net.didion.jwnl.data

Class PointerTarget

java.lang.Object

net.didion.jwnl.data.PointerTarget

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Synset, Word

public abstract class PointerTarget
extends Object
implements Serializable

A PointerTarget is the source or target of a Pointer. The target of a semantic PointerTarget is a Synset; the target of a lexical PointerTarget is a Word.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	PointerTarget()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
abstract Pointer[]	getPointers() Return a list of Target's pointers
Pointer[]	getPointers(PointerType type) Get all pointers of type type.
abstract POS	getPOS() Return this target's POS
PointerTarget[]	getTargets() Get all the pointer targets of this synset
PointerTarget[]	getTargets(PointerType type) Get all the targets of the pointers of type type.
abstract String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PointerTarget

protected PointerTarget()

Method Detail

getPOS

public abstract POS getPOS()

Return this target's POS

getPointers

public abstract Pointer[] getPointers()

Return a list of Target's pointers

toString

public abstract String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getPointers

public Pointer[] getPointers(PointerType type)

Get all pointers of type type.

getTargets

public PointerTarget[] getTargets()
                           throws JWNLException

Get all the pointer targets of this synset

Throws:

JWNLException

getTargets

public PointerTarget[] getTargets(PointerType type)
                           throws JWNLException

Get all the targets of the pointers of type type.

Throws:

JWNLException