org.corpus_tools.salt.common.SSpan Interface Reference

A span is used to group a couple of tokens together to give them exactly the same annotation or to connect them as a bunch with a 3rd node at once. More...

Inherits org.corpus_tools.salt.common.SStructuredNode, and org.corpus_tools.salt.common.SDocumentGraphObject.

Inherited by org.corpus_tools.salt.common.impl.SSpanImpl.

Additional Inherited Members
Public Member Functions inherited from org.corpus_tools.salt.core.SNode
List< SRelation >	getOutRelations ()
	When this node belongs to a SGraph, a list of outgoing relations of this node are returned. More...
List< SRelation >	getInRelations ()
	When this node belongs to a SGraph, a list of incoming relations of this node are returned. More...
Set< SLayer >	getLayers ()
	Returns all layers containing this node. More...
SGraph	getGraph ()
	Returns the container graph of this node. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from org.corpus_tools.salt.graph.Node
void	setGraph (Graph graph)
	Sets the container graph of this node. More...
void	addLayer (Layer layer)
	Adds this node to the passed layer. More...
void	removeLayer (Layer layer)
	Removes this node from the passed layer. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from org.corpus_tools.salt.graph.IdentifiableElement
String	getId ()
	Returns the id of this object, which is the value of the contained Identifier object. More...
void	setId (String id)
	Creates a new Identifier object and sets its value to the passed id. More...
Identifier	getIdentifier ()
	Returns the Identifier label for this object. More...
void	setIdentifier (Identifier identifier)
	Sets the Identifier label for this object. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from org.corpus_tools.salt.graph.LabelableElement
Collection< Label >	getLabels ()
	Returns all labels being contained by this object. More...
void	addLabel (Label label)
	Adds the given Label object to the list of labels. More...
Label	getLabel (String namespace, String name)
	Returns a label having the passed namespace and name, if such a label is contained by this object. More...
Label	getLabel (String qName)
	Returns a label having the passed qualified name. More...
void	removeLabel (String qName)
	Removes the label having the passed qName. More...
void	removeLabel (String namespace, String name)
	Removes a Label object from the list of labels of this object. More...
void	removeAll ()
	Removes all Label objects.
Set< Label >	getLabelsByNamespace (String namespace)
	Returns a set containing all Label objects having the given namespace. More...
boolean	containsLabel (String qName)
	Checks if this object has a Label object in its list having the given qualified name. More...
Integer	sizeLabels ()
	returns the number of Label objects contained by this object. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from org.corpus_tools.salt.core.SAnnotationContainer
SAnnotation	createAnnotation (String namespace, String name, Object value)
	Creates and returns an annotation having the passed namespace, name and value. More...
public< A extends SAnnotation > Set< A >	createAnnotations (String annotationString)
	This method parses the given annotation String and adds an SAnnotation object for each annotation being contained in that string to the given SAnnotationContainer object. More...
public< A extends SAnnotation > Set< A >	getAnnotations ()
	Returns all annotations contained by this object. More...
void	addAnnotation (SAnnotation annotation)
	Adds the passed annotation to this container. More...
SAnnotation	getAnnotation (String qName)
	Returns an annotation having the passed qualified name, if this container contains such an annotation. More...
SAnnotation	getAnnotation (String namespace, String name)
	Returns an annotation having the passed qualified name, if this container contains such an annotation. More...
Iterator< SAnnotation >	iterator_SAnnotation ()
	Returns an iterator to iterate over the SAnnotation objects contained by this container. More...
SMetaAnnotation	createMetaAnnotation (String namespace, String name, Object value)
	Creates and returns a meta annotation having the passed namespace, name and value. More...
public< A extends SMetaAnnotation > Set< A >	createMetaAnnotations (String metaAnnotationString)
	This method parses the given meta annotation String and adds an SMetaAnnotation object for each meta annotation being contained in that string to the given SAnnotationContainer object. More...
public< A extends SMetaAnnotation > Set< A >	getMetaAnnotations ()
	Returns all meta annotations contained by this object. More...
void	addMetaAnnotation (SMetaAnnotation metaAnnotation)
	Adds the passed meta annotation to this container. More...
SMetaAnnotation	getMetaAnnotation (String qName)
	Returns a meta annotation having the passed qualified name, if this container contains such a meta annotation. More...
Iterator< SMetaAnnotation >	iterator_SMetaAnnotation ()
	Returns an iterator to iterate over the SMetaAnnotation objects contained by this container. More...
SProcessingAnnotation	createProcessingAnnotation (String namespace, String name, Object value)
	Creates and returns a processing-annotation having the passed namespace, name and value. More...
public< A extends SProcessingAnnotation > Set< A >	createProcessingAnnotations (String annotationString)
	This method parses the given processing-annotation String and adds an SProcessingAnnotation object for each processing-annotation being contained in that string to the given SAnnotationContainer object. More...
public< A extends SProcessingAnnotation > Set< A >	getProcessingAnnotations ()
	Returns all processing-annotations contained by this object. More...
void	addProcessingAnnotation (SProcessingAnnotation processingAnnotation)
	Adds the passed processing-annotation to this container. More...
SProcessingAnnotation	getProcessingAnnotation (String qName)
	Returns a processing-annotation having the passed qualified name, if this container contains such a processing-annotation. More...
Iterator< SProcessingAnnotation >	iterator_SProcessingAnnotation ()
	Returns an iterator to iterate over the SProcessingAnnotation objects contained by this container. More...
SFeature	createFeature (String namespace, String name, Object value)
	Creates and returns an feature having the passed namespace, name and value. More...
public< A extends SFeature > Set< A >	createFeatures (String featureString)
	This method parses the given feature String and adds an SFeature object for each feature being contained in that string to the given SAnnotationContainer object. More...
public< A extends SFeature > Set< A >	getFeatures ()
	Returns all features contained by this object. More...
void	addFeature (SFeature feature)
	Adds the passed feature to this container. More...
SFeature	getFeature (String qName)
	Returns an feature having the passed qualified name, if this container contains such an feature. More...
SFeature	getFeature (String namespace, String name)
	Returns an feature having the passed qualified name, if this container contains such an feature. More...
Iterator< SFeature >	iterator_SFeature ()
	Returns an iterator to iterate over the SFeature objects contained by this container. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from org.corpus_tools.salt.core.SNamedElement
String	getName ()
	Returns the name of this element. More...
void	setName (String name)
	Sets the name of the element. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from org.corpus_tools.salt.core.SPathElement
URI	getPath ()
	Returns the id of this object as a URI path If no Id exists, null is returned. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from org.corpus_tools.salt.common.SDocumentGraphObject
SDocumentGraph	getGraph ()
	Returns the document structure object which contains this element. More...

Detailed Description

A span is used to group a couple of tokens together to give them exactly the same annotation or to connect them as a bunch with a 3rd node at once.

A span therefore has the semantic of an ordered set. In a graph-based world, we need to model such an ordered set as nodes and edges. Therefore Salt provides the node type SSpan and the relation type SSpanningRelation. A SSpan object represents the span itself and for instance could be annotated or linked with other nodes. To mark a token as being part of the set, a SSpanningRelation object connects each token with the span. A SSpanningRelation always has a span as source and a token as target.

Author

florian