edu.columbia.cs.util
Class TextProcessor

java.lang.Object
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public class TextProcessor

extends java.lang.Object

Processes email text and attempts to eliminate email signatures and ascii art. Also tries to handle replied/forwarded messages by removing the >'s and replacing it with "Original Message Follows:" and ending the forwarded message section with "End of Original Message." Influenced by Emu: An Email Preprocessor for TTS.

Constructor Summary

TextProcessor()
Creates a new TextProcessor.

Method Summary

static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
java.lang.String	processText(java.lang.String message) Processes email text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextProcessor

public TextProcessor()

Creates a new TextProcessor.

Method Detail

processText

public java.lang.String processText(java.lang.String message)

Processes email text. First replaces the replied/forwarded messages. Then it tries to replace the ascii art in the message. It then replaces the email signature.

Parameters:

message - the message to process

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)