Class Relationship

java.lang.Object

net.didion.jwnl.data.relationship.Relationship

Direct Known Subclasses:

AsymmetricRelationship, SymmetricRelationship

public abstract class Relationship
extends Object

A Relationship encapsulates the relationship between two synsets. Basically, it is a list of synsets/words that one must traverse to get from the source synset to the target synset of the relationship, for some relationship type.

There are two types of relationships - Symmetric and Asymmetric.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
private static class	Relationship.StringBufferOutputStream

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private PointerTargetNodeList	_nodes	The nodes that comprise the relationship.
private Synset	_sourceSynset
private Synset	_targetSynset
private PointerType	_type	The relationship's type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	Relationship(PointerType type, PointerTargetNodeList nodes, Synset sourceSynset, Synset targetSynset)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Two relationships are assumed equal if they have the same source synset, target synset, and type
int	getDepth()	Get the depth of this relationship.
PointerTargetNodeList	getNodeList()	Get the list that contains the nodes of this relationship.
int	getSize()
PointerTarget	getSourcePointerTarget()	Get the pointer target of the source node.
Synset	getSourceSynset()	Get the Synset that is the source of this relationship.
PointerTarget	getTargetPointerTarget()	Get the pointer target of the target node.
Synset	getTargetSynset()	Get the Synset that is the target of this relationship.
PointerType	getType()
abstract Relationship	reverse()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

_nodes

private PointerTargetNodeList _nodes

The nodes that comprise the relationship.

_type

private PointerType _type

The relationship's type

_sourceSynset

private Synset _sourceSynset

_targetSynset

private Synset _targetSynset

Constructor Details

Relationship

protected Relationship(PointerType type,
 PointerTargetNodeList nodes,
 Synset sourceSynset,
 Synset targetSynset)

Method Details

reverse

public abstract Relationship reverse()

getNodeList

public PointerTargetNodeList getNodeList()

Get the list that contains the nodes of this relationship.

getSourcePointerTarget

public PointerTarget getSourcePointerTarget()

Get the pointer target of the source node.

getTargetPointerTarget

public PointerTarget getTargetPointerTarget()

Get the pointer target of the target node.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Two relationships are assumed equal if they have the same source synset, target synset, and type

Overrides:

equals in class Object

getType

public PointerType getType()

getSourceSynset

public Synset getSourceSynset()

Get the Synset that is the source of this relationship.

getTargetSynset

public Synset getTargetSynset()

Get the Synset that is the target of this relationship.

getSize

public int getSize()

getDepth

public int getDepth()

Get the depth of this relationship. Depth is a concept that can be defined by each relationship type. The default notion of depth is the number of pointers that need to be traversed to go from the source to target synset. This is basically getSize() - 1.