edu.stanford.nlp.trees
Interface TreeReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

FragDiscardingPennTreeReader, PennTreeReader

public interface TreeReader

A TreeReader adds functionality to another Reader by reading in Trees, or some descendant class.

Author:

Christopher Manning (mod. Roger Levy 2003/01)

Method Summary

void	close() Close the Reader behind this TreeReader.
Tree	readTree() Reads a single tree.

Method Detail

readTree

Tree readTree()
              throws IOException

Reads a single tree.

Returns:

A single tree, or null at end of file.

Throws:

IOException

close

void close()
           throws IOException

Close the Reader behind this TreeReader.

Throws:

IOException