smile.nlp.tokenizer

Class SimpleParagraphSplitter

java.lang.Object

smile.nlp.tokenizer.SimpleParagraphSplitter

All Implemented Interfaces:

ParagraphSplitter

public class SimpleParagraphSplitter
extends Object
implements ParagraphSplitter

This is a simple paragraph splitter. Given a string, it returns a list of strings, where each element is a paragraph.

The beginning of a paragraph is indicated by

• the beginning of the content, that is, the paragraph is the first content in the document, or
• exactly one blank line preceding the paragraph text

The end of a paragraph is indicated by

• the end of the content, that is, the paragraph is the last content in the document, or
• one or more blank lines following the paragraph text

A blank line contains zero or more non-printing characters, such as space or tab, followed by a new line.

Author:

Haifeng Li

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static SimpleParagraphSplitter	getInstance() Returns the singleton instance.
String[]	split(String text) Split text into sentences.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static SimpleParagraphSplitter getInstance()

Returns the singleton instance.

split

public String[] split(String text)

Description copied from interface: ParagraphSplitter

Split text into sentences.

Specified by:

split in interface ParagraphSplitter