org.maltparser.core.syntaxgraph.writer

Interface SyntaxGraphWriter

All Known Implementing Classes:

BracketWriter, NegraWriter, TabWriter, TigerXMLWriter

public interface SyntaxGraphWriter

Author:

Johan Hall

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes the file or the output stream.
DataFormatInstance	getDataFormatInstance() Returns the output data format instance
java.lang.String	getOptions() Returns a string representation of the writer specific options.
void	open(java.io.OutputStream os, java.lang.String charsetName) Opens an output stream
void	open(java.lang.String fileName, java.lang.String charsetName) Opens a file for writing
void	setDataFormatInstance(DataFormatInstance dataFormatInstance) Sets the output data format instance
void	setOptions(java.lang.String optionString) Sets the writer specific options.
void	writeEpilog() Writes the end of the file
void	writeProlog() Cause the syntax graph writer to write the beginning of the file (such as header information)
void	writeSentence(TokenStructure syntaxGraph) Writes a sentence (token structure, dependency structure or/and phrase structure)

Method Detail

open

void open(java.lang.String fileName,
          java.lang.String charsetName)
   throws MaltChainedException

Opens a file for writing

Parameters:

fileName - the file name of the file

charsetName - the name of the character encoding set

Throws:

MaltChainedException

open

void open(java.io.OutputStream os,
          java.lang.String charsetName)
   throws MaltChainedException

Opens an output stream

Parameters:

os - an output stream

charsetName - the name of the character encoding set

Throws:

MaltChainedException

writeProlog

void writeProlog()
          throws MaltChainedException

Cause the syntax graph writer to write the beginning of the file (such as header information)

Throws:

MaltChainedException

writeSentence

void writeSentence(TokenStructure syntaxGraph)
            throws MaltChainedException

Writes a sentence (token structure, dependency structure or/and phrase structure)

Parameters:

syntaxGraph - a syntax graph (token structure, dependency structure or/and phrase structure)

Throws:

MaltChainedException

writeEpilog

void writeEpilog()
          throws MaltChainedException

Writes the end of the file

Throws:

MaltChainedException

getDataFormatInstance

DataFormatInstance getDataFormatInstance()

Returns the output data format instance

Returns:

the output data format instance

setDataFormatInstance

void setDataFormatInstance(DataFormatInstance dataFormatInstance)

Sets the output data format instance

Parameters:

dataFormatInstance - an output data format instance

getOptions

java.lang.String getOptions()

Returns a string representation of the writer specific options.

Returns:

a string representation of the writer specific options.

setOptions

void setOptions(java.lang.String optionString)
         throws MaltChainedException

Sets the writer specific options.

Parameters:

optionString - a string representation of the writer specific options

Throws:

MaltChainedException

close

void close()
    throws MaltChainedException

Closes the file or the output stream.

Throws:

MaltChainedException