org.grobid.core.utilities

Class Utilities

java.lang.Object

org.grobid.core.utilities.Utilities

public class Utilities
extends java.lang.Object

Some utilities methods that I don't know where to put.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	punctuationsSub

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Utilities()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	cleanBody(java.lang.String text) Cleaninig of the body of text prior to term extraction.
static BiblioItem	cleanZFNMetadata(BiblioItem item) Special cleaning for ZFN extracted data in a BiblioItem
static java.util.List<OffsetPosition>	convertStringOffsetToTokenOffset(java.util.List<OffsetPosition> stringPosition, java.util.List<LayoutToken> tokens)
static java.lang.String	dateToString(java.util.Date pDate, java.lang.String pFormat) Format a date in string using pFormat.
static boolean	deleteDir(java.io.File dir) Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir.
static boolean	deleteOldies(java.io.File dir, int maxLifeInSeconds) Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir if they are older than a given amount of seconds.
static boolean	deleteOldies(java.io.File dir, int maxLifeInSeconds, boolean root)
static boolean	doubleEquals(double d1, double d2)
static boolean	doubleEquals(double d1, double d2, double epsilon)
static java.lang.reflect.Method	getMethod(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.Class[] paramTypes, java.lang.String methodName) Get the method given in string in input corresponding to the given arguments.
static java.lang.String	getOsNameAndArch() Return the name of directory to use given the os and the architecture. Possibles returned values should match one of the following: win-32 lin-32 lin-64 mac-64
static java.lang.Object	launchMethod(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.Object[] args, java.lang.Class[] paramTypes, java.lang.String methodName) Call a java method using the method name given in string.
static java.lang.Object	launchMethod(java.lang.Object obj, java.lang.Object[] args, java.lang.String methodName) Call a java method using the method name given in string.
static java.util.List<OffsetPosition>	mergePositions(java.util.List<OffsetPosition> positions1, java.util.List<OffsetPosition> positions2) Merge the offset positions of two lists, merging overlapping positions into a spanning one.
static boolean	stringToBoolean(java.lang.String value) Convert a string to boolean.
static java.lang.String	uploadFile(java.lang.String urlmsg, java.lang.String path, java.lang.String name)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

punctuationsSub

public static java.lang.String punctuationsSub

Constructor Detail

Utilities

public Utilities()

Method Detail

deleteDir

public static boolean deleteDir(java.io.File dir)

Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir. Returns true if all deletions were successful. If a deletion fails, the method stops attempting to delete and returns false.

deleteOldies

public static boolean deleteOldies(java.io.File dir,
                                   int maxLifeInSeconds)

Deletes all files and subdirectories under dir if they are older than a given amount of seconds. Returns true if all deletions were successful. If a deletion fails, the method stops attempting to delete and returns false.

deleteOldies

public static boolean deleteOldies(java.io.File dir,
                                   int maxLifeInSeconds,
                                   boolean root)

cleanBody

public static java.lang.String cleanBody(java.lang.String text)

Cleaninig of the body of text prior to term extraction. Try to remove the pdf extraction garbage and the citation marks.

uploadFile

public static java.lang.String uploadFile(java.lang.String urlmsg,
                                          java.lang.String path,
                                          java.lang.String name)

cleanZFNMetadata

public static BiblioItem cleanZFNMetadata(BiblioItem item)

Special cleaning for ZFN extracted data in a BiblioItem

getOsNameAndArch

public static java.lang.String getOsNameAndArch()

Return the name of directory to use given the os and the architecture.
Possibles returned values should match one of the following:
win-32
lin-32
lin-64
mac-64

Returns:

name of the directory corresponding to the os name and architecture.

stringToBoolean

public static boolean stringToBoolean(java.lang.String value)

Convert a string to boolean.

Parameters:

value - the value to convert

Returns:

true if the string value is "true", false is it equals to "false".
If the value does not correspond to one of these 2 values, return false.

launchMethod

public static java.lang.Object launchMethod(java.lang.Object obj,
                                            java.lang.Object[] args,
                                            java.lang.String methodName)
                                     throws java.lang.Exception

Call a java method using the method name given in string.

Parameters:

obj - Class in which the method is.

args - the arguments of the method.

methodName - the name of the method.

Returns:

result of the called method.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

launchMethod

public static java.lang.Object launchMethod(java.lang.Object obj,
                                            java.lang.Object[] args,
                                            java.lang.Class[] paramTypes,
                                            java.lang.String methodName)
                                     throws java.lang.Exception

Call a java method using the method name given in string.

Parameters:

obj - Class in which the method is.

args - the arguments of the method.

paramTypes - types of the arguments.

methodName - the name of the method.

Returns:

result of the called method.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getMethod

public static java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod(java.lang.Object obj,
                                                 java.lang.Class[] paramTypes,
                                                 java.lang.String methodName)
                                          throws java.lang.NoSuchMethodException

Get the method given in string in input corresponding to the given arguments.

Parameters:

obj - Class in which the method is.

paramTypes - types of the arguments.

methodName - the name of the method.

Returns:

Methood

Throws:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodException

dateToString

public static java.lang.String dateToString(java.util.Date pDate,
                                            java.lang.String pFormat)

Format a date in string using pFormat.

Parameters:

pDate - the date to parse.

pFormat - the format to use following SimpleDateFormat patterns.

Returns:

the formatted date.

doubleEquals

public static boolean doubleEquals(double d1,
                                   double d2)

doubleEquals

public static boolean doubleEquals(double d1,
                                   double d2,
                                   double epsilon)

mergePositions

public static java.util.List<OffsetPosition> mergePositions(java.util.List<OffsetPosition> positions1,
                                                            java.util.List<OffsetPosition> positions2)

Merge the offset positions of two lists, merging overlapping positions into a spanning one.

Parameters:

positions1 - the first offset position list to be merged

positions2 - the second offset position list to be merged

Returns:

the merged list of (merged) offset positions

convertStringOffsetToTokenOffset

public static java.util.List<OffsetPosition> convertStringOffsetToTokenOffset(java.util.List<OffsetPosition> stringPosition,
                                                                              java.util.List<LayoutToken> tokens)