net.sf.okapi.common.resource

Class TextUnit

java.lang.Object

net.sf.okapi.common.resource.TextUnit

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable, IResource, INameable, IReferenceable, ITextUnit, IWithAnnotations, IWithBilingualProperties, IWithProperties

public class TextUnit
extends Object
implements ITextUnit

Basic unit of extraction from a filter and also the resource associated with the filter event TEXT_UNIT. The TextUnit object holds the extracted source text in one or more versions, all its properties and annotations, and any target corresponding data.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.okapi.common.resource.ITextUnit

TYPE_CDATA, TYPE_HEADER, TYPE_LIST_ELEMENT, TYPE_PARA, TYPE_TITLE

Fields inherited from interface net.sf.okapi.common.IResource

COPY_ALL, COPY_CONTENT, COPY_PROPERTIES, COPY_SEGMENTATION, COPY_SEGMENTED_CONTENT, CREATE_EMPTY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TextUnit()
TextUnit(String id) Creates a new TextUnit object with its identifier.
TextUnit(String id, String sourceText) Creates a new TextUnit object with its identifier and a text.
TextUnit(String id, String sourceText, boolean isReferent) Creates a new TextUnit object with its ID, a text, and a flag indicating if it is a referent or not.
TextUnit(String id, String sourceText, boolean isReferent, String mimeType) Creates a new TextUnit object with its identifier, a text, a flag indicating if it is a referent or not, and a given MIME type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TextUnit	clone() Clones this TextUnit.
void	createSourceSegmentation(ISegmenter segmenter) Segments the default source content based on the rules provided by a given ISegmenter.
TextContainer	createTarget(LocaleId targetLocale, boolean overwriteExisting, int creationOptions) Creates or get the target for this TextUnit.
Property	createTargetProperty(LocaleId locId, String name, boolean overwriteExisting, int creationOptions) Creates or get a target property based on the corresponding source.
void	createTargetSegmentation(ISegmenter segmenter, LocaleId targetLocale) Segments the specified target content based on the rules provided by a given ISegmenter.
IAlignedSegments	getAlignedSegments() Creates a new IAlignedSegments object to access and manipulate the segments of this text unit.
<A extends IAnnotation> A	getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType) Gets the annotation object for a given class for this resource.
Iterable<IAnnotation>	getAnnotations() Gets the iterable list of the annotations for this resource.
String	getId() Gets the identifier of the resource.
String	getMimeType() Gets the type of content of this resource.
String	getName() Gets the name of this resource.
protected LinkedHashMap<String,Property>	getProperties()
Property	getProperty(String name) Gets the resource-level property for a given name.
Set<String>	getPropertyNames() Gets the names of all the resource-level properties for this resource.
int	getReferenceCount() Gets the number of time this referent is referenced to.
ISkeleton	getSkeleton() Gets the skeleton object for this resource.
TextContainer	getSource() Gets the source object for this text unit (a TextContainer object).
Property	getSourceProperty(String name) Gets the source property for a given name.
Set<String>	getSourcePropertyNames() Gets the names of all the source properties for this resource.
Segment	getSourceSegment(String segId, boolean createIfNeeded) Gets the source segment for a given segment id.
ISegments	getSourceSegments() Gets the segments for the source.
TextContainer	getTarget(LocaleId locId) Gets the target object for this text unit for a given locale.
Set<LocaleId>	getTargetLocales() Gets all the target locales for this resource.
Property	getTargetProperty(LocaleId locId, String name) Gets the target property for a given name and target locale.
Set<String>	getTargetPropertyNames(LocaleId locId) Gets the names of all the properties for a given target locale in this resource.
Segment	getTargetSegment(LocaleId trgLoc, String segId, boolean createIfNeeded) Gets the segment for a given segment id in a given target.
ISegments	getTargetSegments(LocaleId trgLoc) Get the segments for a given target.
String	getType() Gets the type information associated with this resource.
boolean	hasProperty(String name) Indicates if a resource-level property exists for a given name.
boolean	hasSourceProperty(String name) Indicates if a source property exists for a given name.
boolean	hasTarget(LocaleId locId) Indicates if there is a target object for a given locale for this text unit.
boolean	hasTargetProperty(LocaleId locId, String name) Indicates if a property exists for a given name and target locale.
boolean	isEmpty() Indicates if the source text of this TextUnit is empty.
boolean	isReferent() Indicates if this resource is a referent (i.e.
boolean	isTranslatable() Indicates if the content of this resource is translatable.
boolean	preserveWhitespaces() Indicates if the white-spaces in the content of this resource should be preserved.
void	removeAllSegmentations() Removes all segmentations (source and targets) in this text unit.
void	removeProperty(String name) Removes a resource-level property of a given name.
void	removeSourceProperty(String name) Removes a source property of a given name.
void	removeTarget(LocaleId locId) Removes a given target object from this text unit.
void	removeTargetProperty(LocaleId locId, String name) Removes a target property of a given name.
void	setAnnotation(IAnnotation annotation) Sets an annotation object for this resource.
protected void	setAnnotations(Annotations annotations) Used by TextUnit clone method to copy over all annotations at once.
void	setId(String id) Sets the identifier of this resource.
void	setIsReferent(boolean value) Sets the flag indicating if this resource is a referent (i.e.
void	setIsTranslatable(boolean value) Sets the flag indicating if the content of this resource is translatable.
void	setMimeType(String mimeType) Sets the type of content of this resource.
void	setName(String name) Sets the name of this resource.
void	setPreserveWhitespaces(boolean value) sets the flag indicating if the white-spaces in the content of this resource should be preserved.
protected void	setProperties(LinkedHashMap<String,Property> properties)
Property	setProperty(Property property) Sets a resource-level property.
void	setReferenceCount(int value) Sets the number of time this referent is referenced to.
void	setSkeleton(ISkeleton skeleton) Sets the skeleton object for this resource.
TextContainer	setSource(TextContainer textContainer) Sets the source object for this TextUnit.
TextFragment	setSourceContent(TextFragment content) Sets the content of the source for this TextUnit.
Property	setSourceProperty(Property property) Sets a source property.
TextContainer	setTarget(LocaleId locId, TextContainer text) Sets the target object for this text unit for a given locale.
TextFragment	setTargetContent(LocaleId locId, TextFragment content) Sets the content of the target for a given locale for this TextUnit.
Property	setTargetProperty(LocaleId locId, Property property) Sets a target property.
void	setType(String value) Sets the type information associated with this resource.
String	toString() Gets the string representation of the default source container.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.okapi.common.resource.IWithProperties

