org.mitre.midiki.workshop
Class Synonym

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.mitre.midiki.workshop.Synonym

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Synonym

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Identifies a list of symptom names which are considered to be identical. The first symptom in the list is the way it will be known. Case is not significant, but no more sophisticated fault-tolerance is provided. In particular, there is no notion of distance between a presented string and this synonym set.

Since:

1.0

See Also:

Serializable, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Synonym()
Creates a new Synonym instance.

Method Summary

void	addSynonym(java.lang.String s) Adds a synonym to the set.
java.lang.String	getDefault() Returns the first string added to this set.
boolean	isSynonymFor(java.lang.String n) Returns true if the specified string appears in this synonym set.
java.util.Iterator	iterator() Provides public access to the contents of this synonym set.
java.lang.String	toString() Generate a string representation of this set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Synonym

public Synonym()

Creates a new Synonym instance.

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Generate a string representation of this set.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String value

addSynonym

public void addSynonym(java.lang.String s)

Adds a synonym to the set.

Parameters:

s - a String value

getDefault

public java.lang.String getDefault()

Returns the first string added to this set.

Returns:

a String value

isSynonymFor

public boolean isSynonymFor(java.lang.String n)

Returns true if the specified string appears in this synonym set.

Parameters:

n - a String value

Returns:

a boolean value

iterator

public java.util.Iterator iterator()

Provides public access to the contents of this synonym set.

Returns:

an Iterator value