gate.jape
Class ConstraintGroup

java.lang.Object
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  +--gate.jape.PatternElement
        |
        +--gate.jape.ConstraintGroup
All Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable, JapeConstants, Matcher, Serializable

public class ConstraintGroup
extends PatternElement
implements JapeConstants, Serializable

A sequence of conjunctions of PatternElement that form a disjunction.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Fields inherited from interface gate.jape.JapeConstants
APPELT_STYLE, BRILL_STYLE, DEFAULT_PRIORITY, FIRST_STYLE, INDENT_PADDING, KLEENE_PLUS, KLEENE_QUERY, KLEENE_STAR, MULTI_SPAN_BINDING, NO_BINDING, NO_KLEENE_OP, ONCE_STYLE, SINGLE_SPAN_BINDING
 
Constructor Summary
ConstraintGroup()
          Anonymous constructor.
 
Method Summary
 void addPatternElement(PatternElement pe)
          Add an element to the current conjunction.
 Object clone()
          Need cloning for processing of macro references.
 void createDisjunction()
          Make a new disjunction at this point.
 void finish()
          Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.
 AnnotationSet getMatchedAnnots()
          Access to the annotations that have been matched by this group.
 PatternElement[][] getPatternElementDisjunction()
           
 boolean matches(Document doc, int position, MutableInteger newPosition)
          Does this element match the document at this position?
 void reset()
          Clear all the annotations that have been matched by this group.
 void rollback(int arity)
          Multilevel rollback of annot caches etc.
 String toString()
          Create a string representation of the object.
 String toString(String pad)
          Create a string representation of the object.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

ConstraintGroup

public ConstraintGroup()
Anonymous constructor.
Method Detail

clone

public Object clone()
Need cloning for processing of macro references. See comments on PatternElement.clone()
Overrides:
clone in class PatternElement

createDisjunction

public void createDisjunction()
Make a new disjunction at this point.

addPatternElement

public void addPatternElement(PatternElement pe)
Add an element to the current conjunction.

finish

public void finish()
Finish: replace dynamic data structures with Java arrays; called after parsing.

getMatchedAnnots

public AnnotationSet getMatchedAnnots()
Access to the annotations that have been matched by this group.
Overrides:
getMatchedAnnots in class PatternElement

reset

public void reset()
Clear all the annotations that have been matched by this group.
Overrides:
reset in class PatternElement

rollback

public void rollback(int arity)
Multilevel rollback of annot caches etc.
Overrides:
rollback in class PatternElement

matches

public boolean matches(Document doc,
                       int position,
                       MutableInteger newPosition)
Does this element match the document at this position?

toString

public String toString()
Create a string representation of the object.
Overrides:
toString in class Object

toString

public String toString(String pad)
Create a string representation of the object.
Overrides:
toString in class PatternElement

getPatternElementDisjunction

public PatternElement[][] getPatternElementDisjunction()