Phrase (NLWrapper 0.0.5 API)

All Superinterfaces:

Annotatable, TextElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

ParsePhrase
```
public interface Phrase
extends TextElement
```
Classes implementing this interface represent a Phrase. Examples for phrases include noun phrases and verb phrases.

Author:

Jan Keim

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`containsWord(Word word)`	Checks whether a word is contained in the phrase.
`String`	`getTextWithoutLeadingStopwords()`
`PhraseType`	`getType()`
`List<? extends Word>`	`getWords()`

Methods inherited from interface edu.kit.ipd.are.archdoclink.nlp.Annotatable
annotate

Methods inherited from interface edu.kit.ipd.are.archdoclink.nlp.TextElement
getText

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
PhraseType getType()
```
    Returns:
    
    the PhraseType
  - getTextWithoutLeadingStopwords
```
String getTextWithoutLeadingStopwords()
```
    Returns:
    
    String containing the text without any leading stopwords
  - getWords
```
List<? extends Word> getWords()
```
    Returns:
    
    a list of the words contained in the phrase
  - containsWord
```
boolean containsWord(Word word)
```
    Checks whether a word is contained in the phrase.
    
    Parameters:
    
    word - Word that should be checked for
    
    Returns:
    
    true, if the given word is contained in the phrase, else false