TerminatingBlocksFinder

java.lang.Object
- com.kohlschutter.boilerpipe.filters.english.TerminatingBlocksFinder

All Implemented Interfaces:

BoilerpipeFilter
```
public class TerminatingBlocksFinder
extends java.lang.Object
implements BoilerpipeFilter
```
Finds blocks which are potentially indicating the end of an article text and marks them with DefaultLabels.INDICATES_END_OF_TEXT. This can be used in conjunction with a downstream IgnoreBlocksAfterContentFilter.

See Also:

IgnoreBlocksAfterContentFilter

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static TerminatingBlocksFinder INSTANCE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

TerminatingBlocksFinder()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static TerminatingBlocksFinder`	`getInstance()`	Returns the singleton instance for TerminatingBlocksFinder.
`private static boolean`	`isDigit(char c)`
`boolean`	`process(TextDocument doc)`	Processes the given document `doc`.
`private static boolean`	`startsWithNumber(java.lang.String t, int len, java.lang.String... str)`	Checks whether the given text t starts with a sequence of digits, followed by one of the given strings.

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

- Field Detail
  - INSTANCE
```
public static final TerminatingBlocksFinder INSTANCE
```
- Constructor Detail
  - TerminatingBlocksFinder
```
public TerminatingBlocksFinder()
```
- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
public static TerminatingBlocksFinder getInstance()
```
    Returns the singleton instance for TerminatingBlocksFinder.
  - process
```
public boolean process(TextDocument doc)
                throws BoilerpipeProcessingException
```
    Description copied from interface: BoilerpipeFilter
    
    Processes the given document doc.
    
    Specified by:
    
    process in interface BoilerpipeFilter
    
    Parameters:
    
    doc - The TextDocument that is to be processed.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if changes have been made to the TextDocument.
    
    Throws:
    
    BoilerpipeProcessingException
  - startsWithNumber
```
private static boolean startsWithNumber(java.lang.String t,
                                        int len,
                                        java.lang.String... str)
```
    Checks whether the given text t starts with a sequence of digits, followed by one of the given strings.
    
    Parameters:
    
    t - The text to examine
    
    len - The length of the text to examine
    
    str - Any strings that may follow the digits.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if at least one combination matches
  - isDigit
```
private static boolean isDigit(char c)
```