copy

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.okapi.common.resource.IWithBilingualProperties

copy

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.okapi.common.resource.IWithAnnotations

copy

Constructor Detail

TextUnit

public TextUnit()

TextUnit

public TextUnit(String id)

Creates a new TextUnit object with its identifier.

Parameters:

id - the identifier of this resource.

TextUnit

public TextUnit(String id,
                String sourceText)

Creates a new TextUnit object with its identifier and a text.

Parameters:

id - the identifier of this resource.

sourceText - the initial text of the source.

TextUnit

public TextUnit(String id,
                String sourceText,
                boolean isReferent)

Creates a new TextUnit object with its ID, a text, and a flag indicating if it is a referent or not.

Parameters:

id - the identifier of this resource.

sourceText - the initial text of the source (can be null).

isReferent - indicates if this resource is a referent (i.e. is referred to by another resource) or not.

TextUnit

public TextUnit(String id,
                String sourceText,
                boolean isReferent,
                String mimeType)

Creates a new TextUnit object with its identifier, a text, a flag indicating if it is a referent or not, and a given MIME type.

Parameters:

id - the identifier of this resource.

sourceText - the initial text of the source (can be null).

isReferent - indicates if this resource is a referent (i.e. is referred to by another resource) or not.

mimeType - the MIME type identifier for the content of this TextUnit.

Method Detail

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Indicates if the source text of this TextUnit is empty.

Specified by:

isEmpty in interface ITextUnit

Returns:

true if the source text of this TextUnit is empty, false otherwise.

getSource

public TextContainer getSource()

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Gets the source object for this text unit (a TextContainer object).

Specified by:

getSource in interface ITextUnit

Returns:

the source object for this text unit.

setSource

public TextContainer setSource(TextContainer textContainer)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Sets the source object for this TextUnit. Any existing source object is overwritten.

