fido.linguistic.components
Class Fragment

java.lang.Object
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  +--fido.linguistic.components.Fragment

All Implemented Interfaces:

Clause

public class Fragment

extends java.lang.Object

implements Clause

A concrete subclass of Clause that represents a command without a verb. Fragments entered by the user are either:

• An answer to a question
• Ellipsis

Fragments are resolved using the FragmentResolver class.

See Also:

FragmentResolver

Constructor Summary

Fragment()
Create a new Fragment class.

Method Summary

void	addPrepositionalPhrase(PrepositionalPhrase phrase) Adds a PrepositionalPhrase to this fragment.
AdjectiveClass	getAdjective() Returns the AdjectiveClass for this Fragment.
Noun	getNoun() Returns the Noun class for this Fragment.
java.util.Iterator	getPrepositionalPhrases() Returns an Iterator over all of the PrepositionalPhrases contained in this Fragment.
void	setAdjective(AdjectiveClass adj) Sets the Adjective for this fragment.
void	setNoun(Noun noun) Sets the Noun for this fragment.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Fragment

public Fragment()

Create a new Fragment class.

Method Detail

setNoun

public void setNoun(Noun noun)

Sets the Noun for this fragment.

Parameters:

noun - Noun for this fragment.

setAdjective

public void setAdjective(AdjectiveClass adj)

Sets the Adjective for this fragment.

Parameters:

adj - Adjective for this fragment.

addPrepositionalPhrase

public void addPrepositionalPhrase(PrepositionalPhrase phrase)

Adds a PrepositionalPhrase to this fragment.

Parameters:

phrase - PrepositionalPhrase to add.

getNoun

public Noun getNoun()

Returns the Noun class for this Fragment.

Returns:

The Noun class for this Fragment.

getAdjective

public AdjectiveClass getAdjective()

Returns the AdjectiveClass for this Fragment.

Returns:

The AdjectiveClass for this Fragment.

getPrepositionalPhrases

public java.util.Iterator getPrepositionalPhrases()

Returns an Iterator over all of the PrepositionalPhrases contained in this Fragment.

Returns:

Iterator of PrepositionalPhrases

See Also:

PrepositionalPhrase