Package com.vivoka.vsdk.nlu

Class Engine

java.lang.Object

com.vivoka.vsdk.nlu.Engine

All Implemented Interfaces:

IEngine

public abstract class Engine
extends Object
implements IEngine

Abstract class representing the NLU engine.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected final Map<String,Parser>	_parsers

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Engine()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Parser	getParser(String name, IParserListener listener)	Gets or creates a parser with the specified name and listener.
protected abstract Parser	makeParser(String name, IParserListener listener)
void	removeParser(String name)	Removes the parser with the specified name by releasing the parser resources.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.vivoka.vsdk.common.IEngine

init, init, release

Field Details

_parsers

protected final Map<String,Parser> _parsers

Constructor Details

Engine

public Engine()

Method Details

getParser

public Parser getParser(String name,
 IParserListener listener)
                 throws Exception

Gets or creates a parser with the specified name and listener.

Parameters:

name - The name of the parser.

listener - The listener to handle events. If the parser already exists, the listener will be overridden by the new one.

Returns:

The parser instance.

Throws:

Exception - If the parser cannot be created or found.

removeParser

public void removeParser(String name)
                  throws Exception

Removes the parser with the specified name by releasing the parser resources.

Parameters:

name - The name of the parser to remove.

Throws:

Exception - If the parser cannot be removed.

makeParser

protected abstract Parser makeParser(String name,
 IParserListener listener)
                              throws Exception

Throws:

Exception