Specified by:

setSource in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

textContainer - the source object to set.

Returns:

the source object that has been set.

setSourceContent

public TextFragment setSourceContent(TextFragment content)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Sets the content of the source for this TextUnit.

Specified by:

setSourceContent in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

content - the new content to set.

Returns:

the new content of the source for this TextUnit.

createTarget

public TextContainer createTarget(LocaleId targetLocale,
                                  boolean overwriteExisting,
                                  int creationOptions)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Creates or get the target for this TextUnit.

If a variant source exists for the target locale, creationOptions apply to the variant source.

Specified by:

createTarget in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

targetLocale - the target locale.

overwriteExisting - true to overwrite any existing target for the given locale. False to not create a new target object if one already exists for the given locale.

creationOptions - creation options:

• CREATE_EMPTY: Create an empty target object.
• COPY_PROPERTIES: Copy the source properties.
• COPY_CONTENT: Copy the text of the source (and any associated in-line code), but not the segmenation.
• COPY_SEGMENTATION: Copy the source segmentation.
• COPY_SEGMENTED_CONTENT: Same as (COPY_CONTENT|COPY_SEGMENTATION).
• COPY_ALL: Same as (COPY_SEGMENTED_CONTENT|COPY_PROPERTIES).

Returns:

the target object that was created, or retrieved.

getTarget

public TextContainer getTarget(LocaleId locId)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Gets the target object for this text unit for a given locale. If the target does not exists a null is retruned.

Specified by:

getTarget in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

locId - the locale to query.

Returns:

the target object for this text unit for the given locale, or null if the target does not exist.

See Also:

ITextUnit.createTarget(LocaleId, boolean, int)

setTarget

public TextContainer setTarget(LocaleId locId,
                               TextContainer text)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Sets the target object for this text unit for a given locale.

If the target does not exists, one is created. Any existing content for the given locale is overwritten. To set a target object based on the source, use the ITextUnit.createTarget(LocaleId, boolean, int) method.

Specified by:

setTarget in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

locId - the target locale.

text - the target content to set.

Returns:

the target content that has been set.

removeTarget

public void removeTarget(LocaleId locId)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Removes a given target object from this text unit. If the given locale does not exist in this text unit nothing happens. Variant source for this target locale will not be affected.

Specified by:

removeTarget in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

locId - the target locale to remove.

hasTarget

public boolean hasTarget(LocaleId locId)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Indicates if there is a target object for a given locale for this text unit.

Specified by:

hasTarget in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

locId - the locale to query.

Returns:

true if a target object exists for the given locale, false otherwise.

setTargetContent

public TextFragment setTargetContent(LocaleId locId,
                                     TextFragment content)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Sets the content of the target for a given locale for this TextUnit.

If the target does not exists, one is created. Any existing content for the given locale is overwritten. To set a target object based on the source, use the ITextUnit.createTarget(LocaleId, boolean, int) method.

Specified by:

setTargetContent in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

locId - the locale to set.

content - the new content to set.

Returns:

the new content for the given target locale for this text unit.

getAlignedSegments

public IAlignedSegments getAlignedSegments()

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Creates a new IAlignedSegments object to access and manipulate the segments of this text unit.

Specified by:

getAlignedSegments in interface ITextUnit

Returns:

a new IAlignedSegments object.

getSourceSegments

public ISegments getSourceSegments()

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Gets the segments for the source. Un-segmented content return a single segment.

Specified by:

getSourceSegments in interface ITextUnit

Returns:

an object implementing ISegments for the source content.

getSourceSegment

public Segment getSourceSegment(String segId,
                                boolean createIfNeeded)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Gets the source segment for a given segment id.

If the segment does not exists, one is created if createIfNeeded is true.

Specified by:

getSourceSegment in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

segId - the id of the segment to retrieve.

createIfNeeded - true to append a segment at the end of the content and return it if the segment does not exist yet. False to return null when the segment does not exists.

Returns:

the found or created segment, or null.

getTargetSegments

public ISegments getTargetSegments(LocaleId trgLoc)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Get the segments for a given target. Un-segmented content return a single segment. If the target does not exists, one is created, with the same segments as the source, but empty.

Specified by:

getTargetSegments in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

trgLoc - the locale of the target to retrieve.

