pt.tumba.cage
Class Numex

java.lang.Object
  pt.tumba.cage.Numex

public class Numex
extends java.lang.Object

Implements methods for recognizing numeric expressions in both Portuguese and English texts.

Author:

Bruno Martins

Method Summary

static Numex	getInstance() Returns an instance of Numex.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Main method to test Numeric Expression Recognition.
static java.util.Date	recognizeDate(java.lang.String text) Recognize a Date in a text.
static java.lang.Double	recognizeNumex(java.lang.String text) Recognize a numeric expression in a text.
static java.lang.String	recognizePhoneNumber(java.lang.String text) Recognize a Phone number in a text.
static java.sql.Time	recognizeTime(java.lang.String text) Recognize a Time expression in a text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static Numex getInstance()

Returns an instance of Numex.

Returns:

An instance of Numex.

recognizeNumex

public static java.lang.Double recognizeNumex(java.lang.String text)

Recognize a numeric expression in a text.

Parameters:

text - A string with a numeric expression.

Returns:

The numeric value associated with the numeric expression (or null).

recognizeDate

public static java.util.Date recognizeDate(java.lang.String text)

Recognize a Date in a text.

Parameters:

text - A string with a date.

Returns:

The date associated with the string (or null).

recognizeTime

public static java.sql.Time recognizeTime(java.lang.String text)

Recognize a Time expression in a text.

Parameters:

text - A string with a Time expression.

Returns:

The time associated with the string (or null).

recognizePhoneNumber

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

Recognize a Phone number in a text.

Parameters:

text - A string with a phone number.

Returns:

A string with the phone number (or null).

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Main method to test Numeric Expression Recognition.

Parameters:

args - The command line options, tokenized.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception