Package ca.phon.phonex

Class SyllableBoundaryTransition

java.lang.Object

ca.phon.fsa.FSATransition<IPAElement>

ca.phon.phonex.PhonexTransition

ca.phon.phonex.SyllableBoundaryTransition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

public class SyllableBoundaryTransition
extends PhonexTransition

Used to detect syllable boundaries. Syllable boundaries can be 'hard' (i.e., a '.' or other punctuation) or 'soft' as detected between a (coda, onset) pair.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	SyllableBoundaryTransition.PunctuationTest	Class for testing if a phone is punctuation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SyllableBoundaryTransition()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	clone()
boolean	follow(FSAState<IPAElement> currentState)	Determines if the fsa will follow the transition given the current running state.
String	getImage()
int	getMatchLength()	The number of items matched by this transition default is 1.

Methods inherited from class ca.phon.phonex.PhonexTransition

addSecondaryMatcher, getMatcher, getSecondaryMatchers, removeSecondaryMatcher

Methods inherited from class ca.phon.fsa.FSATransition

copyTransitionInfo, getFirstState, getInitGroups, getMatcherGroups, getOffsetType, getToState, getType, setFirstState, setImage, setOffsetType, setToState, setType, setupTransition

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

SyllableBoundaryTransition

public SyllableBoundaryTransition()

Method Details

follow

public boolean follow(FSAState<IPAElement> currentState)

Description copied from class: FSATransition

Determines if the fsa will follow the transition given the current running state.

Overrides:

follow in class PhonexTransition

Parameters:

currentState - the current machine state

Returns:

true if this transition can be followed given the current state, false otherwise

getMatchLength

public int getMatchLength()

Description copied from class: FSATransition

The number of items matched by this transition default is 1.

Overrides:

getMatchLength in class FSATransition<IPAElement>

Returns:

number of items to match on the tape

getImage

public String getImage()

Overrides:

getImage in class PhonexTransition

clone

public Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class PhonexTransition