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ACTION - Static variable in class fido.db.VerbTable

Constant value for verb type

ACTION - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb type

add(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionTable

add(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectAttributeTable

add(int, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.VerbConstraintTable

add(int, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionSlotTable

add(int, String, int, String, String, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionPreconditionTable

add(String) - Method in class fido.db.FrameSlotTable

add(String) - Method in class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeTable

Adds or modifies a ClassLinkType.

add(String) - Method in class fido.db.AttributeCategoryTable

Adds or modifies a AttributeList.

add(String, boolean, boolean) - Method in class fido.db.UserTable

add(String, int) - Method in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

add(String, int) - Method in class fido.db.ProperNounTable

add(String, int) - Method in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Adds or modifies a GrammarLinkList.

add(String, int) - Method in class fido.db.ArticleTable

add(String, int, int) - Method in class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

add(String, int, int, boolean) - Method in class fido.db.PronounTable

add(String, int, String) - Method in class fido.db.AdverbPrepositionTable

add(String, int, String) - Method in class fido.db.AdjectivePrepositionTable

add(String, int, String, String, String) - Method in class fido.db.VerbTable

add(String, String) - Method in class fido.db.AttributeTable

Adds or modifies a AttributeList.

add(String, String, boolean, boolean) - Method in class fido.db.UserTable

add(String, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.DictionaryTable

Adds a new word sense to a word.

add(String, String, int, String) - Method in class fido.db.WordClassificationTable

Adds a new classification to the end of the list.

add(String, String, String, String) - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

Adds a new Morphology rule to a given language.

add(WebService) - Method in class fido.db.WebServiceTable

addAdjective(AdjectiveClass) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Adds an AdjectiveClass to this noun phrase.

addAdverb(AdverbClass) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbPhrase

Adds an AdverbClass to this verb phrase.

addBooleanAndNode() - Method in class fido.util.BooleanTree

Creates a BooleanAndNode to be inserted into the tree.

addBooleanOrNode() - Method in class fido.util.BooleanTree

Creates a BooleanOrNode to be inserted into the tree.

addCollectionInstruction() - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

addContextPool(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Adds an object id to the context pool.

addDecisionInstruction(int, String, String, int, String, int, int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

addExecuteInstruction(String) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

addGroupInstruction(int, int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionGroupTable

addInstructionAt(Statement, int, int, int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionGroupTable

addLeafNode(BooleanTreeNode) - Method in class fido.util.BooleanTree

Add a leaf node to the tree.

addLink(Link) - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThread

Adds a new Link class to the thread.

addMorphologyTags(Collection) - Method in class fido.db.WordSense

Adds a MorphologyTag to this WordSense.

addOpenExpression(NodeExpression) - Method in class fido.grammar.StackElement

Add an open expression.

addPrepositionalPhrase(PrepositionalPhrase) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbPhrase

Adds an PrepositionalPhrase to this verb phrase.

addPrepositionalPhrase(PrepositionalPhrase) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Adds an PrepositionalPhrase to this noun phrase.

addPrepositionalPhrase(PrepositionalPhrase) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Fragment

Adds a PrepositionalPhrase to this fragment.

addProperNoun(ResolvedNoun) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.ProperNounList

Adds a ResolvedNoun to the list.

addReturnObject(int) - Method in class fido.response.Response

Adds the object the user requested.

addWhichObject(int) - Method in class fido.response.Response

Adds an object to the list of possible object the user ment.

addWord(String) - Method in class fido.frontend.GrammarSession

Adds a new word to the grammar.

addWordSense(WordSense) - Method in class fido.linguistic.WordPackage

Adds a new WordSense to the class.

ADJECTIVE - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

AdjectiveClass - class fido.linguistic.components.AdjectiveClass.

Represents an adjective within the sentence.

AdjectiveClass(String, int) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.AdjectiveClass

Creates a new AdjectiveClass.

AdjectivePreposition - class fido.db.AdjectivePreposition.

AdjectivePreposition() - Constructor for class fido.db.AdjectivePreposition

AdjectivePrepositionTable - class fido.db.AdjectivePrepositionTable.

AdjectivePrepositionTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.AdjectivePrepositionTable

admin - Variable in class fido.db.User

ADVERB - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

AdverbClass - class fido.linguistic.components.AdverbClass.

Representes an adverb within the sentence.

AdverbClass(String) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.AdverbClass

Creates a new AdverbClass.

AdverbPreposition - class fido.db.AdverbPreposition.

AdverbPreposition() - Constructor for class fido.db.AdverbPreposition

AdverbPrepositionTable - class fido.db.AdverbPrepositionTable.

AdverbPrepositionTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.AdverbPrepositionTable

allExpressionsUsed() - Method in class fido.grammar.StackElement

Tests if: There are no more expressions The only expression is a multi-node and it has been used

AlwaysExpression - class fido.grammar.AlwaysExpression.

The special node for a grammar string is a compliment for an optional expressionn.

AlwaysExpression() - Constructor for class fido.grammar.AlwaysExpression

Creates an ALWAYS_TYPE node.

analyze(Fragment) - Method in class fido.linguistic.QuestionResolver

Resolves the fragment paramter to a sentence using the previous discourse.

analyze(Fragment) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Ellipsis

Converts a Fragment to a full Sentence by using parts of the previous input stored in the Discourse class.

analyze(String) - Method in class fido.linguistic.LinguisticAnalysis

Takes a string from the user input and determines the course of action for the Processing module.

article - Variable in class fido.db.Article

Article - class fido.db.Article.

ARTICLE - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

Article() - Constructor for class fido.db.Article

ArticleNotFoundException - exception fido.db.ArticleNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Article in the ArticleTable by a name which does not exist.

ArticleNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.ArticleNotFoundException

Constructs an ArticleNotFoundException with a detail message.

ArticleTable - class fido.db.ArticleTable.

ArticleTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.ArticleTable

attribute - Variable in class fido.db.AttributeBooleanNode

attribute - Variable in class fido.db.Attribute

Attribute - class fido.db.Attribute.

Attribute() - Constructor for class fido.db.Attribute

Attribute(String, String) - Constructor for class fido.db.Attribute

AttributeBooleanNode - class fido.db.AttributeBooleanNode.

AttributeBooleanNode(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.AttributeBooleanNode

AttributeCategoryNotFoundException - exception fido.db.AttributeCategoryNotFoundException.

An attempt to access an Attribute in the AttributeList by a name which does not exist.

AttributeCategoryNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.AttributeCategoryNotFoundException

Constructs an AttributeCategoryNotFoundException with a detail message.

AttributeCategoryTable - class fido.db.AttributeCategoryTable.

AttributeCategoryTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.AttributeCategoryTable

Constructs a new AttributeList with no entries in the list.

attributeName - Variable in class fido.db.TransactionPrecondition

attributeName - Variable in class fido.db.Instruction

AttributeNotFoundException - exception fido.db.AttributeNotFoundException.

An attempt to access an Attribute in the AttributeList by a name which does not exist.

AttributeNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.AttributeNotFoundException

Constructs an AttributeNotFoundException with a detail message.

AttributeTable - class fido.db.AttributeTable.

AttributeTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.AttributeTable

Constructs a new AttributeList with no entries in the list.

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bindFrontEnd(PrintWriter) - Static method in class fido.frontend.FidoMessage

Binds the name of the current Java thread to a PrintWriter so any message genereated within this thread will be passed back to the client.

bindFrontEnd(PrintWriter, String) - Static method in class fido.frontend.FidoMessage

Binds the name of the current Java thread to a PrintWriter so any message genereated within this thread will be passed back to the client.

BooleanAndNode - class fido.util.BooleanAndNode.

This class represents a boolean AND in a boolean expression.

BooleanAndNode() - Constructor for class fido.util.BooleanAndNode

Creates a new BooleanAndNode.

BooleanNode - class fido.util.BooleanNode.

This class represents a boolean AND or an OR in a boolean expression.

BooleanNode() - Constructor for class fido.util.BooleanNode

Constructs a new BooleanNode.

BooleanOrNode - class fido.util.BooleanOrNode.

This class represents a boolean OR in a boolean expression.

BooleanOrNode() - Constructor for class fido.util.BooleanOrNode

Creates a new BooleanAndNode.

BooleanSyntaxException - exception fido.util.BooleanSyntaxException.

Thrown when an error occurs while constructing or using a BooleanTree.

BooleanSyntaxException(String) - Constructor for class fido.util.BooleanSyntaxException

Constructs a BooleanSyntaxException with a specified detail message.

BooleanTree - class fido.util.BooleanTree.

This class represents a boolean expression.

BooleanTree() - Constructor for class fido.util.BooleanTree

Construct an empty BooleanTree.

BooleanTreeNode - interface fido.util.BooleanTreeNode.

This is a simple interface that is the root of the two node types: BooleanNode and any Object as a leaf node.

buildInList(int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

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CannotDeleteRootObjectException - exception fido.db.CannotDeleteRootObjectException.

An attempt to remove the root of the ObjectHierarchy, called Object.

CannotDeleteRootObjectException() - Constructor for class fido.db.CannotDeleteRootObjectException

Constructs an CannotDeleteRootObjectException without a detail message.

CannotDeleteSystemLinkException - exception fido.db.CannotDeleteSystemLinkException.

An attempt to remove a LinkType that was created by the system.