Returns:

an object implementing ISegments for the given target content.

getTargetSegment

public Segment getTargetSegment(LocaleId trgLoc,
                                String segId,
                                boolean createIfNeeded)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Gets the segment for a given segment id in a given target.

If the target does not exists, one is created.

If the segment does not exists, one is created if createIfNeeded is true.

Specified by:

getTargetSegment in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

trgLoc - the target locale to look up.

segId - the id of the segment to retrieve.

createIfNeeded - true to append a segment at the end of the target content and return it if the segment does not exist yet. False to return null when the segment does not exists.

Returns:

the found or created segment, or null.

getTargetLocales

public Set<LocaleId> getTargetLocales()

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Gets all the target locales for this resource.

Specified by:

getTargetLocales in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Returns:

all the target locales for this resource.

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: INameable

Gets the name of this resource. The resource name corresponds to different things depending on the type of resource. For a StartDocument the name is the URI of the document. Otherwise, in most cases the name is the identifier of the resource (This is the equivalent of the XLIFF resname attribute).

Specified by:

getName in interface INameable

Returns:

This resource name, or null if there is none.

setName

public void setName(String name)

Description copied from interface: INameable

Sets the name of this resource. The resource name is the equivalent of the XLIFF resname attribute.

Specified by:

setName in interface INameable

Parameters:

name - New name to set.

getType

public String getType()

Description copied from interface: INameable

Gets the type information associated with this resource. For example "button".

Specified by:

getType in interface INameable

Returns:

The type information associated with this resource.

setType

public void setType(String value)

Description copied from interface: INameable

Sets the type information associated with this resource. For example "button".

Specified by:

setType in interface INameable

Parameters:

value - The new type information.

getMimeType

public String getMimeType()

Description copied from interface: INameable

Gets the type of content of this resource. For example "text/xml".

Specified by:

getMimeType in interface INameable

Returns:

The type of content of this resource.

setMimeType

public void setMimeType(String mimeType)

Description copied from interface: INameable

Sets the type of content of this resource. For example "text/xml".

Specified by:

setMimeType in interface INameable

Parameters:

mimeType - The new type of content of this resource.

isTranslatable

public boolean isTranslatable()

Description copied from interface: INameable

Indicates if the content of this resource is translatable. By default this indicator is set to true for all resources.

Specified by:

isTranslatable in interface INameable

Returns:

True if the content of this resource is translatable. False if it is not translatable.

setIsTranslatable

public void setIsTranslatable(boolean value)

Description copied from interface: INameable

Sets the flag indicating if the content of this resource is translatable.

Specified by:

setIsTranslatable in interface INameable

Parameters:

value - True to indicate that the content of this resource is translatable.

preserveWhitespaces

public boolean preserveWhitespaces()

Description copied from interface: INameable

Indicates if the white-spaces in the content of this resource should be preserved. By default this indicator is set to false for all resources.

Specified by:

preserveWhitespaces in interface INameable

Returns:

True if the white-spaces in the content of this resource should be preserved.

setPreserveWhitespaces

public void setPreserveWhitespaces(boolean value)

Description copied from interface: INameable

sets the flag indicating if the white-spaces in the content of this resource should be preserved.

Specified by:

setPreserveWhitespaces in interface INameable

Parameters:

value - True to indicate that the white-spaces in the content of this resource should be preserved.

getId

public String getId()

Description copied from interface: IResource

Gets the identifier of the resource. This identifier is unique per extracted document and by type of resource. This value is filter-specific. It and may be different from one extraction of the same document to the next. It can a sequential number or not, incremental or not, and it can be not a number. It has no correspondence in the source document ("IDs" coming from the source document are "names" and not available for all resources).

Specified by:

getId in interface IResource

Returns:

the identifier of this resource.

setId

public void setId(String id)

Description copied from interface: IResource

Sets the identifier of this resource.

Specified by:

setId in interface IResource

Parameters:

id - the new identifier value.

See Also:

IResource.getId()

getSkeleton

public ISkeleton getSkeleton()

Description copied from interface: IResource

Gets the skeleton object for this resource.

