gov.nih.nlm.nls.metamap
Interface Negation

All Superinterfaces:
MetaMapElement

public interface Negation
extends MetaMapElement

Represention of MetaMap Negation elements.

Created: Mon May 11 15:16:37 2009


Method Summary
 java.lang.String getConceptId()
          Deprecated. The preferred method getConceptPairList() provides a list of concepts for the negation, each represented by the concept's id (cui) and preferred name.
 java.util.List<ConceptPair> getConceptPairList()
          Provides a list of ConceptPair objects for the negation, each represented by the concept's id (cui) and preferred name.
 java.util.List<Position> getConceptPositionList()
           
 java.lang.String getTrigger()
           
 java.util.List<Position> getTriggerPositionList()
           
 java.lang.String getType()
           
 

Method Detail

getType

java.lang.String getType()
                         throws java.lang.Exception
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

getTrigger

java.lang.String getTrigger()
                            throws java.lang.Exception
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

getTriggerPositionList

java.util.List<Position> getTriggerPositionList()
                                                throws java.lang.Exception
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

getConceptPairList

java.util.List<ConceptPair> getConceptPairList()
                                               throws java.lang.Exception
Provides a list of ConceptPair objects for the negation, each represented by the concept's id (cui) and preferred name.

Returns:
list of ConceptPair objects
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

getConceptPositionList

java.util.List<Position> getConceptPositionList()
                                                throws java.lang.Exception
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

getConceptId

java.lang.String getConceptId()
                              throws java.lang.Exception
Deprecated. The preferred method getConceptPairList() provides a list of concepts for the negation, each represented by the concept's id (cui) and preferred name.

This method is deprecated,

Returns:
always returns null
Throws:
java.lang.Exception