CannotDeleteSystemLinkException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.CannotDeleteSystemLinkException

Constructs a CannotDeleteSystemLinkException with a specified detail message.

category - Variable in class fido.db.Attribute

checkStack() - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThread

Asks the GrammarStack if its stack is empty.

ClassificationNotFoundException - exception fido.db.ClassificationNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Word Classification in the WordClassificationTable by a rank which does not exist.

ClassificationNotFoundException(int) - Constructor for class fido.db.ClassificationNotFoundException

Constructs an ClassificationNotFoundException with a the object not found in the message.

ClassificationNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.ClassificationNotFoundException

Constructs an ClassificationNotFoundException with a detail message.

classify(String) - Method in class fido.db.WordClassificationTable

Attempts to match the list of patterns in the WordClassifications to the user string parameter.

ClassLinkType - class fido.db.ClassLinkType.

ClassLinkType() - Constructor for class fido.db.ClassLinkType

ClassLinkTypeNotFoundException - exception fido.db.ClassLinkTypeNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a ClassLinkType in the ClassLinkTypeTable by a name which does not exist.

ClassLinkTypeNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeNotFoundException

Constructs an ClassLinkTypeNotFoundException with a detail message.

ClassLinkTypeTable - class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeTable.

Holds a list of ClassLinkTypes.

ClassLinkTypeTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeTable

Constructs a new ClassLinkTypeList with no entries in the list.

Clause - interface fido.linguistic.components.Clause.

A Clause is a generic interface for Sentence and Fragment.

clearFrame() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Frame

clearWords() - Method in class fido.frontend.GrammarSession

Clears all words in the Grammar object.

clone() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Frame

cloneExpression() - Method in class fido.grammar.NodeExpression

Creates a new NodeExpression with the same values as this expression.

cloneExpression() - Method in class fido.grammar.AlwaysExpression

Creates a new AlwaysExpression.

cloneGrammarStack() - Method in class fido.grammar.GrammarStack

Makes a deep copy of the GrammarStack.

cloneSentenceThread(String) - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThread

Creates a shallow copy of the SentenceThread.

cloneStackElement() - Method in class fido.grammar.StackElement

Creates a deep copy of this element.

cloneThread(SentenceThread) - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThreadFactory

Creates a new SentenceThread object with the same values as the parameter object.

COLLECTION - Static variable in class fido.db.InstructionTable

CollectionInstruction - class fido.db.CollectionInstruction.

CollectionInstruction() - Constructor for class fido.db.CollectionInstruction

COMMAND - Static variable in class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

COMMAND - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.Frame

Value for setMood(int)

COMMAND - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Value for setMood(int)

COMMAND - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Constant value for setMood() and getMood()

COMPARATIVE - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.AdjectiveClass

Constant used for the type field.

ConditionalOperator - class fido.db.ConditionalOperator.

ConditionalOperator() - Constructor for class fido.db.ConditionalOperator

ConditionalOperatorTable - class fido.db.ConditionalOperatorTable.

ConditionalOperatorTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.ConditionalOperatorTable

CONJUNCTION - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

CONTAINS_ATTR - Static variable in class fido.db.ConditionalOperatorTable

CONTAINS_LINK - Static variable in class fido.db.ConditionalOperatorTable

contains(int) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionTable

contains(int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

contains(int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

contains(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectAttributeTable

contains(String) - Method in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

contains(String) - Method in class fido.db.FrameSlotTable

contains(String) - Method in class fido.db.DictionaryTable

Tests for the existance of a word in the dictionary.

contains(String) - Method in class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeTable

Tests for the existance of a link type.

contains(String) - Method in class fido.db.AttributeCategoryTable

containsLinkTo(int, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable

containsTag(String) - Method in class fido.db.WordSense

Looks for a given morphology tag in this Word Sense.

CREATE_INSTANCE - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Constant used by getAction() and setAction()

create() - Method in interface fido.frontend.FidoHome

Used by the client to retrieve the Remote interface to the Fido EJB.

createGrammarString(BooleanTree) - Static method in class fido.db.GrammarExpressions

Compiles the grammar string from sybmbolic code to a String.

createNewThread() - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThreadFactory

Creates a new, empty SentenceThread object.

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DataMiningThread - class fido.processing.DataMiningThread.

Background process that queries the database looking for patterns.

DataMiningThread() - Constructor for class fido.processing.DataMiningThread

Creates a new DataMiningThread instance.

dbDataVersion() - Method in class fido.db.SystemPropertiesTable

Returns value of the row for DB Data Version.

dbSchemaVersion() - Method in class fido.db.SystemPropertiesTable

Returns value of the row for DB Schema Version.

dbVendor() - Method in class fido.db.SystemPropertiesTable

Returns the value for the row DB Vendor.

DECISION - Static variable in class fido.db.InstructionTable

DEFINITE - Static variable in class fido.db.ArticleTable

delete(int) - Method in class fido.db.WebServiceTable

delete(int) - Method in class fido.db.WordClassificationTable

Removes the new classification at the row specified in the row paramter.

delete(int) - Method in class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

delete(int) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionTable

delete(int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

delete(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.VerbConstraintTable

delete(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionSlotTable

delete(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionPreconditionTable

delete(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectAttributeTable

delete(String) - Method in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

delete(String) - Method in class fido.db.VerbTable

delete(String) - Method in class fido.db.UserTable

delete(String) - Method in class fido.db.PronounTable

delete(String) - Method in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Removes the GrammarLink referenced by the parameters name.

delete(String) - Method in class fido.db.FrameSlotTable

delete(String) - Method in class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeTable

Removes the ClassLinkType referenced by the parameters name.

delete(String) - Method in class fido.db.AttributeTable

Removes the Attribute referenced by the parameters name.

delete(String) - Method in class fido.db.AttributeCategoryTable

Removes the Attribute referenced by the parameters name.

delete(String) - Method in class fido.db.ArticleTable

delete(String, int) - Method in class fido.db.ProperNounTable

delete(String, int) - Method in class fido.db.DictionaryTable

Removes a word sense of a word specified by the row number.

delete(String, int) - Method in class fido.db.AdverbPrepositionTable

delete(String, int) - Method in class fido.db.AdjectivePrepositionTable

delete(String, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

Removes the rule from the specified table located at row row number.

deleteAllAttributes(Statement, String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectAttributeTable

deleteAllForType(Statement, String) - Method in class fido.db.AttributeTable

This method accepts a Statement object from the caller to participate in a transaction.

deleteClass(int, boolean) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

Removes the Class name objectId from the Hierarchy.

deleteFrameSlot(Statement, String) - Method in class fido.db.AdverbPrepositionTable

deleteGroupInstruction(int, int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionGroupTable

deleteInstance(int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

Deletes an InstanceObject.

deleteInstruction(Statement, int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionGroupTable

deleteLinkType(Statement, String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable

deleteLinkType(Statement, String) - Method in class fido.db.AdjectivePrepositionTable

deleteObject(Statement, int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable

deleteObject(Statement, int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectAttributeTable

deleteObject(Statement, int) - Method in class fido.db.AdverbPrepositionTable

deleteObject(Statement, int) - Method in class fido.db.AdjectivePrepositionTable

deleteReferenceToObject(Statement, String) - Method in class fido.db.DictionaryTable

Scans all of the dictionary words for a reference to the class and removes the reference.

dereference - Variable in class fido.db.Article

DereferenceType - class fido.db.DereferenceType.

DereferenceType() - Constructor for class fido.db.DereferenceType

DereferenceType(int, String) - Constructor for class fido.db.DereferenceType

description - Variable in class fido.db.VerbType

description - Variable in class fido.db.QuestionWordType

description - Variable in class fido.db.WordClassification

description - Variable in class fido.db.Transaction

description - Variable in class fido.db.Person

description - Variable in class fido.db.ObjectTreeElement

description - Variable in class fido.db.ObjectLink

description - Variable in class fido.db.InstructionType

description - Variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkType

description - Variable in class fido.db.GrammarLink

description - Variable in class fido.db.Gender

description - Variable in class fido.db.DereferenceType

description - Variable in class fido.db.ConditionalOperator

description - Variable in class fido.db.ClassLinkType

description - Variable in class fido.db.Article

description - Variable in class fido.db.MoodType

determineLanguage(Vector) - Method in class fido.linguistic.LanguageDetermination

Takes a list of words from the user input and attempts to determine the language the command is in.

developer - Variable in class fido.db.User

DictionaryEntry - class fido.db.DictionaryEntry.

DictionaryEntry() - Constructor for class fido.db.DictionaryEntry

DictionaryTable - class fido.db.DictionaryTable.

The dictionary is a simple map that takes a String input, representing a word in the sentence, and returns a collection of zero to many WordSenses.

DictionaryTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.DictionaryTable

Creates a new instance of DictionaryTable

DIR_LEFT - Static variable in class fido.grammar.NodeExpression

Value for Direction indicating the expression will link to the left

DIR_RIGHT - Static variable in class fido.grammar.NodeExpression

Value for Direction indicating the expression will link to the right

DIRECT_OBJECT - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

Discourse - class fido.linguistic.Discourse.

This class holds the previous sentence structure and nouns in the previous sentence for use with pronoun resolving.

Discourse() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Creates a new Discourse instance

DiscourseResolver - class fido.linguistic.DiscourseResolver.

This module will take the final meaning of the sentence and determine the parts of the discourse class to set for future sentences to use to resolve ellipsis and pronouns.