Specified by:

getSkeleton in interface IResource

Returns:

the skeleton object for this resource or null if there is none.

setSkeleton

public void setSkeleton(ISkeleton skeleton)

Description copied from interface: IResource

Sets the skeleton object for this resource.

Specified by:

setSkeleton in interface IResource

Parameters:

skeleton - the skeleton object to set.

isReferent

public boolean isReferent()

Description copied from interface: IReferenceable

Indicates if this resource is a referent (i.e. is referred to by another resource) or not.

Specified by:

isReferent in interface IReferenceable

Returns:

true if this resource is a referent, false if it is not.

setIsReferent

public void setIsReferent(boolean value)

Description copied from interface: IReferenceable

Sets the flag indicating if this resource is a referent (i.e. is referred to by another resource) or not. This also sets the count of time this referent is referenced to 1.

Specified by:

setIsReferent in interface IReferenceable

Parameters:

value - true if the resource is a referent, false if it is not.

getReferenceCount

public int getReferenceCount()

Description copied from interface: IReferenceable

Gets the number of time this referent is referenced to.

Specified by:

getReferenceCount in interface IReferenceable

Returns:

the number of time this referent is referenced to.

setReferenceCount

public void setReferenceCount(int value)

Description copied from interface: IReferenceable

Sets the number of time this referent is referenced to.

Specified by:

setReferenceCount in interface IReferenceable

Parameters:

value - the number of time this referent is referenced to.

getPropertyNames

public Set<String> getPropertyNames()

Description copied from interface: IWithProperties

Gets the names of all the resource-level properties for this resource.

Specified by:

getPropertyNames in interface IWithProperties

Returns:

All the names of the resource-level properties for this resource.

getProperty

public Property getProperty(String name)

Description copied from interface: IWithProperties

Gets the resource-level property for a given name.

Specified by:

getProperty in interface IWithProperties

Parameters:

name - Name of the property to retrieve.

Returns:

The property or null if it does not exist.

setProperty

public Property setProperty(Property property)

Description copied from interface: IWithProperties

Sets a resource-level property. If a property already exists it is overwritten.

Specified by:

setProperty in interface IWithProperties

Parameters:

property - The new property to set.

Returns:

The property that has been set.

removeProperty

public void removeProperty(String name)

Description copied from interface: IWithProperties

Removes a resource-level property of a given name. If the property does not exists nothing happens.

Specified by:

removeProperty in interface IWithProperties

Parameters:

name - The name of the property to remove.

hasProperty

public boolean hasProperty(String name)

Description copied from interface: IWithProperties

Indicates if a resource-level property exists for a given name.

Specified by:

hasProperty in interface IWithProperties

Parameters:

name - The name of the resource-level property to query.

Returns:

True if a resource-level property exists, false otherwise.

getAnnotation

public <A extends IAnnotation> A getAnnotation(Class<A> annotationType)

Description copied from interface: IWithAnnotations

Gets the annotation object for a given class for this resource.

Specified by:

getAnnotation in interface IWithAnnotations

Type Parameters:

A - the type of the class.

Parameters:

annotationType - the class of the annotation object to retrieve.

Returns:

the annotation for the given class for this resource.

setAnnotation

public void setAnnotation(IAnnotation annotation)

Description copied from interface: IWithAnnotations

Sets an annotation object for this resource.

Specified by:

setAnnotation in interface IWithAnnotations

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation object to set.

getAnnotations

public Iterable<IAnnotation> getAnnotations()

Description copied from interface: IWithAnnotations

Gets the iterable list of the annotations for this resource.

Specified by:

getAnnotations in interface IWithAnnotations

Returns:

the iterable list of the annotations for this resource.

getSourceProperty

public Property getSourceProperty(String name)

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Gets the source property for a given name.

Specified by:

getSourceProperty in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Parameters:

name - The name of the source property to retrieve.

Returns:

The property or null if it does not exist.

setSourceProperty

public Property setSourceProperty(Property property)

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Sets a source property. If a property already exists it is overwritten.

Specified by:

setSourceProperty in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Parameters:

property - The new property to set.

Returns:

The property that has been set.

removeSourceProperty

public void removeSourceProperty(String name)

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Removes a source property of a given name. If the property does not exists nothing happens.

