org.apache.tika.parser.ctakes

Class CTAKESContentHandler

java.lang.Object

org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

org.apache.tika.sax.ContentHandlerDecorator

org.apache.tika.parser.ctakes.CTAKESContentHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

ContentHandler, DTDHandler, EntityResolver, ErrorHandler

public class CTAKESContentHandler
extends ContentHandlerDecorator

Class used to extract biomedical information while parsing.

This class relies on Apache cTAKES that is a natural language processing system for extraction of information from electronic medical record clinical free-text.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	CTAKES_META_PREFIX

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CTAKESContentHandler() Default constructor.
CTAKESContentHandler(ContentHandler handler, Metadata metadata) Creates a new CTAKESContentHandler for the given ContentHandler and Metadata objects.
CTAKESContentHandler(ContentHandler handler, Metadata metadata, CTAKESConfig config) Creates a new CTAKESContentHandler for the given ContentHandler and Metadata objects.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
void	endDocument()
Metadata	getMetadata() Returns metadata that includes cTAKES annotations.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tika.sax.ContentHandlerDecorator

endElement, endPrefixMapping, handleException, ignorableWhitespace, processingInstruction, setContentHandler, setDocumentLocator, skippedEntity, startDocument, startElement, startPrefixMapping, toString

Methods inherited from class org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler

error, fatalError, notationDecl, resolveEntity, unparsedEntityDecl, warning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CTAKES_META_PREFIX

public static String CTAKES_META_PREFIX

Constructor Detail

CTAKESContentHandler

public CTAKESContentHandler(ContentHandler handler,
                    Metadata metadata,
                    CTAKESConfig config)

Creates a new CTAKESContentHandler for the given ContentHandler and Metadata objects.

Parameters:

handler - the ContentHandler object to be decorated.

metadata - the Metadata object that will be populated using biomedical information extracted by cTAKES.

config - the CTAKESConfig object used to configure the handler.

CTAKESContentHandler

public CTAKESContentHandler(ContentHandler handler,
                    Metadata metadata)

Creates a new CTAKESContentHandler for the given ContentHandler and Metadata objects.

Parameters:

handler - the ContentHandler object to be decorated.

metadata - the Metadata object that will be populated using biomedical information extracted by cTAKES.

CTAKESContentHandler

public CTAKESContentHandler()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

characters

public void characters(char[] ch,
              int start,
              int length)
                throws SAXException

Specified by:

characters in interface ContentHandler

Overrides:

characters in class ContentHandlerDecorator

Throws:

SAXException

endDocument

public void endDocument()
                 throws SAXException

Specified by:

endDocument in interface ContentHandler

Overrides:

endDocument in class ContentHandlerDecorator

Throws:

SAXException

getMetadata

public Metadata getMetadata()

Returns metadata that includes cTAKES annotations.

Returns:

object that includes cTAKES annotations.