gov.nih.nlm.nls.lvg.Flows

Class ToStripPunctuationEnhanced

java.lang.Object

gov.nih.nlm.nls.lvg.Flows.Transformation

gov.nih.nlm.nls.lvg.Flows.ToStripPunctuationEnhanced

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class ToStripPunctuationEnhanced
extends Transformation
implements java.lang.Cloneable

This class performs an enhanced function of stripping punctuations from a specified term. This enhanced function does not strip punctuations from following cases:

• Floating number: "1.25", "-23", or "-23.38"
  * use Float.ParseFloat() to find float words. x.xx or -x or -x.xx
• Date: "10/12/97" or "10-12-00"
  * utilize DateFormat, SimpleDateFormat to find "d/M/YY" and "d-M-YY"
• Telephone: "301-435-3170" or "301.435.3170"
• Catelog: such as "007.12.1234.07" or "007-12-1234-07"
  * NN-NN-NN if '-' is arounded by number, don't do anything
  * Hypened words or Chemical: XX-XX-XX if '-' is not around by number only, replace it with space.
• Genitive: such as "Guy's", "Guys' ", "Guyz' ", "Guyx' " (TBD)

History:

Version:

V-2026

Author:

NLM NLS Development Team

See Also:

Design Document

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class gov.nih.nlm.nls.lvg.Flows.Transformation

NO_MUTATE_INFO, UPDATE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ToStripPunctuationEnhanced()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) A unit test driver for this flow component.
static java.util.Vector<LexItem>	Mutate(LexItem in, boolean detailsFlag, boolean mutateFlag) Performs the mutation of this flow component.
(package private) static java.lang.String	StripPunctuationFromWord(java.lang.String inWord)

Methods inherited from class gov.nih.nlm.nls.lvg.Flows.Transformation

GetTestStr, PrintResult, PrintResults, UpdateLexItem, UpdateLexItem, UpdateLexItem

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ToStripPunctuationEnhanced

public ToStripPunctuationEnhanced()

Method Detail

Mutate

public static java.util.Vector<LexItem> Mutate(LexItem in,
                                               boolean detailsFlag,
                                               boolean mutateFlag)

Performs the mutation of this flow component.

Parameters:

in - a LexItem as the input for this flow component

detailsFlag - a boolean flag for processing details information

mutateFlag - a boolean flag for processing mutate information

Returns:

the results from this flow component - a collection (Vector) of LexItems

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

A unit test driver for this flow component.

Parameters:

args - arguments

StripPunctuationFromWord

static java.lang.String StripPunctuationFromWord(java.lang.String inWord)