edu.mit.jverbnet.data.syntax
Interface ISyntaxArgDesc.ISyntaxArgDescBuilder

All Superinterfaces:

ISyntaxArgDesc

All Known Implementing Classes:

SyntaxArgDesc.SyntaxArgDescBuilder

Enclosing interface:

ISyntaxArgDesc

public static interface ISyntaxArgDesc.ISyntaxArgDescBuilder
extends ISyntaxArgDesc

Allows an immutable syntax argument to constructed piece by piece, and then instantiated with an argument to its parent.

Since:

JVerbnet 1.2.0

Version:

1.2.0

Author:

Mark A. Finlayson

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface edu.mit.jverbnet.data.syntax.ISyntaxArgDesc

ISyntaxArgDesc.ISyntaxArgDescBuilder

Method Summary

ISyntaxArgDesc	create(ISyntaxDesc parent) Creates a syntax arg descriptor from the information contained in the builder.
void	setNounPhrasetype(INounPhraseType type) Sets the noun phrase type of the argument.
void	setSelRestrictions(ISelRestrictions<? extends IRestrType> restrs) Sets the selectional restrictions for this argument
void	setType(SyntaxArgType type) Sets the type of the syntactic argument.
void	setValue(java.lang.String value) Sets the value of the syntactic argument

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jverbnet.data.syntax.ISyntaxArgDesc

getNounPhraseType, getParent, getSelRestrictions, getType, getValue

Method Detail

setType

void setType(SyntaxArgType type)

Sets the type of the syntactic argument.

Parameters:

type - the type of the syntactic argument

Since:

JVerbnet 1.2.0

setValue

void setValue(java.lang.String value)

Sets the value of the syntactic argument

Parameters:

value - the value of the syntactic argument

Since:

JVerbnet 1.2.0

setNounPhrasetype

void setNounPhrasetype(INounPhraseType type)

Sets the noun phrase type of the argument. If non-null, this argument also sets the type to SyntaxArgType.NP.

Parameters:

type - the noun phrase type of the argument

Since:

JVerbnet 1.2.0

setSelRestrictions

void setSelRestrictions(ISelRestrictions<? extends IRestrType> restrs)

Sets the selectional restrictions for this argument

Parameters:

restrs - the selectional restrictions for this argument

Since:

JVerbnet 1.2.0

create

ISyntaxArgDesc create(ISyntaxDesc parent)

Creates a syntax arg descriptor from the information contained in the builder. If the builder does not have enough information to construct a complete descriptor, it will thrown an exception.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of the descriptor

Returns:

the new descriptor, if it can be created

Since:

JVerbnet 1.2.0