BasicContextGenerator.java

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package opennlp.maxent;


/**
 * Generate contexts for maxent decisions, assuming that the input
 * given to the getContext() method is a String containing contextual
 * predicates separated by spaces. 
 * e.g:
 * <p>
 * cp_1 cp_2 ... cp_n
 * </p>
 */
public class BasicContextGenerator implements ContextGenerator {

  private String separator = " ";

  public BasicContextGenerator () {}
  
  public BasicContextGenerator (String sep) {
    separator = sep;
  }

  /**
   * Builds up the list of contextual predicates given a String.
   */
  public String[] getContext(Object o) {
    String s = (String) o;
    return (String[]) s.split(separator);
  }
 
}