opennlp.tools.entitylinker

## Class EntityLinkerProperties

- java.lang.Object
- - opennlp.tools.entitylinker.EntityLinkerProperties

-     public class EntityLinkerProperties
      extends Object

  Properties wrapper for the EntityLinker framework

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `EntityLinkerProperties(File propertiesfile)` Constructor takes location of properties file as arg
    `EntityLinkerProperties(InputStream propertiesIn)`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `String` | `getProperty(String key, String defaultValue)` Gets a property from the props file.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### EntityLinkerProperties

          public EntityLinkerProperties(File propertiesfile)
                                 throws IOException

      Constructor takes location of properties file as arg
      Parameters:
        `propertiesfile` - the properties file
      Throws:
        `IOException`

    - #### EntityLinkerProperties

          public EntityLinkerProperties(InputStream propertiesIn)
                                 throws IOException

      Parameters:
        `propertiesIn` - inputstream of properties file. Stream will not be closed
      Throws:
        `IOException`

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getProperty

          public String getProperty(String key,
                                    String defaultValue)
                             throws IOException

      Gets a property from the props file.
      Parameters:
        `key` - the key to the desired item in the properties file (key=value)
        `defaultValue` - a default value in case the key, or the value are missing
      Returns:
        a property value in the form of a string
      Throws:
        `IOException` - when the properties object was somehow not initialized properly

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