edu.upenn.cis.pdtb
Class Span

java.lang.Object
  edu.upenn.cis.pdtb.Span

public class Span

extends java.lang.Object

Vanilla spans. Added various predicates.

Since:

0.1

Version:

3 Added a method for crossing comparison., 2 Added comparison methods.

Author:

nikhild

Constructor Summary

Span(int start, int end)

Span(java.lang.String s)
Creates a new instance of Span

Method Summary

boolean	contains(Span s2) Equivalent to start <= start2 && end2 <= end.
boolean	crosses(Span s2) Equivalent to (start < start2 && start2 < end && end2 > end) || (start2 < start && start < end2 && end > end2)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
int	getEnd()
int	getStart()
boolean	isContainedBy(Span s2) Equivalent to start2 <= start && end <= end2.
boolean	isOverlapping(Span s2) Equivalent to (start >= start2 && start < end2) || (start2 >= start && start2 < end).
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Span

public Span(java.lang.String s)

Creates a new instance of Span

Span

public Span(int start,
            int end)

Method Detail

getStart

public int getStart()

getEnd

public int getEnd()

contains

public boolean contains(Span s2)

Equivalent to start <= start2 && end2 <= end.

isContainedBy

public boolean isContainedBy(Span s2)

Equivalent to start2 <= start && end <= end2.

isOverlapping

public boolean isOverlapping(Span s2)

Equivalent to (start >= start2 && start < end2) || (start2 >= start && start2 < end).

crosses

public boolean crosses(Span s2)

Equivalent to (start < start2 && start2 < end && end2 > end) || (start2 < start && start < end2 && end > end2)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)