fido.linguistic.components
Class Sentence

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Clause

public class Sentence

extends java.lang.Object

implements Clause

Concrete subclass of Clause that identifies the user input as having a verb. The input will either be a Fragment or a Sentence. This class holds all components associated with the input.

Field Summary

static int	COMMAND Constant value for setMood() and getMood()
static int	INFORMATION Constant value for setMood() and getMood()
static int	QUESTION Constant value for setMood() and getMood()

Constructor Summary

Sentence()
Creates a new empty Sentence object.

Method Summary

Noun	getIndirectObject() Returns the Noun in the indirect object slot.
int	getMood() Returns the Mood for the sentence.
AdjectiveClass	getPredicateAdjective() Returns the AdjectiveClass in the predicate adjective slot.
Noun	getPredicateNoun() Returns the Noun in the predicate noun slot.
Noun	getSubject() Returns the Noun in the subject slot.
VerbPhrase	getVerbPhrase() Returns the VerbPhrase for this sentence.
void	setIndirectObject(Noun indirectObject) Sets the indirect object slot to the given Noun.
void	setMood(int mood) Sets the mood of the sentence.
void	setPredicateAdjective(AdjectiveClass predicateAdjective) Sets the predicate adjective slot to the given AdjectiveClass.
void	setPredicateNoun(Noun predicateNoun) Sets the predicate noun slot to the given noun.
void	setSubject(Noun subject) Sets the subject slot to the given Noun.
void	setVerbPhrase(VerbPhrase verb) Sets the VerbPhrase for this sentence.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INFORMATION

public static final int INFORMATION

Constant value for setMood() and getMood()

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Constant Field Values

COMMAND

public static final int COMMAND

Constant value for setMood() and getMood()

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Constant Field Values

QUESTION

public static final int QUESTION

Constant value for setMood() and getMood()

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Sentence

public Sentence()

Creates a new empty Sentence object.

Method Detail

setMood

public void setMood(int mood)

Sets the mood of the sentence. The mood is action the system will take upon processing the input.

• Informational - The user is giving the system information
• Command - The user is asking the system to perform an action
• Question - The user is asking the system to retrieve information

Use the constant values defined in this class to set the mood value.

Parameters:

mood - Mood for the sentence.

See Also:

SentenceComponents

getMood

public int getMood()

Returns the Mood for the sentence. See setMood() for a more descriptive definition of mood.

Returns:

The mood of the sentence.

See Also:

setMood(int)

setSubject

public void setSubject(Noun subject)

Sets the subject slot to the given Noun.

Parameters:

subject - Subject of the sentence.

getSubject

public Noun getSubject()

Returns the Noun in the subject slot.

Returns:

The Noun in the subject slot. Null if there is no subject.

setIndirectObject

public void setIndirectObject(Noun indirectObject)

Sets the indirect object slot to the given Noun.

Parameters:

indirectObject - Indirect object of the sentence.

getIndirectObject

public Noun getIndirectObject()

Returns the Noun in the indirect object slot.

Returns:

The Noun in the indirect object slot. Null if there is no indirect object.

setPredicateNoun

public void setPredicateNoun(Noun predicateNoun)

Sets the predicate noun slot to the given noun. A predicate noun can be either a direct object or a predicate noun.

Parameters:

predicateNoun - Predicate noun of the sentence.

getPredicateNoun

public Noun getPredicateNoun()

Returns the Noun in the predicate noun slot. A predicate noun can be either a direct object or a predicate noun.

Returns:

The Noun in the predicate noun slot. Null if there is no predicate noun.

setPredicateAdjective

public void setPredicateAdjective(AdjectiveClass predicateAdjective)

Sets the predicate adjective slot to the given AdjectiveClass.

Parameters:

predicateAdjective - Predicate adjective of the sentence.

getPredicateAdjective

public AdjectiveClass getPredicateAdjective()

Returns the AdjectiveClass in the predicate adjective slot.

Returns:

The AdjectiveClass in the predicate adjective slot. Null if there is no predicate adjective.

setVerbPhrase

public void setVerbPhrase(VerbPhrase verb)

Sets the VerbPhrase for this sentence.

Parameters:

verb - The VerbPhrase for this sentence.

getVerbPhrase

public VerbPhrase getVerbPhrase()

Returns the VerbPhrase for this sentence.

Returns:

The VerbPhrase for this sentence.