Interface TierSPI<T>

All Superinterfaces:

TierDescriptionSPI

All Known Implementing Classes:

TierImpl

public interface TierSPI<T>
extends TierDescriptionSPI

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	getBlindTranscription(String transcriberId)	Get blind transcription for given transcriber
Formatter<T>	getFormatter()	Return formatter used by parse and toString for converting between objects and text
List<String>	getTranscribers()	Return list of blind transcribers for this tier
T	getValue()	Get tier value
T	parse(String text)	Validate text and return object of type T
void	setBlindTranscription(String transcriberId, T value)	Set blind transcription
void	setFormatter(Formatter<T> formatter)	Set formatter used by parse and toString for converting between objects and text
void	setValue(T value)	Set tier value

Methods inherited from interface ca.phon.session.spi.TierDescriptionSPI

getDeclaredType, getName, getSubtypeDelim, getSubtypeExpr, getTierParameters, isBlind, isExcludeFromAlignment, setBlind

Method Details

getFormatter

Formatter<T> getFormatter()

Return formatter used by parse and toString for converting between objects and text

Returns:

formatter, if no formatter is manually set will use the result of FormatterFactory.createFormatter, null if no formatter is set or found

setFormatter

void setFormatter(Formatter<T> formatter)

Set formatter used by parse and toString for converting between objects and text

Parameters:

formatter - , use null to use default (if any)

parse

T parse(String text)
 throws ParseException

Validate text and return object of type T

Parameters:

text -

Throws:

ParseException

getValue

T getValue()

Get tier value

setValue

void setValue(T value)

Set tier value

Parameters:

value -

setBlindTranscription

void setBlindTranscription(String transcriberId,
 T value)

Set blind transcription

Parameters:

transcriberId -

value -

getBlindTranscription

T getBlindTranscription(String transcriberId)

Get blind transcription for given transcriber

Parameters:

transcriberId -

Returns:

blind transcription for transcriber or null if none or isBlind() is false

getTranscribers

List<String> getTranscribers()

Return list of blind transcribers for this tier

Parameters:

list - of transcriberIds