DiscourseResolver() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.DiscourseResolver

Creates a new DiscourseResolver instance

drawThreads() - Method in class fido.frontend.GrammarSession

Creates a Java BufferedImage with an image of current state of the Grammar object.

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ejbActivate() - Method in class fido.frontend.FidoBean

Required by the SessionBean interface.

ejbCreate() - Method in class fido.frontend.FidoBean

Required by the SessionBean interface.

ejbPassivate() - Method in class fido.frontend.FidoBean

Required by the SessionBean interface.

ejbRemove() - Method in class fido.frontend.FidoBean

Required by the SessionBean interface.

elementIterator() - Method in class fido.grammar.GrammarStack

Returns an iterator over the StackElements in this stack.

Ellipsis - class fido.linguistic.Ellipsis.

Ellipsis takes missing parts of the current fragment and fills in parts from the previous sentence.

Ellipsis(Discourse) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.Ellipsis

Creates a new Ellipsis instance.

EmptyBooleanNode - class fido.util.EmptyBooleanNode.

This class is used internally by the BooleanTree during creation when a parenthesis opens a group.

EmptyBooleanNode() - Constructor for class fido.util.EmptyBooleanNode

Creates a new EmptyBooleanNode.

endGroup() - Method in class fido.util.BooleanTree

Closes a currently open parenthesis group.

equals(Object) - Method in class fido.db.DereferenceType

equals(Object) - Method in class fido.db.Attribute

EXECUTE_INTERNAL - Static variable in class fido.db.InstructionTable

executeString - Variable in class fido.db.Instruction

EXISTING_CLASS - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Constant used by getAction() and setAction()

EXISTING_INSTANCE - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Constant used by getAction() and setAction()

Expression - interface fido.grammar.Expression.

Super interface for NodeExpression and AlwaysExpression.

expressionIterator() - Method in class fido.grammar.StackElement

Returns an iterator over the expressions in this element.

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FEMALE - Static variable in class fido.db.PronounTable

FEMALE - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun

fido.db - package fido.db

Classes that are a proxy to the database tables that comprise the system.

fido.frontend - package fido.frontend

Classes that interface with the user and pass a string to the server processing classes.

fido.grammar - package fido.grammar

The Fido system uses a grammatical system called link grammar to identify relationships between words in the user command.

fido.linguistic - package fido.linguistic

Classes that take the string from the user and determines one course of action.

fido.linguistic.components - package fido.linguistic.components

Classes that define an internal representation of the user input.

fido.processing - package fido.processing

Classes to execute transactions and instructions to modify the internal database or perform an external call.

fido.response - package fido.response

Classes to gather information while the system executes a command and report output and errors back to the user in natural language.

fido.util - package fido.util

These classes are common classes used through out the Fido system.

FidoBean - class fido.frontend.FidoBean.

EJB code that implements the FidoRemote interface with concrete methods.

FidoBean() - Constructor for class fido.frontend.FidoBean

Called by the EJB container to create a new FidoBean instance

FidoDatabaseException - exception fido.db.FidoDatabaseException.

Indicates an error occured in the database.

FidoDatabaseException(SQLException) - Constructor for class fido.db.FidoDatabaseException

Constructs an FidoDatabaseException with a detail message.

FidoDataSource - class fido.util.FidoDataSource.

Singleton class that is used by the fido.db package to obtain a database connection.

FidoException - exception fido.db.FidoException.

Indicates an error occured in the fido server.

FidoException() - Constructor for class fido.db.FidoException

Constructs an FidoException without a String detail message.

FidoException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.FidoException

Constructs an FidoException with a String detail message.

FidoException(Throwable) - Constructor for class fido.db.FidoException

Constructs an FidoException with a nested exception, using that exception's detail message for getMessage().

FidoHome - interface fido.frontend.FidoHome.

Home interface to the Fido EJB.

FidoMessage - class fido.frontend.FidoMessage.

Singleton class used by classes in the FidoServer to send debug messages back to the client.

FidoMessageWriter - class fido.frontend.FidoMessageWriter.

Fido server code can either be accessed by a client program or through an HTML interface.

FidoMessageWriter(PrintWriter) - Constructor for class fido.frontend.FidoMessageWriter

Creates a new FidoMessageWriter instance with a given PrintWriter that is used to send information back to the client.

FidoMessageWriter(PrintWriter, String) - Constructor for class fido.frontend.FidoMessageWriter

Creates a new FidoMessageWriter instance with a given PrintWriter and Html context path.

FidoRemote - interface fido.frontend.FidoRemote.

Remote inteface to the Fido EJB.

FidoSession - class fido.frontend.FidoSession.

This class represents one user connection.

FidoSession() - Constructor for class fido.frontend.FidoSession

Creates a new FidoSession object.

fidoString(String) - Method in class fido.frontend.FidoSession

Called by the client to have the server process a natural language request.

fidoString(String) - Method in interface fido.frontend.FidoRemote

Passes a natural language string from the client to the server which is running the Fido EJB.

fidoString(String) - Method in class fido.frontend.FidoBean

Calls the FidoSession class to process the input string from the user.

finalizeSentence() - Method in class fido.grammar.Grammar

Ensures all threads are valid by checking to see there are no open links that have not been satisfied.

findInstance(int, BooleanTree, BooleanTree) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

findObject(int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

FIRST - Static variable in class fido.db.PronounTable

FIRST - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun

Constant for setPerson() and getPerson()

FIRST_PLURAL - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb person

FIRST_SINGULAR - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb person

Fragment - class fido.linguistic.components.Fragment.

A concrete subclass of Clause that represents a command without a verb.

Fragment() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.Fragment

Create a new Fragment class.

FragmentResolver - class fido.linguistic.FragmentResolver.

This module attempts to take a fragment of a sentence, or the answer to a question asked by the system, and create a full, properly formed sentence.

FragmentResolver(Discourse) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.FragmentResolver

Creates a new FragmentResolver instance.

Frame - class fido.linguistic.Frame.

The Frame class holds the transaction id the system will process, the mood of the current input, and a map of all noun object ids.

Frame() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.Frame

Creates a new empty Frame instance.

frameSlot - Variable in class fido.db.VerbConstraint

frameSlot - Variable in class fido.db.TransactionSlot

frameSlot - Variable in class fido.db.Instruction

frameSlot - Variable in class fido.db.AdverbPreposition

FrameSlotNotFoundException - exception fido.db.FrameSlotNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Frame Slot in the FrameSlotTable by a name which does not exist.

FrameSlotNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.FrameSlotNotFoundException

Constructs an FrameSlotNotFoundException with a detail message.

FrameSlotTable - class fido.db.FrameSlotTable.

FrameSlotTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.FrameSlotTable

FUTURE - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb tense

FUTURE_PERFECT - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb tense

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gender - Variable in class fido.db.Pronoun

gender - Variable in class fido.db.Gender

Gender - class fido.db.Gender.

Gender() - Constructor for class fido.db.Gender

genderDescription - Variable in class fido.db.Pronoun

generate(String, String, String) - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

Generates a surface form from the first root form that matches the str within the MorphologyTag Morphology tag group.

generateResponse() - Method in class fido.response.Response

After all processing is complete, this method generates a natural language response.

get(int) - Method in class fido.db.WebServiceTable

get(int) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionTable

get(int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

Returns the GrammarLink type referrenced by the parameter id.

get(String) - Method in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

Returns the GrammarLink type referrenced by the parameter name.

get(String) - Method in class fido.db.VerbTable

Retrieves a specified entry from the dictionary specified by word.

get(String) - Method in class fido.db.ProperNounTable

get(String) - Method in class fido.db.PronounTable

Returns the GrammarLink type referrenced by the parameter name.

get(String) - Method in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Returns the GrammarLink type referrenced by the parameter name.

get(String) - Method in class fido.db.AttributeTable

Returns the Attribute type referrenced by the parameter name.

get(String) - Method in class fido.db.ArticleTable

Returns the GrammarLink type referrenced by the parameter name.

get(String, int) - Method in class fido.db.AdverbPrepositionTable

get(String, int) - Method in class fido.db.AdjectivePrepositionTable

get(String, int, Frame) - Method in class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

getAction() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Returns the action the system should perform when resolving this noun phrase.

getAdjective() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Fragment

Returns the AdjectiveClass for this Fragment.

getAdjectives() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Returns an Iterator over all of the AdjectiveClass modifying this noun phrase.

getAdverbs() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbPhrase

Returns an Iterator over all of the AdverbClass modifying this verb phrase.

getAllAttributes(int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectAttributeTable

getAllLinks(int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable

getArticleType() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Returns the type of the article.

getCompileDate() - Static method in class fido.util.Version

Returns a string containing the date the Fido software was compiled.

getConnection() - Static method in class fido.util.FidoDataSource

Returns a database connection created from the datasource java:/FidoDS in the JNDI tree.

getContextPool(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

This method returns all of the objects in the ContextPool that are in the subtree with objectRoot as the root.

getDirection() - Method in class fido.grammar.NodeExpression

Returns the direction the expression will match.

getExpression() - Method in class fido.grammar.StackElement

Get the first element of the open expression queue.

getExpressionName() - Method in class fido.grammar.NodeExpression

Returns the link name of the expression.

getFemale() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Returns the objectId for the previous female object.

getFrameSlot(String) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Frame

getGender() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun

Returns the gender for this pronoun.

getGrammarStack() - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThread

Returns a reference to the GrammarStack.

getGrammarString() - Method in class fido.db.WordSense

Returns the grammar string for this word sense.

