protected Candidate pickTop(List<ScoreLabel> scoreLabels) throws NullPointerException {
if (scoreLabels.size() == 0)
throw new NullPointerException("\nError:\nThe list of candidates is empty.");
ScoreLabel topScoreLabel = scoreLabels.get(0);
Candidate topCand = topScoreLabel.getC();
double topOpScore = topScoreLabel.getScore();
for (int i = 1; i < scoreLabels.size(); i++) {
ScoreLabel temp = scoreLabels.get(i);
if (temp.getScore() > topOpScore) {
topOpScore = temp.getScore();
topCand = temp.getC();
}
}
return topCand;
}
protected List<ScoreLabel> initScoreLabels(List<Integer> feats) throws Exception {
List<ScoreLabel> scoreLabels = new ArrayList<ScoreLabel>();
for (Integer label : LabelLib.getCandidateLabels()) {
registerAllFeaturesForLabel(feats, label);
ScoreLabel sc = new ScoreLabel(labelToCandidate.get(label));
sc.setScore(sc.getC().getScore(feats));
scoreLabels.add(sc);
}
return scoreLabels;
}