org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.concept

Class AbstractConceptFactory

java.lang.Object

org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.concept.AbstractConceptFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConceptFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

JdbcConceptFactory, MemConceptFactory

public abstract class AbstractConceptFactory
extends Object
implements ConceptFactory

Author: SPF Affiliation: CHIP-NLP Date: 9/4/2014

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractConceptFactory(String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Map<Long,Concept>	createConcepts(Collection<Long> cuiCodes) Only creates non-empty concepts; Cuis for which additional info does not exist don't create concepts
String	getName() The Type identifier and Name are used to maintain a collection of dictionaries, so the combination of Type and Name should be unique for each dictionary if possible.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.concept.ConceptFactory

createConcept

Constructor Detail

AbstractConceptFactory

public AbstractConceptFactory(String name)

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

The Type identifier and Name are used to maintain a collection of dictionaries, so the combination of Type and Name should be unique for each dictionary if possible.

Specified by:

getName in interface ConceptFactory

Returns:

simple name for the dictionary

createConcepts

public Map<Long,Concept> createConcepts(Collection<Long> cuiCodes)

Only creates non-empty concepts; Cuis for which additional info does not exist don't create concepts

Specified by:

createConcepts in interface ConceptFactory

Parameters:

cuiCodes - concept unique identifiers

Returns:

the information about the concepts that exist in the repository.