getGrammarTree() - Method in class fido.db.WordSense

Returns the grammar tree for this word sense.

getHeadElement() - Method in class fido.grammar.GrammarStack

Returns the element at the top of the stack.

getHtmlContext() - Method in class fido.frontend.FidoMessageWriter

Returns the HTML context for the client.

getIndirectObject() - Method in class fido.db.Verb

getIndirectObject() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Returns the Noun in the indirect object slot.

getLeftBranch() - Method in class fido.util.BooleanNode

getLeftWordSense() - Method in class fido.grammar.Link

Returns the left WordSense of the link.

getLinkFrom(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable

getLinkName() - Method in class fido.grammar.Link

Returns the link name that this class represents.

getLinks() - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThread

Returns a reference to the Vector of links accumilated by this sentence thread.

getLinkTo(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable

getMale() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Returns the objectId for the previous male object.

getMood() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Frame

getMood() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Returns the Mood for the sentence.

getMorphologyTags() - Method in class fido.db.MorphologyRecognizeMatch

Returns a Collection of Strings, one for each Morphology tag used to recognize the root form from the surface form.

getNeuter() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Returns the objectId for the previous neuter object.

getNodeWordSense() - Method in class fido.grammar.StackElement

Returns the WordSense associated with this element.

getNoun() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.PrepositionalPhrase

Returns the Noun for this phrase.

getNoun() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Fragment

Returns the Noun class for this Fragment.

getNounClass() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Returns the NounClass for this noun phrase.

getNounObjects() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.ProperNounList

Returns an Iterator over all of the ProperNouns in the list.

getObjectId() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.ResolvedNoun

Returns the ObjectId for this noun.

getObjectId() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounClass

Returns the Object Id this noun represents in the ObjectTree.

getPerson() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Returns the person of verb, as in first, second, or third.

getPerson() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun

Returns the person for this pronoun.

getPredicateAdjective() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Returns the AdjectiveClass in the predicate adjective slot.

getPredicateNoun() - Method in class fido.db.Verb

getPredicateNoun() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Returns the Noun in the predicate noun slot.

getPreposition() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.PrepositionalPhrase

Returns the string containing the preposition for this phrase.

getPrepositionalPhrases() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbPhrase

Returns an Iterator over all of the PrepositionalPhrases modifying this verb phrase.

getPrepositionalPhrases() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Returns an Iterator over all of the PrepositionalPhrases modifying this noun phrase.

getPrepositionalPhrases() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Fragment

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

getPreviousMood() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Returns the mood of the previous input.

getPreviousStructure() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Returns the Sentence structure previously saved off.

getProcessingStatus() - Method in class fido.response.Response

Returns the status of the last command run by the system.

getProperNoun() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.ProperNounList

Returns the proper noun string from the user input.

getRepresentedObject() - Method in class fido.db.WordSense

Returns the name of the name of the object in the ObjectTable for this word sense represents.

getRightBranch() - Method in class fido.util.BooleanNode

getRightWordSense() - Method in class fido.grammar.Link

Returns the right WordSense of the link.

getRootForm() - Method in class fido.db.WordSense

Returns the root form of the word.

getRootNode() - Method in class fido.util.BooleanTree

After filling the BooleanTree, this call will validate the tree is correct using the validateTree() call, then return the root node of the tree for traversal.

getRootString() - Method in class fido.db.MorphologyRecognizeMatch

Returns the root form string from this recognition.

getSubject() - Method in class fido.db.Verb

getSubject() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Returns the Noun in the subject slot.

getSurfaceForm() - Method in class fido.linguistic.WordPackage

Returns the surface string originally parsed from the user input.

getTense() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Returns the tense of verb, as in past, present, or future.

getThreadName() - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThread

Returns the name of the thead.

getThreads() - Method in class fido.grammar.Grammar

This method returns all of the sentence threads.

getTransaction() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Frame

getType() - Method in class fido.db.Verb

getType() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Returns the type of verb, either ACTION or LINKING.

getType() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.AdjectiveClass

Returns the type of this adjective.

getType(String) - Method in class fido.db.VerbTable

Retrieves the type of the verb, either REGULAR or QUESTION.

getVerbClass() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbPhrase

Returns the VerbClass for this verb phrase.

getVerbPhrase() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Returns the VerbPhrase for this sentence.

getWordSenses() - Method in class fido.linguistic.WordPackage

Returns an iterator for all of the WordSenses for this word.

getWriter() - Method in class fido.frontend.FidoMessageWriter

Returns the PrintWriter for communicating with the client.

Grammar - class fido.grammar.Grammar.

The Fido system uses a grammatical system called link grammar to identify relationships between words in the user command.

Grammar() - Constructor for class fido.grammar.Grammar

Creates a new Grammar class with an empty thread stack.

GrammarExpressions - class fido.db.GrammarExpressions.

GrammarExpressions() - Constructor for class fido.db.GrammarExpressions

GrammarLink - class fido.db.GrammarLink.

GrammarLink() - Constructor for class fido.db.GrammarLink

GrammarLinkNotFoundException - exception fido.db.GrammarLinkNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Grammar Link in the GrammarLinkTable by a name which does not exist.

GrammarLinkNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.GrammarLinkNotFoundException

Constructs an GrammarLinkNotFoundException with a detail message.

GrammarLinkTable - class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable.

Holds a list of Link names and the types of each link.

GrammarLinkTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constructs a new GrammarLinkList with no entries in the list.

GrammarLinkType - class fido.db.GrammarLinkType.

GrammarLinkType() - Constructor for class fido.db.GrammarLinkType

GrammarModule - class fido.linguistic.GrammarModule.

This is the Workflow module that interacts with the grammar package.

GrammarModule() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.GrammarModule

GrammarParseException - exception fido.grammar.GrammarParseException.

Thrown by Grammar classes when the grammar string for the word in the dataserver contains an invalid string that cannot be parsed.

GrammarParseException(String) - Constructor for class fido.grammar.GrammarParseException

Constructs a GrammarParseException with a specified detail message.

GrammarSession - class fido.frontend.GrammarSession.

This class represents one user connection to the server for testing the link grammar subsystem.

GrammarSession() - Constructor for class fido.frontend.GrammarSession

Creates a new GrammarSession.

GrammarStack - class fido.grammar.GrammarStack.

Each SentenceThread contains a GrammarStack that is used to push and pop StackElements.

GrammarStack() - Constructor for class fido.grammar.GrammarStack

Creates a new empty GrammarStack instance.

grammarString - Variable in class fido.db.WordClassification

grammarString - Variable in class fido.db.DictionaryEntry

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hasChildren - Variable in class fido.db.ObjectTreeElement

hashCode(int) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionTable

hashCode(int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

hashCode(int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

hashCode(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionSlotTable

hashCode(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionPreconditionTable

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.WordClassificationTable

Creates a hash value for a given row.

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.VerbTable

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionTable

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.PronounTable

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.AttributeTable

hashCode(String) - Method in class fido.db.ArticleTable

hashCode(String, String) - Method in class fido.db.VerbConstraintTable

hashCode(String, String) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionSlotTable

hashCode(String, String) - Method in class fido.db.ProperNounTable

hashCode(String, String) - Method in class fido.db.DictionaryTable

Creates a hash value for a given row.

hashCode(String, String) - Method in class fido.db.AdverbPrepositionTable

hashCode(String, String) - Method in class fido.db.AdjectivePrepositionTable

hashCode(String, String, String) - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

hasMoreExpressions() - Method in class fido.grammar.StackElement

Tests for an open expressions held by this element.

HELPING_VERB - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

holdExpression(NodeExpression, WordSense) - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThread

Puts the NodeExpression parameter, and associated WordSense, in the hold area of the GrammarStack.

holdExpression(NodeExpression, WordSense) - Method in class fido.grammar.GrammarStack

Stores an open link on the stack in the hold area.

HOW - Static variable in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

HtmlExceptionWriter - class fido.util.HtmlExceptionWriter.

Writes an exception stack trace to a Writer stream and formats it for displaying with an HTML browser.

HtmlExceptionWriter(Writer) - Constructor for class fido.util.HtmlExceptionWriter

Creates a new HtmlExeptionWriter instance using out as the underlying stream.

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id - Variable in class fido.db.Instruction

ifFrameSlot - Variable in class fido.db.TransactionPrecondition

INDEFINITE - Static variable in class fido.db.ArticleTable

INDIRECT_OBJECT - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

indirectObject - Variable in class fido.db.Verb

INFORMATION - Static variable in class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

INFORMATION - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.Frame

Value for setMood(int)

INFORMATION - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Constant value for setMood() and getMood()

insertWord(WordPackage) - Method in class fido.grammar.Grammar

Inserts a new word string into the current grammar.

instance - Variable in class fido.db.ObjectTreeElement

instantiate(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

Creates a new InstanceObject from the ClassObject objectId The new object will duplicate all of the links of the parent ClassObject.

instruction - Variable in class fido.db.TransactionSlot

instruction - Variable in class fido.db.Transaction

instruction - Variable in class fido.db.CollectionInstruction

Instruction - class fido.db.Instruction.

Instruction() - Constructor for class fido.db.Instruction

InstructionGroupTable - class fido.db.InstructionGroupTable.

InstructionGroupTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.InstructionGroupTable

InstructionNotFoundException - exception fido.db.InstructionNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Instruction in the InstructionTable by a name which does not exist.

