com.apelon.dts.client.match
Class Match

java.lang.Object
  com.apelon.dts.client.match.Match

public class Match
extends Object

The Match class provides information about a match that was searched for.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2002

Company: Apelon, Inc.

Version:

DTS 3.0

Author:

Apelon, Inc.

Constructor Summary

Match(String preferredTerm, DTSConcept concept, MatchItem item)
Contructs a Match which has preferredTerm, concept, matchItem

Method Summary

String	getConceptPreferredTerm() Gets the matched concept's preferred term.
DTSConcept	getMatchingConcept() Gets the concept to which the matching item belongs.
MatchItem	getMatchItem() Gets the concept, property, or term that was matched.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Match

public Match(String preferredTerm,
             DTSConcept concept,
             MatchItem item)

Contructs a Match which has preferredTerm, concept, matchItem

Parameters:

preferredTerm - the preferred term for the matched concept

concept - the matched concept

item - the concept,term that had the matched string

Method Detail

getMatchItem

public MatchItem getMatchItem()

Gets the concept, property, or term that was matched.

Returns:

the concept, property, or term that had the matched string

getMatchingConcept

public DTSConcept getMatchingConcept()

Gets the concept to which the matching item belongs. If the matching item is a concept, the concept itself is returned.

Returns:

the matched concept

getConceptPreferredTerm

public String getConceptPreferredTerm()

Gets the matched concept's preferred term.

Returns:

the preferred term for the matched concept