Constituent (Apache OpenNLP Tools 1.9.5 API)
Date: 2026-06-18

opennlp.tools.parser

## Class Constituent

- java.lang.Object
- - opennlp.tools.parser.Constituent

-     public class Constituent
      extends Object

  Class used to hold constituents when reading parses.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `Constituent(String label, Span span)`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `String` | `getLabel()` Returns the label of the constituent.
    `Span` | `getSpan()` Returns the span of the constituent.
    `void` | `setLabel(String label)` Assigns the label to the constituent.

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

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### Constituent

          public Constituent(String label,
                             Span span)

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getLabel

          public String getLabel()

      Returns the label of the constituent.
      Returns:
        the label of the constituent.

    - #### setLabel

          public void setLabel(String label)

      Assigns the label to the constituent.
      Parameters:
        `label` - The label to set.

    - #### getSpan

          public Span getSpan()

      Returns the span of the constituent.
      Returns:
        the span of the constituent.

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