InstructionNotFoundException(int) - Constructor for class fido.db.InstructionNotFoundException

Constructs an InstructionNotFoundException with a the object not found in the message.

InstructionNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.InstructionNotFoundException

Constructs an InstructionNotFoundException with a detail message.

InstructionTable - class fido.db.InstructionTable.

InstructionTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.InstructionTable

InstructionType - class fido.db.InstructionType.

InstructionType() - Constructor for class fido.db.InstructionType

INTERJECTION - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

InternalCommands - class fido.processing.InternalCommands.

Singleton class that performs internal operations, either on the database or the internal classes in the system.

isEmpty() - Method in class fido.db.TransactionTable

isEmpty() - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

isEmpty() - Method in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

isEmpty() - Method in class fido.grammar.GrammarStack

Tests the stack to be empty.

isGroup() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun

Returns if the pronoun represents a group.

isHtmlFrontEnd() - Method in class fido.frontend.FidoMessageWriter

Returns whether the client accessed the server via HTML.

isMultiNodeUsed() - Method in class fido.grammar.NodeExpression

Returns if the node has been used at least once, which makes it valid.

isNodeMulti() - Method in class fido.grammar.NodeExpression

Returns true if the node is a multi node.

isPlural() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounClass

Returns if this noun is plural.

isSubclassOf(int, int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

Looks for a class named parent as any parent class of objectId, until the root class Object is reached.

isSystemLink(Statement, String) - Method in class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeTable

isUsed() - Method in class fido.grammar.Link

Returns the value of the used flag for the link.

iterateContextPool() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Returns a list of objects in the context pool.

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language - Variable in class fido.db.MorphologyRule

LanguageDetermination - class fido.linguistic.LanguageDetermination.

Attempts to determine of the language the user command.

LanguageDetermination() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.LanguageDetermination

Creates a new LanguageDetermination instance

LanguageMorphologyTable - class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable.

See Morphology for a description on morphology tags.

LanguageMorphologyTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

LeftWallNotFoundException - exception fido.linguistic.LeftWallNotFoundException.

During the semantic analysis phase, the LEFT-WALL of the sentence was not found.

LeftWallNotFoundException() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.LeftWallNotFoundException

Constructs an LeftWallNotFoundException without a detail message.

LinguisticAnalysis - class fido.linguistic.LinguisticAnalysis.

A workflow is created for each User connection to manage the user commands.

LinguisticAnalysis() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.LinguisticAnalysis

Constructs a new workflow for a user input.

link - Variable in class fido.db.PrepositionBooleanNode

Link - class fido.grammar.Link.

A Link represents the grammatical relationship between two words.

Link(String, WordSense, WordSense) - Constructor for class fido.grammar.Link

Creates a new Link with the part of speech link name linkName.

linkFrameSlot - Variable in class fido.db.TransactionPrecondition

LINKING - Static variable in class fido.db.VerbTable

Constant value for verb type

LINKING - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb type

linkName - Variable in class fido.db.TransactionPrecondition

linkName - Variable in class fido.db.ObjectLink

linkName - Variable in class fido.db.Instruction

linkName - Variable in class fido.db.GrammarLink

linkName - Variable in class fido.db.ClassLinkType

linkName - Variable in class fido.db.AdjectivePreposition

linkObjects(int, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable

linkObjects(Statement, int, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable

linkSentence(Vector) - Method in class fido.linguistic.GrammarModule

Links the words in the Vector wordPackages.

linkType - Variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkType

linkType - Variable in class fido.db.GrammarLink

list() - Method in class fido.db.WebServiceTable

list() - Method in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

Returns the names of all GrammarLink names in the list.

list() - Method in class fido.db.WordClassificationTable

Returns a array of Strings containing all Word Classifications.

list() - Method in class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

list() - Method in class fido.db.VerbTable

list() - Method in class fido.db.UserTable

Returns the GrammarLink type referrenced by the parameter name.

list() - Method in class fido.db.TransactionTable

list() - Method in class fido.db.ProperNounTable

list() - Method in class fido.db.PronounTable

Returns the names of all GrammarLink names in the list.

list() - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

Returns a dump of all Morphology rules for a language, suitable for display in a table.

list() - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

Returns the names of all GrammarLink names in the list.

list() - Method in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Returns the names of all GrammarLink names in the list.

list() - Method in class fido.db.FrameSlotTable

list() - Method in class fido.db.DictionaryTable

Returns an array of Strings containing all of the words in the dictionary.

list() - Method in class fido.db.ConditionalOperatorTable

list() - Method in class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeTable

Returns the names of all ClassLinkType entries in the list.

list() - Method in class fido.db.AttributeTable

Returns the names of all Attribute names in the list.

list() - Method in class fido.db.AttributeCategoryTable

Returns the names of all Attribute names in the list.

list() - Method in class fido.db.ArticleTable

Returns the names of all GrammarLink names in the list.

list() - Method in class fido.db.AdverbPrepositionTable

list() - Method in class fido.db.AdjectivePrepositionTable

list(int) - Method in class fido.db.VerbConstraintTable

list(int) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionSlotTable

list(int) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionPreconditionTable

listDereference() - Method in class fido.db.ArticleTable

Returns the names of all Attribute names in the list.

listFrameSlots() - Method in class fido.linguistic.Frame

listGenders() - Method in class fido.db.PronounTable

listGroupInstructions(int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionGroupTable

listLanguages() - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

listLinkNames() - Method in class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeTable

listMoodTypes() - Method in class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

listPersons() - Method in class fido.db.PronounTable

listTags() - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

Returns the names of all MorphologyType entries in the list.

listTypes() - Method in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

listTypes() - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

Returns the names of all Attribute names in the list.

listTypes() - Method in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Returns the names of all Attribute names in the list.

listVerbTypes() - Method in class fido.db.VerbTable

listWords() - Method in class fido.frontend.GrammarSession

Returns a list of words currently already inserted into the Grammar object.

log(String) - Static method in class fido.frontend.FidoMessage

Logs a string message back to the client.

logException(Exception) - Static method in class fido.frontend.FidoMessage

Logs an exception back to the client.

lookupContextPool(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Checks if an object id is in the Context pool.

lookupWord(String) - Method in class fido.db.DictionaryTable

Retrieves a specified entry from the dictionary specified by word.

lookupWord(WordPackage, String) - Method in class fido.linguistic.WordLookup

The word string is passed to the WordClassificationTable for a regular expression type matching.

LookupWordFailedException - exception fido.linguistic.LookupWordFailedException.

Used by the WordLookup module to signal that a word in the user input could not be found in the dictionary, and the special word UNKNOWN_WORD could not be found either.

LookupWordFailedException(String) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.LookupWordFailedException

Constructs an LookupWordFailedException with a detail message.

lookupWords(Vector, String) - Method in class fido.linguistic.WordLookup

Calls lookupWord() for each word in the parameter word Vector.

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MALE - Static variable in class fido.db.PronounTable

MALE - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun

methodName - Variable in class fido.db.WebService

modify(int, int, String) - Method in class fido.db.TransactionTable

modify(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

modify(int, String, int, int) - Method in class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

modify(int, String, String, int, String) - Method in class fido.db.WordClassificationTable

Replaces the new classification at the row specified in the row paramter with a row containing the parameter information.

modify(String, int, int) - Method in class fido.db.ProperNounTable

modify(String, int, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.DictionaryTable

Replaces a word sense of a word specified by the row number.

modify(String, String, int, String, String) - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

modifyDecisionInstruction(int, int, String, String, int, String, int, int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

modifyExecuteInstruction(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionTable

moodDescription - Variable in class fido.db.VerbTransaction

moodType - Variable in class fido.db.VerbTransaction

MoodType - class fido.db.MoodType.

MoodType() - Constructor for class fido.db.MoodType

MorphologyNotFoundException - exception fido.db.MorphologyNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Morphology row in the LanguageMorphologyTable by a name which does not exist when performing a hashCode.

MorphologyNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.MorphologyNotFoundException

Constructs an MorphologyNotFoundException with a detail message.

MorphologyRecognizeMatch - class fido.db.MorphologyRecognizeMatch.

This class packages return values from a call to LanguageMorphologyTable.recognize().

MorphologyRecognizeMatch(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.MorphologyRecognizeMatch

Constructs a new MorphologyRecognizeMatch class.

MorphologyRecognizeMatch(String, Collection, String) - Constructor for class fido.db.MorphologyRecognizeMatch

MorphologyRule - class fido.db.MorphologyRule.

MorphologyRule() - Constructor for class fido.db.MorphologyRule

MorphologyTagNotFoundException - exception fido.db.MorphologyTagNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a MorphologyTag in the LanguageMorphologyTable by a name which does not exist.

MorphologyTagNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.MorphologyTagNotFoundException

Constructs an MorphologyTagNotFoundException with a detail message.

moveRowDown(int) - Method in class fido.db.WordClassificationTable

Moves the row specified by row down in priority.

moveRowDown(int, int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionGroupTable

Moves the row specified by row down in priority.

moveRowUp(int) - Method in class fido.db.WordClassificationTable

Moves the row specified by row up in priority.

moveRowUp(int, int) - Method in class fido.db.InstructionGroupTable

moveRuleDown(String, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

Moves the rules located at row down in priority.

moveRuleUp(String, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

Moves the rules located at row up in priority.

MultipleEllipsisMatchException - exception fido.linguistic.MultipleEllipsisMatchException.

The ellipsis found more than one candidate for replacing.

