edu.mit.jwi.item
Interface IIndexWordID

All Superinterfaces:

IHasPOS, IItemID<IIndexWord>, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

IndexWordID

public interface IIndexWordID
extends IHasPOS, IItemID<IIndexWord>

A unique identifier for an index word. An index word ID is sufficient to retrieve a specific index word from the Wordnet database. It consists of both a lemma (root form) and part of speech.

Since:

JWI 1.0

Version:

2.4.0

Author:

Mark A. Finlayson

Method Summary

java.lang.String

getLemma() Returns the lemma (root form) of the index word that this ID indicates.

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.item.IHasPOS

getPOS

Method Detail

getLemma

java.lang.String getLemma()

Returns the lemma (root form) of the index word that this ID indicates. The lemma will never be null, empty, or all whitespace.

Returns:

the lemma of the index word

Since:

JWI 1.0