PartOfSpeechImpl (FreeTTS 1.2)

java.lang.Object
- com.sun.speech.freetts.PartOfSpeechImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

PartOfSpeech
```
public class PartOfSpeechImpl
extends java.lang.Object
implements PartOfSpeech
```
Implementation of a PartOfSpeech that reads the info from a file. The format of the file is as follows:
```
 word pos
 word pos
 word pos
 ...
 
```
Where word is the word and pos is the part of speech for the word. The part of speech is implementation dependent.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`PartOfSpeechImpl(java.net.URL url, java.lang.String defaultPartOfSpeech)`	Creates a new PartOfSpeechImpl by reading from the given URL.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getPartOfSpeech(java.lang.String word)`	Returns a description of the part of speech given a word.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - PartOfSpeechImpl
```
public PartOfSpeechImpl(java.net.URL url,
                        java.lang.String defaultPartOfSpeech)
                 throws java.io.IOException
```
    Creates a new PartOfSpeechImpl by reading from the given URL.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - the input source
    
    defaultPartOfSpeech - the default part of speech
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an error occurs
- Method Detail
  - getPartOfSpeech
```
public java.lang.String getPartOfSpeech(java.lang.String word)
```
    Returns a description of the part of speech given a word. If the given word cannot be found, the part of speech will be the defaultPartOfSpeech parameter passed to the constructor.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getPartOfSpeech in interface PartOfSpeech
    
    Parameters:
    
    word - the word to classify
    
    Returns:
    
    an implementation dependent part of speech for the word