MatchingsSearcherFactory.java

/**
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package org.aksw.gerbil.matching;

import org.aksw.gerbil.matching.impl.StrongSpanMatchingsSearcher;
import org.aksw.gerbil.matching.impl.WeakSpanMatchingsSearcher;
import org.aksw.gerbil.transfer.nif.Span;

public class MatchingsSearcherFactory {

    public static MatchingsSearcher<? extends Span> createSpanMatchingsSearcher(Matching matching) {
        switch (matching) {
        case WEAK_ANNOTATION_MATCH: {
            return new WeakSpanMatchingsSearcher<>();
        }
        case STRONG_ENTITY_MATCH:
        case STRONG_ANNOTATION_MATCH: {
            return new StrongSpanMatchingsSearcher<>();
        }
        default: {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Got an unknown Matching \"" + matching.toString() + "\".");
        }
        }
    }
}