Package org.apache.tika.parser.ner.regex

Class RegexNERecogniser

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tika.parser.ner.regex.RegexNERecogniser

All Implemented Interfaces:

NERecogniser

public class RegexNERecogniser
extends Object
implements NERecogniser

This class offers an implementation of NERecogniser based on Regular Expressions.

The default configuration file "ner-regex.txt" is used when no argument constructor is used to instantiate this class. The regex file is loaded via Class.getResourceAsStream(String), so the file should be placed in the same package path as of this class.

The format of regex configuration as follows:

 ENTITY_TYPE1=REGEX1
 ENTITY_TYPE2=REGEX2
 

For example, to extract week day from text:

WEEK_DAY=(?i)((sun)|(mon)|(tues)|(thurs)|(fri)|((sat)(ur)?))(day)?
 

Since:

Nov. 7, 2015

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
Set<String>	entityTypes
static final String	NER_REGEX_FILE
Map<String,Pattern>	patterns

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.tika.parser.ner.NERecogniser

DATE, LOCATION, MISCELLANEOUS, MONEY, ORGANIZATION, PERCENT, PERSON, TIME

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
RegexNERecogniser()
RegexNERecogniser(InputStream stream)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Set<String>	findMatches(String text, Pattern pattern)	finds matching sub groups in text
Set<String>	getEntityTypes()	gets a set of entity types whose names are recognisable by this
static RegexNERecogniser	getInstance()
boolean	isAvailable()	checks if this Named Entity recogniser is available for service
Map<String,Set<String>>	recognise(String text)	call for name recognition action from text

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

NER_REGEX_FILE

public static final String NER_REGEX_FILE

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

entityTypes

public Set<String> entityTypes

patterns

public Map<String,Pattern> patterns

Constructor Details

RegexNERecogniser

public RegexNERecogniser()

RegexNERecogniser

public RegexNERecogniser(InputStream stream)

Method Details

getInstance

public static RegexNERecogniser getInstance()

isAvailable

public boolean isAvailable()

Description copied from interface: NERecogniser

checks if this Named Entity recogniser is available for service

Specified by:

isAvailable in interface NERecogniser

Returns:

true if this recogniser is ready to recognise, false otherwise

getEntityTypes

public Set<String> getEntityTypes()

Description copied from interface: NERecogniser

gets a set of entity types whose names are recognisable by this

Specified by:

getEntityTypes in interface NERecogniser

Returns:

set of entity types/classes

findMatches

public Set<String> findMatches(String text,
 Pattern pattern)

finds matching sub groups in text

Parameters:

text - text containing interesting sub strings

pattern - pattern to find sub strings

Returns:

set of sub strings if any found, or null if none found

recognise

public Map<String,Set<String>> recognise(String text)

Description copied from interface: NERecogniser

call for name recognition action from text

Specified by:

recognise in interface NERecogniser

Parameters:

text - text with possibly contains names

Returns:

map of entityType -> set of names