gov.nih.nlm.nls.metamap
Interface MatchMap

All Superinterfaces:

MetaMapElement

public interface MatchMap
extends MetaMapElement

Describe interface MatchMap here. Created: Fri Apr 16 10:36:52 2010

Method Summary

int	getConceptMatchEnd() The position within the concept words of the last matching word
int	getConceptMatchStart() The position within the concept words of the first matching word
int	getLexMatchVariation() The degree of lexical variation between the words in the candidate concept and the words in the phrase; the computation of this value is explained on pp.
java.util.List<java.lang.Object>	getListRepr() This returns a list of representation of match map.
int	getPhraseMatchEnd() The position within the phrase words of the last matching word
int	getPhraseMatchStart() The position within the phrase words of the first matching word

Method Detail

getPhraseMatchStart

int getPhraseMatchStart()

The position within the phrase words of the first matching word

Returns:

word position

getPhraseMatchEnd

int getPhraseMatchEnd()

The position within the phrase words of the last matching word

Returns:

word position

getConceptMatchStart

int getConceptMatchStart()

The position within the concept words of the first matching word

Returns:

word position

getConceptMatchEnd

int getConceptMatchEnd()

The position within the concept words of the last matching word

Returns:

word position

getLexMatchVariation

int getLexMatchVariation()

The degree of lexical variation between the words in the candidate concept and the words in the phrase; the computation of this value is explained on pp. 2-3 of MetaMap Evaluation.

Returns:

lexical variation of match

getListRepr

java.util.List<java.lang.Object> getListRepr()
                                             throws java.lang.Exception

This returns a list of representation of match map.

Returns:

List of Objects.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception