edu.northwestern.at.utils

Interface TaggedStrings

All Known Implementing Classes:

SingleTagTaggedStrings, TaggedStringsMap, TaggedStringsSet, TernaryTrie, UTF8Properties

public interface TaggedStrings

Interface for a bunch of strings with associated values.

This is an interface for wrapping various types of string lists. Some string lists have one or more different values for each string, while others have the same value for each string. The underlying implementation can be a map, an array, a trie, a properties list, etc.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	containsString(java.lang.String string) See if specified string exists.
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getAllStrings() Get set of all unique string values.
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getAllTags() Get set of all unique tag values.
int	getStringCount() Get number of strings.
java.lang.String	getTag(java.lang.String string) Get the tag value associated with a string.
void	putTag(java.lang.String string, java.lang.String tag) Set the tag value associated with a string.

Method Detail

containsString

boolean containsString(java.lang.String string)

See if specified string exists.

Parameters:

string - The string.

Returns:

True if specified string exists.

getTag

java.lang.String getTag(java.lang.String string)

Get the tag value associated with a string.

Parameters:

string - The string.

Returns:

The tag value associated with the string. May be null.

putTag

void putTag(java.lang.String string,
          java.lang.String tag)

Set the tag value associated with a string.

Parameters:

string - The string.

tag - The tag.

getStringCount

int getStringCount()

Get number of strings.

Returns:

Number of strings.

getAllTags

java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getAllTags()

Get set of all unique tag values.

Returns:

List of all tag values.

getAllStrings

java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getAllStrings()

Get set of all unique string values.

Returns:

List of all strings.