it.unitn.disi.smatch.oracles
Interface ISynset

All Known Implementing Classes:

WordNetSynset

public interface ISynset

Interface for synsets.

Author:

Mikalai Yatskevich mikalai.yatskevich@comlab.ox.ac.uk, Aliaksandr Autayeu avtaev@gmail.com

Method Summary

java.util.Vector<ISynset>	getChildren() Returns "children", that is hyponyms of the synset.
java.util.Vector<ISynset>	getChildren(int depth) Returns "children", that is hyponyms of the synset, down to certain depth.
java.lang.String	getGloss() Returns a synset gloss, that is a textual description of the meaning of the synset.
java.util.Vector<java.lang.String>	getLemmas() Get lemmas of this synset.
java.util.Vector<ISynset>	getParents() Returns "parents", that is hypernyms of the synset.
java.util.Vector<ISynset>	getParents(int depth) Returns "parents", that is hypernyms of the synset, up to certain depth.
boolean	isNull() Checks whether the synset holds a synset inside.

Method Detail

getGloss

java.lang.String getGloss()

Returns a synset gloss, that is a textual description of the meaning of the synset.

Returns:

a gloss

getLemmas

java.util.Vector<java.lang.String> getLemmas()

Get lemmas of this synset.

Returns:

lemmas

getParents

java.util.Vector<ISynset> getParents()

Returns "parents", that is hypernyms of the synset.

Returns:

hypernyms of the synset

getParents

java.util.Vector<ISynset> getParents(int depth)

Returns "parents", that is hypernyms of the synset, up to certain depth.

Parameters:

depth - a search depth

Returns:

"parents"

getChildren

java.util.Vector<ISynset> getChildren()

Returns "children", that is hyponyms of the synset.

Returns:

"children"

getChildren

java.util.Vector<ISynset> getChildren(int depth)

Returns "children", that is hyponyms of the synset, down to certain depth.

Parameters:

depth - a search depth

Returns:

"children"

isNull

boolean isNull()

Checks whether the synset holds a synset inside.

Returns:

whether the synset holds a synset inside