord> getEmoticonWords(java.lang.String sentence)

Returns all instances of AffectWord which represent emoticons for the given sentence.

Parameters:

sentence - String representing the sentence

Returns:

the list of AffectWord instances

getAffectWords

public java.util.List<AffectWord> getAffectWords()

Returns all instances of AffectWord

Returns:

the list of AffectWord instances

isNegation

public boolean isNegation(java.lang.String word)

Returns true if the word is a negation.

Parameters:

word - String which represents a word

Returns:

boolean, true is the word is a negation

hasNegation

public boolean hasNegation(java.lang.String sentence)

Returns true if the sentence contains a negation word in it.

Parameters:

sentence - String which represents a sentence

Returns:

boolean, true is the sentence contains negations

isIntensityModifier

public boolean isIntensityModifier(java.lang.String word)

Returns true if the word is an intensity modifier.

Parameters:

word - String which represents a word

Returns:

boolean, true is the word is an intensity modifier