org.apache.ctakes.dictionary.lookup2.concept

Interface ConceptFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConceptFactory, BsvConceptFactory, JdbcConceptFactory, MemConceptFactory, UmlsJdbcConceptFactory

public interface ConceptFactory

Term Attribute Repository used to lookup term attributes by the cui of the term Author: SPF Affiliation: CHIP-NLP Date: 11/20/13

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Concept	createConcept(Long cuiCode)
Map<Long,Concept>	createConcepts(Collection<Long> cuiCodes)
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.

Method Detail

getName

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.

Returns:

simple name for the dictionary

createConcept

Concept createConcept(Long cuiCode)

Parameters:

cuiCode - concept unique identifier

Returns:

the information about the concept that exists in the repository.

createConcepts

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

Parameters:

cuiCodes - concept unique identifiers

Returns:

the information about the concepts that exist in the repository.