MultipleEllipsisMatchException() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.MultipleEllipsisMatchException

Constructs an MultipleEllipsisMatchException without a detail message.

MultipleInstancesMatchException - exception fido.linguistic.MultipleInstancesMatchException.

Too many instances match the requested attribute and link set.

MultipleInstancesMatchException() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.MultipleInstancesMatchException

Constructs an MultipleInstancesMatchException without a detail message.

MultipleMeaningsMatchException - exception fido.linguistic.MultipleMeaningsMatchException.

Too many sentence meanings were valid.

MultipleMeaningsMatchException() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.MultipleMeaningsMatchException

Constructs an MultipleMeaningsMatchException without a detail message.

MultipleProperNounsMatchException - exception fido.linguistic.MultipleProperNounsMatchException.

Thrown if multiple proper nouns match the user input, and all of the objects are in the Discourse Context pool.

MultipleProperNounsMatchException(String) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.MultipleProperNounsMatchException

Constructs an MultipleProperNounsMatchException with a detail message.

N

name - Variable in class fido.db.WebServiceParameter

NEUTER - Static variable in class fido.db.PronounTable

NEUTER - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun

NO_ARTICLE - Static variable in class fido.db.ArticleTable

NO_DISCOURSE - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Value for setMood(int) meaning there was not previous sentence

NodeExpression - class fido.grammar.NodeExpression.

The basic component for a grammar string.

NodeExpression(String, int, boolean) - Constructor for class fido.grammar.NodeExpression

Creates a NODE_TYPE node.

NoEllipsisMatchException - exception fido.linguistic.NoEllipsisMatchException.

The ellipsis module did not find any noun phrases in the fragment to process.

NoEllipsisMatchException() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.NoEllipsisMatchException

Constructs an NoEllipsisMatchException without a detail message.

NoEllipsisMatchException(String) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.NoEllipsisMatchException

Constructs an NoEllipsisMatchException with a detail message.

NoInstancesMatchException - exception fido.linguistic.NoInstancesMatchException.

No instances match the requested attribute and link set

NoInstancesMatchException() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.NoInstancesMatchException

Constructs an NoInstancesMatchException without a detail message.

NoMeaningsMatchException - exception fido.linguistic.NoMeaningsMatchException.

No meanings of the sentence were valid.

NoMeaningsMatchException() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.NoMeaningsMatchException

Constructs an NoMeaningsMatchException without a detail message.

NoPreviousDiscourseException - exception fido.linguistic.NoPreviousDiscourseException.

The ellipsis module received a fragment, but there was no previous statement entered by the user to determine what to do with it.

NoPreviousDiscourseException() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.NoPreviousDiscourseException

Constructs an NoPreviousDiscourseException without a detail message.

NoProperNounsMatchException - exception fido.linguistic.NoProperNounsMatchException.

The ProperNoun module did not find any of the ProperNouns from the ProperNoun table in the current discourse.

NoProperNounsMatchException(String) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.NoProperNounsMatchException

Constructs an NoProperNounsMatchException with a detail message.

NORMAL - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.AdjectiveClass

Constant used for the type field.

NOT_CONTAINS_ATTR - Static variable in class fido.db.ConditionalOperatorTable

NOT_CONTAINS_LINK - Static variable in class fido.db.ConditionalOperatorTable

noun - Variable in class fido.db.ProperNoun

noun - Variable in class fido.linguistic.components.ProperNoun

Noun - interface fido.linguistic.components.Noun.

A Noun is a generic interface that generalizes any component that can act as a noun.

NOUN_PHRASE - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

NounClass - class fido.linguistic.components.NounClass.

Represents the actual noun in a NounPhrase.

NounClass(String, int, boolean) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.NounClass

Creates a new NounClass.

NounFrameSlot - class fido.linguistic.NounFrameSlot.

Sets the Frame slots for the three nouns attached to the verb: subject, indirect object, and predicate noun.

NounFrameSlot() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.NounFrameSlot

Creates a new NounFrameSlot instance.

NounPhrase - class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase.

Represents a noun, with all associated components such as an optional article, all of the adjectives, and all prepositional phrases.

NounPhrase() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Creates a new NounPhrase object with no adjectives or prepositional phrases.

NounResolver - class fido.linguistic.NounResolver.

Resolve a NounPhrase to one instance in the ObjectTable.

NounResolver(Discourse) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.NounResolver

Creates a new NounResolver instance.

O

object - Variable in class fido.db.PrepositionBooleanNode

ObjectAttributeTable - class fido.db.ObjectAttributeTable.

ObjectAttributeTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.ObjectAttributeTable

objectId - Variable in class fido.db.WordClassification

objectId - Variable in class fido.db.VerbConstraint

objectId - Variable in class fido.db.ProperNoun

objectId - Variable in class fido.db.ObjectTreeElement

objectId - Variable in class fido.db.ObjectLink

objectId - Variable in class fido.db.Instruction

objectId - Variable in class fido.db.DictionaryEntry

objectId - Variable in class fido.db.AdverbPreposition

objectId - Variable in class fido.db.AdjectivePreposition

objectId - Variable in class fido.linguistic.components.ProperNoun

ObjectLink - class fido.db.ObjectLink.

ObjectLink() - Constructor for class fido.db.ObjectLink

ObjectLinkTable - class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable.

ObjectLinkTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable

ObjectNotFoundException - exception fido.db.ObjectNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a ClassObject or InstanceObject that does not exist in the database.

ObjectNotFoundException(int) - Constructor for class fido.db.ObjectNotFoundException

Constructs an ObjectNotFoundException with a the object not found in the message.

ObjectNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.ObjectNotFoundException

Constructs an ObjectNotFoundException with a detail message.

ObjectTable - class fido.db.ObjectTable.

ObjectTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.ObjectTable

ObjectTreeElement - class fido.db.ObjectTreeElement.

ObjectTreeElement() - Constructor for class fido.db.ObjectTreeElement

open - Variable in class fido.db.ObjectTreeElement

operator - Variable in class fido.db.TransactionPrecondition

operator - Variable in class fido.db.Instruction

operator - Variable in class fido.db.ConditionalOperator

operatorDescription - Variable in class fido.db.TransactionPrecondition

operatorDescription - Variable in class fido.db.Instruction

P

parameters - Variable in class fido.db.WebService

parseExpression(String) - Static method in class fido.db.GrammarExpressions

parseSentence(String) - Method in class fido.linguistic.WordSeparation

Converts a string of characters to a Vector of WordPackages.

PAST - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb tense

PAST_PERFECT - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb tense

pathToObject(int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

Deletes an InstanceObject.

pattern - Variable in class fido.db.WordClassification

person - Variable in class fido.db.Pronoun

person - Variable in class fido.db.Person

Person - class fido.db.Person.

Person() - Constructor for class fido.db.Person

personDescription - Variable in class fido.db.Pronoun

plural - Variable in class fido.db.Pronoun

position - Variable in class fido.db.WebServiceParameter

PREDICATE_ADJECTIVE - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

PREDICATE_NOUN - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

predicateNoun - Variable in class fido.db.Verb

preposition - Variable in class fido.db.AdverbPreposition

preposition - Variable in class fido.db.AdjectivePreposition

PREPOSITION - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

PREPOSITIONAL_OBJECT - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

PrepositionalPhrase - class fido.linguistic.components.PrepositionalPhrase.

Represents a prepositional phrase.

PrepositionalPhrase(String) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.PrepositionalPhrase

Creates a new PrepositionalPhrase object.

PrepositionBooleanNode - class fido.db.PrepositionBooleanNode.

PrepositionBooleanNode(String, int) - Constructor for class fido.db.PrepositionBooleanNode

PrepositionNotFoundException - exception fido.db.PrepositionNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Preposition for a given object id which does not exist.

PrepositionNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.PrepositionNotFoundException

Constructs an PrepositionNotFoundException with a detail message.

PRESENT - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb tense

println(Object) - Method in class fido.util.HtmlExceptionWriter

Writes an object to the output stream.

println(String) - Method in class fido.util.HtmlExceptionWriter

Prints a string object to the underlying stream, plus appends a <BR> to the end for a line break on the page.

process(Frame, Discourse) - Method in class fido.linguistic.DiscourseResolver

All nouns in the current sentence should be put into the Discourse pool.

process(Frame, Response) - Method in class fido.processing.Processing

Processes all of the actions generated from the user request.

process(String, Frame, Response) - Static method in class fido.processing.InternalCommands

This method maps a string stored as the instruction execute parameter and determines the internal database action to perform.

Processing - class fido.processing.Processing.

After the user command has parsed, and a single action has been identified, the Processing module performs all actions.

Processing() - Constructor for class fido.processing.Processing

Creates a new Processing instance.

productionLevel() - Method in class fido.db.SystemPropertiesTable

Returns if the row Run Level is set to the value Production.

pronoun - Variable in class fido.db.Pronoun

Pronoun - class fido.db.Pronoun.

Pronoun - class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun.

Represents a pronoun, which tells the system to look for a noun in the Discourse to replace.

Pronoun() - Constructor for class fido.db.Pronoun

Pronoun(int, int, boolean) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun

Creates a new Pronoun object.

PronounNotFoundException - exception fido.db.PronounNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Pronoun in the PronounTable by a name which does not exist.

PronounNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.PronounNotFoundException

Constructs an PronounNotFoundException with a detail message.

PronounResolver - class fido.linguistic.PronounResolver.

