SRAIProcessor.java

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package org.aitools.programd.processor.aiml;

import org.aitools.programd.Core;
import org.aitools.programd.parser.TemplateParser;
import org.aitools.programd.processor.ProcessorException;
import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
import org.jdom.Element;

/**
 * Implements the <code><a href="http://aitools.org/aiml/TR/2001/WD-aiml/#section-srai">srai</a></code> element.
 * 
 * @author Jon Baer
 * @author Thomas Ringate, Pedro Colla
 * @author <a href="mailto:noel@aitools.org">Noel Bush</a>
 */
public class SRAIProcessor extends AIMLProcessor {

  /** The label (as required by the registration scheme). */
  public static final String label = "srai";

  private static Logger matchLogger = Logger.getLogger("programd.matching");

  /**
   * Creates a new SRAIProcessor using the given Core.
   * 
   * @param core the Core object to use
   */
  public SRAIProcessor(Core core) {
    super(core);
  }

  /**
   * Processes a <srai/> element. First, all elements contained within a given <srai/> are evaluated, and
   * the result is recursively fed as input to the pattern matching process. The result of such evaluation (which itself
   * might be recursive) is returned as the result.
   * 
   * @param element the <code>srai</code> element
   * @param parser the parser that is at work
   * @return the result of processing the element
   * @see AIMLProcessor#process(Element, TemplateParser)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  @Override
  public String process(Element element, TemplateParser parser) throws ProcessorException {
    String input = parser.evaluate(element.getContent());
    matchLogger.debug("[SYMBOLIC REDUCTION]");
    String userid = parser.getUserID();
    String botid = parser.getBotID();
    TemplateParser recursiveParser = new TemplateParser(parser.getInputs(), parser.getThats(), parser.getTopics(),
        userid, botid, this._core);
    return this._core.getInternalResponse(input, userid, botid, recursiveParser);
  }
}