edu.columbia.cs.ref.model.matcher.impl
Class DictionaryEntityMatcher

java.lang.Object
  edu.columbia.cs.ref.model.matcher.impl.DictionaryEntityMatcher

All Implemented Interfaces:

EntityMatcher, java.io.Serializable

public class DictionaryEntityMatcher
extends java.lang.Object
implements EntityMatcher

The Class DictionaryEntityMatcher is an implementation of the EntityMatcher that uses a dictionary of aliases to determine if two entities match.

Since:

2011-09-27

Version:

0.1

Author:

Pablo Barrio, Goncalo Simoes

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

DictionaryEntityMatcher(Dictionary dictionary)
Instantiates a new dictionary entity matcher.

Method Summary

boolean

match(Entity original, Entity entity) Determines if the two input entities match

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DictionaryEntityMatcher

public DictionaryEntityMatcher(Dictionary dictionary)

Instantiates a new dictionary entity matcher. It receives as input a dictionary of aliases that will be used if each pair of entities is an alias of each other.

Parameters:

dictionary - the dictionary

Method Detail

match

public boolean match(Entity original,
                     Entity entity)

Description copied from interface: EntityMatcher

Determines if the two input entities match

Specified by:

match in interface EntityMatcher

Parameters:

original - the first entity

entity - the second entity

Returns:

true, if the entities match