com.twitter
Class Extractor

java.lang.Object
  com.twitter.Extractor

public class Extractor
extends java.lang.Object

A class to extract usernames, lists, hashtags and URLs from Tweet text.

Nested Class Summary

static class

Extractor.Entity

Constructor Summary

Extractor()
Create a new extractor.

Method Summary

java.util.List<java.lang.String>	extractHashtags(java.lang.String text) Extract #hashtag references from Tweet text.
java.util.List<Extractor.Entity>	extractHashtagsWithIndices(java.lang.String text) Extract #hashtag references from Tweet text.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	extractMentionedScreennames(java.lang.String text) Extract @username references from Tweet text.
java.lang.String	extractReplyScreenname(java.lang.String text) Extract a @username reference from the beginning of Tweet text.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	extractURLs(java.lang.String text) Extract URL references from Tweet text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Extractor

public Extractor()

Create a new extractor.

Method Detail

extractMentionedScreennames

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> extractMentionedScreennames(java.lang.String text)

Extract @username references from Tweet text. A mention is an occurance of @username anywhere in a Tweet.

Parameters:

text - of the tweet from which to extract usernames

Returns:

List of usernames referenced (without the leading @ sign)

extractReplyScreenname

public java.lang.String extractReplyScreenname(java.lang.String text)

Extract a @username reference from the beginning of Tweet text. A reply is an occurance of @username at the beginning of a Tweet, preceded by 0 or more spaces.

Parameters:

text - of the tweet from which to extract the replied to username

Returns:

username referenced, if any (without the leading @ sign). Returns null if this is not a reply.

extractURLs

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> extractURLs(java.lang.String text)

Extract URL references from Tweet text.

Parameters:

text - of the tweet from which to extract URLs

Returns:

List of URLs referenced.

extractHashtags

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> extractHashtags(java.lang.String text)

Extract #hashtag references from Tweet text.

Parameters:

text - of the tweet from which to extract hashtags

Returns:

List of hashtags referenced (without the leading # sign)

extractHashtagsWithIndices

public java.util.List<Extractor.Entity> extractHashtagsWithIndices(java.lang.String text)

Extract #hashtag references from Tweet text.

Parameters:

text - of the tweet from which to extract hashtags

Returns:

List of hashtags referenced (without the leading # sign)