org.cdlib.xtf.textEngine
Class Constants

Object
  Constants

public class Constants
extends Object

Holds global constants for the XTF text system.

Author:

Martin Haye

Field Summary

static char	ATTRIBUTE_MARKER
static char	BUMP_MARKER The character used to mark the start/end of a special bump token.
static char	ELEMENT_MARKER
static char	FIELD_END_MARKER
static char	FIELD_START_MARKER
static char	MARKER_BASE Character guaranteed to be less than all special markers
static char	NODE_MARKER The special marker used to track the location of nodes within a chunk of text to be indexed.
static String	VIRTUAL_WORD The string used to represent a virtual word in a chunk of text.

Constructor Summary

Constants()

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Detail

MARKER_BASE

public static final char MARKER_BASE

Character guaranteed to be less than all special markers

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BUMP_MARKER

public static final char BUMP_MARKER

The character used to mark the start/end of a special bump token.

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NODE_MARKER

public static final char NODE_MARKER

The special marker used to track the location of nodes within a chunk of text to be indexed.

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VIRTUAL_WORD

public static final String VIRTUAL_WORD

The string used to represent a virtual word in a chunk of text. This string is chosen in such a way to be an unlikely combination of characters in typical western texts. Initially, the characters qw were selected as a mnemonic for a "quiet word".

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FIELD_START_MARKER

public static final char FIELD_START_MARKER

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FIELD_END_MARKER

public static final char FIELD_END_MARKER

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ELEMENT_MARKER

public static final char ELEMENT_MARKER

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ATTRIBUTE_MARKER

public static final char ATTRIBUTE_MARKER

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Constructor Detail

Constants

public Constants()