AnswerProcessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

CleanSeparatorProcessor, CleanStringProcessor, IdentityProcessor, RemoveSpecialCharProcessor, TrueFalseProcessor
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public interface AnswerProcessor
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The first step of the answer evaluation pipeline. Answer processors modify input answers to properly format them, if possible. For further information, see AnswerEvaluator.

See Also:

AnswerEvaluator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default AnswerProcessor`	`combine(AnswerProcessor processor)`	Combine the current processor with another one.
`default Answer`	`process(java.lang.String str)`	Wrap the string into an `Answer` object and process it.
`Answer`	`process(Answer answer)`	Modify the entry and store the result in a new `Answer` object.

- Method Detail
  - process
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Answer process(Answer answer)
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    Modify the entry and store the result in a new Answer object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    answer - the given entry
    
    Returns:
    
    a new Answer object storing the computed result
  - process
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default Answer process(java.lang.String str)
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    Wrap the string into an Answer object and process it.
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - the given string
    
    Returns:
    
    a new Answer object storing the computed result
    
    See Also:
    
    process(Answer)
  - combine
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default AnswerProcessor combine(AnswerProcessor processor)
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    Combine the current processor with another one.
    Example: a.combine(b) will result in a processor that first processes through b, then through a
    
    Parameters:
    
    processor - the other processor to combine with the current one
    
    Returns:
    
    a new processor that corresponds to function composition of this and processor