The PronounResolver classes works with the Discourse class to retrive nouns from the current discourse.

PronounResolver(Discourse) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.PronounResolver

Creates a new PronounResolver instance.

PronounTable - class fido.db.PronounTable.

PronounTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.PronounTable

ProperNoun - class fido.db.ProperNoun.

ProperNoun - class fido.linguistic.components.ProperNoun.

ProperNoun() - Constructor for class fido.db.ProperNoun

ProperNoun() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.ProperNoun

ProperNounList - class fido.linguistic.components.ProperNounList.

A list of proper nouns that is returned from the ProperNounTable.

ProperNounList(String) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.ProperNounList

Creates a new empty ProperNoun list.

ProperNounNotFoundException - exception fido.db.ProperNounNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Proper Noun does not exist.

ProperNounNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.ProperNounNotFoundException

Constructs an ProperNounNotFoundException with a detail message.

ProperNounResolver - class fido.linguistic.ProperNounResolver.

Resolves a list of possible proper noun objects to one object that appears in the Discourse Context pool.

ProperNounResolver(Discourse) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.ProperNounResolver

Creates a new ProperNounResolver instance.

ProperNounTable - class fido.db.ProperNounTable.

ProperNounTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.ProperNounTable

push() - Method in class fido.grammar.GrammarStack

Puts the hold element onto the top of the stack.

pushHoldNode() - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThread

Asks the GrammarStack to push the node in the hold area to the top of the stack.

Q

QUESTION - Static variable in class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

QUESTION - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.Frame

Value for setMood(int)

QUESTION - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Value for setMood(int)

QUESTION - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Constant value for setMood() and getMood()

QUESTION_VERB - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

QuestionResolver - class fido.linguistic.QuestionResolver.

Resolves a fragment from the user to a sentence if the previous sentence from the system was a question.

QuestionResolver(Discourse) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.QuestionResolver

Creates a new QuestionResolver instance.

QuestionWord - class fido.db.QuestionWord.

QuestionWord() - Constructor for class fido.db.QuestionWord

QuestionWordNotFoundException - exception fido.db.QuestionWordNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a QuestionWord in the QuestionWordTable by a name which does not exist.

QuestionWordNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.QuestionWordNotFoundException

Constructs an QuestionWordNotFoundException with a detail message.

QuestionWordTable - class fido.db.QuestionWordTable.

QuestionWordTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

QuestionWordType - class fido.db.QuestionWordType.

QuestionWordType() - Constructor for class fido.db.QuestionWordType

R

rank - Variable in class fido.db.WordClassification

rank - Variable in class fido.db.MorphologyRule

rank - Variable in class fido.db.CollectionInstruction

recognize(String, String) - Method in class fido.db.LanguageMorphologyTable

Returns a list of base forms that could be derived from applying any rule for the language.

REGULAR_VERB - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

removeExpression() - Method in class fido.grammar.StackElement

Removes the first element of the open expression queue.

reset() - Method in class fido.response.Response

Returns the class to its default state.

resolve(NounPhrase) - Method in class fido.linguistic.NounResolver

Searches for an instance in the ObjectTable that the NounPhrase representes.

resolve(Pronoun) - Method in class fido.linguistic.PronounResolver

Finds the antecedant of the pronoun in the Discourse class.

resolve(ProperNounList) - Method in class fido.linguistic.ProperNounResolver

Resolves the proper noun represented by the list parameter.

resolve(Sentence, Frame) - Method in class fido.linguistic.VerbResolver

Resolves the verb string from the user, using the mood of the sentence and the frame values for each noun, and determines a transaction id to execute.

resolve(Sentence, Frame) - Method in class fido.linguistic.VerbPrepositionResolver

For each PrepositionalPhrase from the VerbPhrase in the sentence parameter, lookup the preposition in the AdverbPrepsotion table to retrieve a frame slot.

resolve(Sentence, Frame) - Method in class fido.linguistic.NounFrameSlot

Places the ResolvedNoun objects from the subject, indirect object, and predicate noun into a slot in the Frame instance.

resolve(Vector) - Method in class fido.linguistic.SentenceResolver

Takes multiple sentence structures and generates a frame with one action to perform.

resolve(Vector) - Method in class fido.linguistic.FragmentResolver

Loops through the Vector of Clauses for any instance of Fragment.

ResolvedNoun - class fido.linguistic.components.ResolvedNoun.

Represents an object in the ObjectTree that a noun was resolved to.

ResolvedNoun(int) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.ResolvedNoun

Creates a new ResolvedNoun with a given object id.

resolveNouns(Vector) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Resolver

Resolves all noun phrases in each Clause object in the clauses Vector parameter.

Resolver - class fido.linguistic.Resolver.

Looks at each Noun type phrase, either nouns or pronouns, and passes off processing to either Noun Resolver or Pronoun Resolver.

Resolver(Discourse) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.Resolver

Creates a new Resolver instance.

Response - class fido.response.Response.

Collects information during processing to report back to the user.

Response() - Constructor for class fido.response.Response

Creates a new Response instance.

returnDescription - Variable in class fido.db.WebService

returnType - Variable in class fido.db.WebService

root - Variable in class fido.db.MorphologyRule

S

satisfyTransactionId - Variable in class fido.db.TransactionPrecondition

SECOND - Static variable in class fido.db.PronounTable

SECOND - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun

Constant for setPerson() and getPerson()

SECOND_PLURAL - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb person

SECOND_SINGULAR - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb person

senseNumber - Variable in class fido.db.ProperNoun

senseNumber - Variable in class fido.db.DictionaryEntry

Sentence - class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence.

Concrete subclass of Clause that identifies the user input as having a verb.

Sentence() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Creates a new empty Sentence object.

SentenceComponents - class fido.linguistic.SentenceComponents.

This module will take the Grammar linkages from the Grammar module and place them into in internal class structure.

SentenceComponents() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.SentenceComponents

Creates a new SentenceComponents instance.

SentenceResolver - class fido.linguistic.SentenceResolver.

Resolves the multiple sentence structure from the SentenceComponents module and determines one course of action for the system to perform.

SentenceResolver() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.SentenceResolver

Creates a new SentenceResolver instance.

SentenceThread - class fido.grammar.SentenceThread.

Represents one possible linkage the grammar has found during incremental processing.

SentenceThread(String) - Constructor for class fido.grammar.SentenceThread

Creates a new SentenceThread instance.

SentenceThreadFactory - class fido.grammar.SentenceThreadFactory.

Factory pattern class to create a new SentenceThread or clone an existing one.

SentenceThreadFactory() - Constructor for class fido.grammar.SentenceThreadFactory

Creates a new Sentence Thread Factory.

serviceURI - Variable in class fido.db.WebService

setAction(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

When resolving nouns in the Resolver module, this method is used to store the action the system should take when resolving the noun.

setAdjective(AdjectiveClass) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Fragment

Sets the Adjective for this fragment.

setArticleType(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Sets the type for the article.

setFemale(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Sets the pronoun antecedent for the previous female object.

setFrameSlot(String, int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Frame

setIndirectObject(Noun) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Sets the indirect object slot to the given Noun.

setLeftBranch(BooleanTreeNode) - Method in class fido.util.BooleanNode

setMale(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Sets the pronoun antecedent for the previous male object.

setMissingInformation(int) - Method in class fido.response.Response

setMood(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Frame

setMood(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Sets the mood of the sentence.

setMultiNode() - Method in class fido.grammar.NodeExpression

Sets the node to be a multi node, which means it can match one to many nodes in a grammar.

setMultiNodeUsed() - Method in class fido.grammar.NodeExpression

Sets this node as used at least once in a grammar.

setNeuter(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Sets the pronoun antecedent for objects not either male or female.

setNoun(Noun) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.PrepositionalPhrase

Sets the Noun for this phrase.

setNoun(Noun) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Fragment

Sets the Noun for this fragment.

setNounClass(NounClass) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounPhrase

Sets the NounClass for this noun phrase.

setObjectId(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.ResolvedNoun

Sets the ObjectId for this noun.

setPredicateAdjective(AdjectiveClass) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Sets the predicate adjective slot to the given AdjectiveClass.

setPredicateNoun(Noun) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Sets the predicate noun slot to the given noun.

setPreviousMood(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Sets the mood of the previous input.

setPreviousStructure(Sentence) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Discourse

Saves the Sentence structure for following commands to use ellipsis.

setProcessingStatus(boolean) - Method in class fido.response.Response

If the user requests the system perform an action, the system will report if the action was successful or not.

setRightBranch(BooleanTreeNode) - Method in class fido.util.BooleanNode

setRootForm(String) - Method in class fido.db.WordSense

Sets the root form of the word.

setSessionContext(SessionContext) - Method in class fido.frontend.FidoBean

Required by the SessionBean interface.

setSubject(Noun) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Sets the subject slot to the given Noun.

setTransaction(int) - Method in class fido.linguistic.Frame

setUsed() - Method in class fido.grammar.Link

Sets the used flag to true for this link.

setVerbClass(VerbClass) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbPhrase

Sets the VerbClass for this verb phrase.

setVerbPhrase(VerbPhrase) - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.Sentence

Sets the VerbPhrase for this sentence.

setYesNoResponse(boolean) - Method in class fido.response.Response

If the user queries the system, the system will call this method, from an internal instruction, to set the yes / no response.

softwareVersion() - Method in class fido.db.SystemPropertiesTable

Returns the version of the Fido software running on the server.

