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oracle.i18n.lcsd
Class LCSDetector

java.lang.Object
oracle.i18n.lcsd.LCSDetector

public class LCSDetector

extends Object

The LCSDetector class contains methods to automatically detect and recognize language, encoding, or both based on text input.

To use the LCSDetector class, call the getInstance() method to obtain an instance of the LCSDetector class. You can specify a profile by calling the getInstance(profile) method, or simply call the getInstance() method to use the standard profile depending on the content of the text you plan to sample. Certain profiles may yield more accurate results. For example, if you are sampling medical journals, you many want to use a profile that is built using mainly medical journals. If you are sampling computer related white papers, a profile built with similar documents improves the accuracy of the detection. Currently, we only provide one standard profile which is for general purpose detection.

The detection process begins by calling the LCSDetector.detect(byte[]) method. Statistics are cumulated every time a LCSDetector.detect(byte[]) method is called. When you are ready for the result, call the LCSDetector.getResult() method to retrieve an LCSDResultSet instance. To begin a new detection using the same LCSDetector instance, call the LCSDetector.reset() method to remove the cumulated statistics.

Since:

10.1.0.2

See Also:

LCSDResultSet

Constructor Summary

LCSDetector()
Constructor which uses the standard default profile.

LCSDetector(String name)
Constructor which takes a profile name and allows you to choose a profile other than the default.

Method Summary

void	detect(byte[] input) Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called.
int	detect(byte[] input, int offset, int length) Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called.
void	detect(char[] input) Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called.
int	detect(char[] input, int offset, int length) Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called.
void	detect(InputStream input) Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called.
int	detect(InputStream input, int length) Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called.
void	detect(String input) Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called.
int	detect(String input, int length) Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called.
LCSDResultSet	getResult() Determines the top ranking language/character set pairs from the cumulated statistical data.
static boolean	isCharsetSupported(int charsettype, String charset) Check whether the given character set that is equivalent to the Oracle, IANA, or Java Character Set is supported by the detection feature.
void	reset() To reset statistical data for all pairs to 0.
void	setCharacterSetFilter(String charset) Sets the character set filter if you know the character set of the input data.
void	setLanguageFilter(String language) Sets the language filter if you know the language of the input data.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LCSDetector

public LCSDetector()

Constructor which uses the standard default profile.

LCSDetector

public LCSDetector(String name)

Constructor which takes a profile name and allows you to choose a profile other than the default.

Parameters:

name - name of profile to use

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an invalid profile name is specified

Method Detail

setCharacterSetFilter

public void setCharacterSetFilter(String charset)

Sets the character set filter if you know the character set of the input data. The default value is none. If both the language filter and character set filter are set, they are ignored. If an invalid IANA character set name is passed in, it is ignored.

Parameters:

charset - IANA character set name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an invalid character set is specified

setLanguageFilter

public void setLanguageFilter(String language)

Sets the language filter if you know the language of the input data. The default value is none. If both the language filter and character set filter are set, they are ignored. If an invalid language name is passed in, it is ignored.

Parameters:

language - ISO language name.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an invalida language is specified

detect

public void detect(byte[] input)

Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called. Use the LCSDetector.reset() method to clear the cumulated statistics.

Parameters:

input - the bytes to be sampled by the detect method

detect

public int detect(byte[] input,
                  int offset,
                  int length)

Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called. Use the LCSDetector.reset() method to clear the cumulated statistics. Only the specified length of bytes is sampled.

Parameters:

input - the bytes to be sampled by the detect method

offset - the index of the first byte to sample

length - the number of bytes to sample

Returns:

the number of bytes sampled, or -1 if the end of the array reached

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - call the reset method

detect

public void detect(InputStream input)
            throws IOException

Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called. Use the LCSDetector.reset() method to clear the cumulated statistics. The entire stream is sampled by the detect() method.

Parameters:

input - InputStream to be sampled by the detect method

Throws:

IOException - if error occurs while doing operation on stream

IllegalArgumentException - call the reset method

detect

public int detect(InputStream input,
                  int length)
           throws IOException

Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called. Use the LCSDetector.reset() method to clear the cumulated statistics. Only the specified length of bytes will be sampled.

Parameters:

input - InputStream to be sampled by the detect() method

length - the number of bytes to sample

Returns:

the number of bytes sampled, or -1 if the end of the stream is reached

Throws:

IOException - if error occurs while doing operation on stream

IllegalArgumentException - call reset method

detect

public void detect(String input)

Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called. Use the LCSDetector.reset() method to clear the cumulated statistics. The entire string is sampled by the detect() method.

Parameters:

input - to be sampled by the detect method

detect

public int detect(String input,
                  int length)

Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called. Use the LCSDetector.reset() method to clear the cumulated statistics. Only the specified length of characters will be sampled.

Parameters:

input - a string to be sampled by the detect() method

length - the number of characters to sample

Returns:

the number of characters sampled, or -1 if the end of the string is reached

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - call reset method

detect

public void detect(char[] input)

Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called. Use the LCSDetector.reset() method to clear the cumulated statistics. The entire array is sampled by the detect() method.

Parameters:

input - the characters to be sampled by the detect method

detect

public int detect(char[] input,
                  int offset,
                  int length)

Statistical data is cumulated in an internal structure when the detect() methods are called. Use the LCSDetector.reset() method to clear the cumulated statistics. Only the specified length of characters will be sampled.

Parameters:

input - the char array to be sampled by the detect() method

offset - the index of the first character to sample

length - the number of characters to sample

Returns:

the number of characters sampled, or -1 if the end of the array reached.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - call reset method

getResult

public LCSDResultSet getResult()

Determines the top ranking language/character set pairs from the cumulated statistical data.

Returns:

An LCSDResultSet object which contains the result

isCharsetSupported

public static boolean isCharsetSupported(int charsettype,
                                         String charset)

Check whether the given character set that is equivalent to the Oracle, IANA, or Java Character Set is supported by the detection feature.

See LocaleMapper for the parameter ORACLE, IANA, or JAVA.

Parameters:

charsettype - can be ORACLE, IANA, or JAVA.

charset - the given character set

Returns:

true if the given character set is supported by the detection feature, or false if not

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an invalid profile is specified

reset

public void reset()

To reset statistical data for all pairs to 0.

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