Entity

public class Entity extends Object

Known Direct Subclasses DateTimeEntity, FlightNumberEntity, IbanEntity, IsbnEntity, MoneyEntity, PaymentCardEntity, TrackingNumberEntity DateTimeEntity A date-time entity extracted from a piece of text.  FlightNumberEntity A flight number entity extracted from a piece of text.  IbanEntity An IBAN (International Bank Account Number) entity extracted from a piece of text.  IsbnEntity An ISBN (International Standard Book Number) entity extracted from a piece of text.  MoneyEntity A money entity extracted from a piece of text.  PaymentCardEntity A payment card entity extracted from a piece of text.  TrackingNumberEntity A parcel tracking number entity extracted from a piece of text.

An entity extracted from a piece of text.

Nested Class Summary

@interface

Entity.Type

The type of an extracted entity(e.g.

Constant Summary

int	TYPE_ADDRESS	Identifies a physical address.
int	TYPE_DATE_TIME	Identifies a time reference that includes a specific time.
int	TYPE_EMAIL	Identifies an e-mail address.
int	TYPE_FLIGHT_NUMBER	Identifies a flight number in IATA format.
int	TYPE_IBAN	Identifies an International Bank Account Number (IBAN).
int	TYPE_ISBN	Identifies an International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
int	TYPE_MONEY	Identifies an amount of money.
int	TYPE_PAYMENT_CARD	Identifies a payment card.
int	TYPE_PHONE	Identifies a phone number.
int	TYPE_TRACKING_NUMBER	Identifies a shipment tracking number.
int	TYPE_URL	Identifies a URL.

Public Method Summary

DateTimeEntity	asDateTimeEntity() Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a DateTimeEntity.
FlightNumberEntity	asFlightNumberEntity() Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a FlightNumberEntity.
IbanEntity	asIbanEntity() Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a IbanEntity.
IsbnEntity	asIsbnEntity() Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a IsbnEntity.
MoneyEntity	asMoneyEntity() Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a MoneyEntity.
PaymentCardEntity	asPaymentCardEntity() Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a PaymentCardEntity.
TrackingNumberEntity	asTrackingNumberEntity() Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a TrackingNumberEntity.
int	getType() Returns the type(e.g.
String	toString()

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone()
boolean	equals(Object arg0)
void	finalize()
final Class<?>	getClass()
int	hashCode()
final void	notify()
final void	notifyAll()
String	toString()
final void	wait(long arg0, int arg1)
final void	wait(long arg0)
final void	wait()

Constants

public static final int TYPE_ADDRESS

Identifies a physical address.

Constant Value: 1

public static final int TYPE_DATE_TIME

Identifies a time reference that includes a specific time. May be absolute such as "01/01/2000 5:30pm" or relative like "tomorrow".

Constant Value: 2

public static final int TYPE_EMAIL

Identifies an e-mail address.

Constant Value: 3

public static final int TYPE_FLIGHT_NUMBER

Identifies a flight number in IATA format.

Constant Value: 4

public static final int TYPE_IBAN

Identifies an International Bank Account Number (IBAN).

Constant Value: 5

public static final int TYPE_ISBN

Identifies an International Standard Book Number (ISBN).

Constant Value: 6

public static final int TYPE_MONEY

Identifies an amount of money.

Constant Value: 11

public static final int TYPE_PAYMENT_CARD

Identifies a payment card.

Constant Value: 7

public static final int TYPE_PHONE

Identifies a phone number.

Constant Value: 8

public static final int TYPE_TRACKING_NUMBER

Identifies a shipment tracking number.

Constant Value: 9

public static final int TYPE_URL

Identifies a URL.

Constant Value: 10

Public Methods

public DateTimeEntity asDateTimeEntity ()

Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a DateTimeEntity. Returns null if the current entity is not of type DATE_TIME.

public FlightNumberEntity asFlightNumberEntity ()

Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a FlightNumberEntity. Returns null if the current entity is not of type FLIGHT_NUMBER.

public IbanEntity asIbanEntity ()

Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a IbanEntity. Returns null if the current entity is not of type IBAN.

public IsbnEntity asIsbnEntity ()

Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a IsbnEntity. Returns null if the current entity is not of type ISBN.

public MoneyEntity asMoneyEntity ()

Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a MoneyEntity. Returns null if the current entity is not of type MONEY.

public PaymentCardEntity asPaymentCardEntity ()

Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a PaymentCardEntity. Returns null if the current entity is not of type PAYMENT_CARD.

public TrackingNumberEntity asTrackingNumberEntity ()

Convenience method that returns the current entity cast to a TrackingNumberEntity. Returns null if the current entity is not of type TRACKING_NUMBER.

public int getType ()

Returns the type(e.g. TYPE_EMAIL) of this entity.

public String toString ()