org.aitools.programd.test.aiml
Class Checker

java.lang.Object
  org.aitools.programd.test.aiml.Checker

Direct Known Subclasses:

AnswerChecker, ExpectedKeywordChecker, LengthChecker, MatchChecker

public abstract class Checker
extends Object

Performs a specific test on a given input.

Since:

4.5

Author:

Albertas Mickensas

Field Summary

static String	TAG_ALERT_KEYWORDS The string "".
static String	TAG_EXPECTED_ANSWER The string "".
static String	TAG_EXPECTED_KEYWORDS The string "".
static String	TAG_EXPECTED_LENGTH The string "".
static String	TAG_EXPECTED_MATCH The string "".

Constructor Summary

protected

Checker() A protected constructor, for use in persistence.

Method Summary

static Checker	create(Element element, String encoding) Creates a new Checker of the correct type based on the contents of the given XML element.
abstract String	getContent()
abstract String	getTagName()
abstract boolean	test(String input) Determines whether the given input passes the Checker's test.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TAG_EXPECTED_ANSWER

public static String TAG_EXPECTED_ANSWER

The string "".

TAG_EXPECTED_KEYWORDS

public static String TAG_EXPECTED_KEYWORDS

The string "".

TAG_EXPECTED_LENGTH

public static String TAG_EXPECTED_LENGTH

The string "".

TAG_EXPECTED_MATCH

public static String TAG_EXPECTED_MATCH

The string "".

TAG_ALERT_KEYWORDS

public static String TAG_ALERT_KEYWORDS

The string "".

Constructor Detail

Checker

protected Checker()

A protected constructor, for use in persistence.

Method Detail

test

public abstract boolean test(String input)

Determines whether the given input passes the Checker's test.

Parameters:

input - the input to test

Returns:

whether the given input passes the Checker's test

create

public static Checker create(Element element,
                             String encoding)

Creates a new Checker of the correct type based on the contents of the given XML element.

Parameters:

element - the element from which to create the Input

encoding - the encoding of the document from which this element comes

Returns:

the created Input

getContent

public abstract String getContent()

Returns:

the textual content of the checker

getTagName

public abstract String getTagName()

Returns:

the tag name that the checker uses