DiphoneUnitSelector (FreeTTS 1.2)

java.lang.Object
- com.sun.speech.freetts.diphone.DiphoneUnitSelector

All Implemented Interfaces:

UtteranceProcessor
```
public class DiphoneUnitSelector
extends java.lang.Object
implements UtteranceProcessor
```
Generates the Unit Relation of an Utterance from the Segment Relation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DiphoneUnitSelector(java.net.URL url)
Constructs a DiphoneUnitSelector.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`SampleInfo`	`getSampleInfo()`	Get the sample info for the underlying database.
`void`	`processUtterance(Utterance utterance)`	Generates the Unit Relation from the Segment Relation.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of this object.

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

- Constructor Detail
  - DiphoneUnitSelector
```
public DiphoneUnitSelector(java.net.URL url)
                    throws java.io.IOException
```
    Constructs a DiphoneUnitSelector.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - the URL for the unit database. If the URL path ends with a '.bin' it is assumed that the DB is a binary database, otherwise, its assumed that its a text database1
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if an error occurs while loading the database
- Method Detail
  - getSampleInfo
```
public SampleInfo getSampleInfo()
```
    Get the sample info for the underlying database.
    
    Returns:
    
    the sample info object
  - processUtterance
```
public void processUtterance(Utterance utterance)
                      throws ProcessException
```
    Generates the Unit Relation from the Segment Relation.
    
    Specified by:
    
    processUtterance in interface UtteranceProcessor
    
    Parameters:
    
    utterance - the utterance to generate the Unit Relation
    
    Throws:
    
    ProcessException - if an IOException is thrown during the processing of the utterance
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Returns a string representation of this object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
    
    Returns:
    
    a string representation of this object