DefaultChunkerSequenceValidator.java

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package org.cogroo.tools.chunker2;

import opennlp.tools.util.SequenceValidator;

public class DefaultChunkerSequenceValidator implements SequenceValidator<TokenTag> {

  private boolean validOutcome(String outcome, String prevOutcome) {
    if (outcome.startsWith("I-")) {
      if (prevOutcome == null) {
        return false;
      }
      else {
        if (prevOutcome.equals("O")) {
          return false;
        }
        if (!prevOutcome.substring(2).equals(outcome.substring(2))) {
          return false;
        }
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  protected boolean validOutcome(String outcome, String[] sequence) {
    String prevOutcome = null;
    if (sequence.length > 0) {
      prevOutcome = sequence[sequence.length - 1];
    }
    return validOutcome(outcome,prevOutcome);
  }

  public boolean validSequence(int i, TokenTag[] sequence, String[] s, String outcome) {
    return validOutcome(outcome, s);
  }

}