edu.northwestern.at.monk.model
Class NegativeCriterion

java.lang.Object
  edu.northwestern.at.monk.model.SearchCriterion
      edu.northwestern.at.monk.model.CoreObjectCriterion
          edu.northwestern.at.monk.model.NegativeCriterion

public class NegativeCriterion
extends CoreObjectCriterion

A part of speech negative category search criterion.

See Also:

MONK Datastore Overview, Licensing Agreement

Constructor Summary

NegativeCriterion(java.util.Collection<?> values)
Creates a new negative category search criterion.

NegativeCriterion(NegativeCategory... negativeCategories)
Creates a new negative category search criterion.

NegativeCriterion(java.lang.String... tags)
Creates a new negative category search criterion.

Method Summary

java.util.Collection<NegativeCategory>	getNegativeCategories() Gets the negative categories.
NegativeCategory	getNegativeCategory() Gets the negative category.
java.lang.String	getTag() Gets the tag.
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getTags() Gets the tags.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NegativeCriterion

public NegativeCriterion(java.lang.String... tags)
                  throws ModelException

Creates a new negative category search criterion.

Parameters:

tags - Tags.

Throws:

ModelException -
No such negative category: tag

NegativeCriterion

public NegativeCriterion(NegativeCategory... negativeCategories)
                  throws ModelException

Creates a new negative category search criterion.

Parameters:

negativeCategories - Negative categories.

Throws:

ModelException -
Should never be thrown.

NegativeCriterion

public NegativeCriterion(java.util.Collection<?> values)
                  throws ModelException

Creates a new negative category search criterion.

Parameters:

values - Collection of tags and/or negative categories.

Throws:

ModelException -
No such negative category: tag
Collection element is neither String nor NegativeCategory

Method Detail

getNegativeCategories

public java.util.Collection<NegativeCategory> getNegativeCategories()

Gets the negative categories.

Returns:

Collection of negative categories, or null if none.

getNegativeCategory

public NegativeCategory getNegativeCategory()

Gets the negative category.

Returns:

Negative category, or null if none or more than one.

getTags

public java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getTags()

Gets the tags.

Returns:

The tags, or null if none.

getTag

public java.lang.String getTag()

Gets the tag.

Returns:

Tag, or null if none or more than one.