org.grobid.core.utilities

Class LanguageUtilities

java.lang.Object

org.grobid.core.utilities.LanguageUtilities

public class LanguageUtilities
extends java.lang.Object

Class for using language guessers (singleton).

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Logger	LOGGER

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static LanguageUtilities	getInstance()
protected static void	getNewInstance() Return a new instance.
Language	runLanguageId(java.lang.String text) Basic run for language identification, return the language code and confidence score separated by a semicolon
Language	runLanguageId(java.lang.String text, int maxLength) Less basic run for language identification, where a maxumum length of text is used to identify the language.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

LOGGER

public static final Logger LOGGER

Method Detail

getInstance

public static LanguageUtilities getInstance()

getNewInstance

protected static void getNewInstance()

Return a new instance.

runLanguageId

public Language runLanguageId(java.lang.String text)

Basic run for language identification, return the language code and confidence score separated by a semicolon

Parameters:

text - text to classify

Returns:

language ids concatenated with ;

runLanguageId

public Language runLanguageId(java.lang.String text,
                              int maxLength)

Less basic run for language identification, where a maxumum length of text is used to identify the language. The goal is to avoid wasting resources using a too long piece of text, when normally only a small chunk is enough for a safe language prediction. Return a Language object consisting of the language code and a confidence score.

Parameters:

text - text to classify

maxLength - maximum length of text to be used to identify the language, expressed in characters

Returns:

language Language object consisting of the language code and a confidence score