SentenceProcessor.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.jdom.Element;

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

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

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

  /**
   * @see AIMLProcessor#process(Element, TemplateParser)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  @Override
  public String process(Element element, TemplateParser parser) throws ProcessorException {
    String response = parser.evaluate(element.getContent());
    if ("".equals(response)) {
      return response;
    }
    if (response.trim().length() > 1) {
      return response.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + response.substring(1);
    }
    // (otherwise...)
    return response;
  }
}