StackElement - class fido.grammar.StackElement.

Represents all of the grammar expressions for a word.

StackElement(WordSense) - Constructor for class fido.grammar.StackElement

Creates a new StackElement.

startGroup() - Method in class fido.util.BooleanTree

Starts a new parenthesis group.

subclass(int, String) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectTable

Creates a new ClassObject cloning objectId with a LinkName Isa pointing to the parent class.

subject - Variable in class fido.db.Verb

SUBJECT - Static variable in class fido.db.GrammarLinkTable

Constant value used as a link type in the methods addLink() and getLinkType()

SUPERLATIVE - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.AdjectiveClass

Constant used for the type field.

surface - Variable in class fido.db.MorphologyRule

SYSTEM_LINK - Static variable in class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeTable

Used for the type of link value.

SystemPropertiesTable - class fido.db.SystemPropertiesTable.

Retrieves runtime properties from the database.

SystemPropertiesTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.SystemPropertiesTable

Creates a new SystemPropertiesTable instance.

T

tag - Variable in class fido.db.MorphologyRule

THIRD - Static variable in class fido.db.PronounTable

THIRD - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.Pronoun

Constant for setPerson() and getPerson()

THIRD_PLURAL - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb person

THIRD_SINGULAR - Static variable in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Constant for verb person

toString() - Method in class fido.db.Verb

toString() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Returns the string for this verb.

toString() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.NounClass

Returns the string for this noun.

toString() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.AdverbClass

Returns the string for this adverb.

toString() - Method in class fido.linguistic.components.AdjectiveClass

Returns the string for this adjective.

transaction - Variable in class fido.db.VerbTransaction

transaction - Variable in class fido.db.Transaction

Transaction - class fido.db.Transaction.

Transaction() - Constructor for class fido.db.Transaction

TransactionNotFoundException - exception fido.db.TransactionNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Transaction in the TransactionTable by a name which does not exist.

TransactionNotFoundException(int) - Constructor for class fido.db.TransactionNotFoundException

Constructs an TransactionNotFoundException with a the object not found in the message.

TransactionNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.TransactionNotFoundException

Constructs an TransactionNotFoundException with a detail message.

TransactionPrecondition - class fido.db.TransactionPrecondition.

TransactionPrecondition() - Constructor for class fido.db.TransactionPrecondition

TransactionPreconditionTable - class fido.db.TransactionPreconditionTable.

TransactionPreconditionTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.TransactionPreconditionTable

TransactionSlot - class fido.db.TransactionSlot.

TransactionSlot() - Constructor for class fido.db.TransactionSlot

TransactionSlotTable - class fido.db.TransactionSlotTable.

TransactionSlotTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.TransactionSlotTable

TransactionTable - class fido.db.TransactionTable.

TransactionTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.TransactionTable

translate(Vector) - Method in class fido.linguistic.SentenceComponents

Converts the Vector of Link classes from Grammar to an internal structure that represents the sentence.

traverseStack(String) - Method in class fido.grammar.SentenceThread

Asks the GrammarStack to look for an open link matching the name in the parameter.

traverseStack(String) - Method in class fido.grammar.GrammarStack

Starts with the top of the stack and looks for an open link element matching the parameter string.

type - Variable in class fido.db.VerbType

type - Variable in class fido.db.WebServiceParameter

type - Variable in class fido.db.QuestionWordType

type - Variable in class fido.db.QuestionWord

type - Variable in class fido.db.Verb

type - Variable in class fido.db.InstructionType

type - Variable in class fido.db.Instruction

type - Variable in class fido.db.DereferenceType

type - Variable in class fido.db.ClassLinkType

type - Variable in class fido.db.MoodType

typeDescription - Variable in class fido.db.WebServiceParameter

typeDescription - Variable in class fido.db.QuestionWord

typeDescription - Variable in class fido.db.Verb

typeDescription - Variable in class fido.db.Instruction

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unlinkObjects(int, String, int) - Method in class fido.db.ObjectLinkTable

used - Variable in class fido.db.MorphologyRule

User - class fido.db.User.

USER_LINK - Static variable in class fido.db.ClassLinkTypeTable

Used for the type of link value.

User() - Constructor for class fido.db.User

username - Variable in class fido.db.User

UserNotFoundException - exception fido.db.UserNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a User in the UserTable by a name which does not exist.

UserNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.UserNotFoundException

Constructs an UserNotFoundException with a detail message.

UserTable - class fido.db.UserTable.

UserTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.UserTable

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validateTree() - Method in class fido.util.BooleanTree

Used to validate the tree is properly formed: All parenthesis are closed The last boolean node contains a right branch.

verb - Variable in class fido.db.Verb

Verb - class fido.db.Verb.

Verb() - Constructor for class fido.db.Verb

VerbClass - class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass.

Represents the actual verb in a VerbPhrase.

VerbClass(String, int, int, int) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.VerbClass

Creates a new VerbClass object.

VerbConstraint - class fido.db.VerbConstraint.

VerbConstraint() - Constructor for class fido.db.VerbConstraint

VerbConstraintTable - class fido.db.VerbConstraintTable.

VerbConstraintTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.VerbConstraintTable

verbId - Variable in class fido.db.VerbTransaction

VerbInstructionNotFoundException - exception fido.db.VerbInstructionNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Pronoun in the PronounTable by a name which does not exist.

VerbInstructionNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.VerbInstructionNotFoundException

Constructs an VerbInstructionNotFoundException with a detail message.

VerbNotFoundException - exception fido.db.VerbNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Verb in the VerbTable by a name which does not exist.

VerbNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.VerbNotFoundException

Constructs an VerbNotFoundException with a detail message.

VerbPhrase - class fido.linguistic.components.VerbPhrase.

Represents a verb, with all associated components such as all adverbs and adverbial prepositional phrases.

VerbPhrase() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.components.VerbPhrase

Creates a new VerbPhrase object with no adverbs or prepositional phrases.

VerbPrepositionResolver - class fido.linguistic.VerbPrepositionResolver.

Places the ResolvedNouns for each prepositional phrase attached to the verb in the appropriate frame slot.

VerbPrepositionResolver() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.VerbPrepositionResolver

Creates a new VerbPrepositionResolver instance.

VerbResolver - class fido.linguistic.VerbResolver.

VerbResolver takes the verb string from the user and determines an action for the user to perform.

VerbResolver() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.VerbResolver

Creates a new VerbResolver instance.

verbString - Variable in class fido.db.VerbTransaction

VerbTable - class fido.db.VerbTable.

VerbTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.VerbTable

VerbTransaction - class fido.db.VerbTransaction.

VerbTransaction() - Constructor for class fido.db.VerbTransaction

VerbTransactionTable - class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable.

VerbTransactionTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.VerbTransactionTable

VerbType - class fido.db.VerbType.

VerbType() - Constructor for class fido.db.VerbType

Version - class fido.util.Version.

Singleton class that returns version information about the Fido software.

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WebService - class fido.db.WebService.

WebService() - Constructor for class fido.db.WebService

webServiceId - Variable in class fido.db.WebService

WebServiceNotFoundException - exception fido.db.WebServiceNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a WebService in the WebServiceTable by a name which does not exist.

WebServiceNotFoundException(int) - Constructor for class fido.db.WebServiceNotFoundException

Constructs an WebServiceNotFoundException with a detail message.

WebServiceParameter - class fido.db.WebServiceParameter.

WebServiceParameter() - Constructor for class fido.db.WebServiceParameter

WebServiceTable - class fido.db.WebServiceTable.

WebServiceTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.WebServiceTable

WHAT - Static variable in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

WHEN - Static variable in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

WHERE - Static variable in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

WHO - Static variable in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

WHY - Static variable in class fido.db.QuestionWordTable

word - Variable in class fido.db.QuestionWord

word - Variable in class fido.db.DictionaryEntry

WordClassification - class fido.db.WordClassification.

WordClassification() - Constructor for class fido.db.WordClassification

WordClassificationTable - class fido.db.WordClassificationTable.

This class maintains a list of word classifications, which are patterns used to classify words based on the characters that compise it.

WordClassificationTable() - Constructor for class fido.db.WordClassificationTable

Creates a new WordClassificationTable instance.

WordLookup - class fido.linguistic.WordLookup.

Attempts to find a word string in one of four ways: WordClassification - Identifies classes of words, such as numbers and dates Dictionary - List of all words known to the system Morphology - Looks for prefixes and suffixes to strip off to find the root form of a word.

WordLookup() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.WordLookup

Creates a new WordLookup instance.

WordNotFoundException - exception fido.db.WordNotFoundException.

An attempt to access a Word in the Dictionary by a name which does not exist.

WordNotFoundException(String) - Constructor for class fido.db.WordNotFoundException

Constructs an WordNotFoundException with a detail message.

WordPackage - class fido.linguistic.WordPackage.

A word package is a small class that holds the original surface form of the word.

WordPackage(String) - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.WordPackage

Creates a new WordPackage with the surface form of the word from the user input.

WordSense - class fido.db.WordSense.

A word sense is a way a word can be used.

WordSense(BooleanTree, String, int) - Constructor for class fido.db.WordSense

Constructs a new WordSense with the GrammarString grammarString and the pointer to an object in the ObjectTable object.

WordSeparation - class fido.linguistic.WordSeparation.

This module breaks up the stream of characters from the client into the sentence into words.

WordSeparation() - Constructor for class fido.linguistic.WordSeparation

Creates a new WordSeparation class.

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