Specified by:

removeSourceProperty in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Parameters:

name - The name of the property to remove.

getSourcePropertyNames

public Set<String> getSourcePropertyNames()

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Gets the names of all the source properties for this resource.

Specified by:

getSourcePropertyNames in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Returns:

All the names of the source properties for this resource.

hasSourceProperty

public boolean hasSourceProperty(String name)

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Indicates if a source property exists for a given name.

Specified by:

hasSourceProperty in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Parameters:

name - The name of the source property to query.

Returns:

True if a source property exists, false otherwise.

getTargetProperty

public Property getTargetProperty(LocaleId locId,
                                  String name)

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Gets the target property for a given name and target locale.

Specified by:

getTargetProperty in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Parameters:

locId - the locale of the property to retrieve.

name - The name of the property to retrieve. This name is case-sensitive.

Returns:

The property or null if it does not exist.

setTargetProperty

public Property setTargetProperty(LocaleId locId,
                                  Property property)

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Sets a target property. If a property already exists it is overwritten.

Specified by:

setTargetProperty in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Parameters:

locId - The target locale for which this property should be set.

property - The new property to set. This name is case-sensitive.

Returns:

The property that has been set.

removeTargetProperty

public void removeTargetProperty(LocaleId locId,
                                 String name)

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Removes a target property of a given name. If the property does not exists nothing happens.

Specified by:

removeTargetProperty in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Parameters:

locId - The target locale for which this property should be set.

name - The name of the property to remove.

getTargetPropertyNames

public Set<String> getTargetPropertyNames(LocaleId locId)

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Gets the names of all the properties for a given target locale in this resource.

Specified by:

getTargetPropertyNames in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Parameters:

locId - the target locale to query.

Returns:

all the names of the target properties for the given locale in this resource.

hasTargetProperty

public boolean hasTargetProperty(LocaleId locId,
                                 String name)

Description copied from interface: IWithBilingualProperties

Indicates if a property exists for a given name and target locale.

Specified by:

hasTargetProperty in interface IWithBilingualProperties

Parameters:

locId - the target locale to query.

name - the name of the property to query.

Returns:

true if a property exists, false otherwise.

createTargetProperty

public Property createTargetProperty(LocaleId locId,
                                     String name,
                                     boolean overwriteExisting,
                                     int creationOptions)

Description copied from interface: INameable

Creates or get a target property based on the corresponding source.

Specified by:

createTargetProperty in interface INameable

Parameters:

locId - The target locale to use.

name - The name of the property to create (or retrieve)

overwriteExisting - True to overwrite any existing property. False to not create a new property if one exists already.

creationOptions - Creation options:

• CREATE_EMPTY: Creates an empty property, only the read-only flag of the source is copied.
• COPY_CONTENT: Creates a new property with all its data copied from the source.

Returns:

The property that was created, or retrieved.

toString

public String toString()

Gets the string representation of the default source container. If the container is segmented, the representation shows the merged segments. Inline codes are also included.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string representation of the source container.

clone

public TextUnit clone()

Clones this TextUnit.

Specified by:

clone in interface ITextUnit

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

A new TextUnit object that is a copy of this one.

removeAllSegmentations

public void removeAllSegmentations()

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Removes all segmentations (source and targets) in this text unit. All entries are converted to non-segmented entries.

Specified by:

removeAllSegmentations in interface ITextUnit

createSourceSegmentation

public void createSourceSegmentation(ISegmenter segmenter)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Segments the default source content based on the rules provided by a given ISegmenter.

Specified by:

createSourceSegmentation in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

segmenter - the segmenter to use to create the segments.

createTargetSegmentation

public void createTargetSegmentation(ISegmenter segmenter,
                                     LocaleId targetLocale)

Description copied from interface: ITextUnit

Segments the specified target content based on the rules provided by a given ISegmenter.

Specified by:

createTargetSegmentation in interface ITextUnit

Parameters:

segmenter - the segmenter to use to create the segments.

targetLocale - LocaleId of the target we want to segment.

setAnnotations

protected void setAnnotations(Annotations annotations)

Used by TextUnit clone method to copy over all annotations at once.

Parameters:

annotations - the new annotations to set.

getProperties

protected LinkedHashMap<String,Property> getProperties()

setProperties

protected void setProperties(LinkedHashMap<String,Property> properties)