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Abstract class for Summarizers.

Module base

BaseSummarizer

class BaseSummarizer(BaseComponent)

Abstract class for Summarizer

BaseSummarizer.predict

@abstractmethod
def predict(documents: List[Document]) -> List[Document]

Abstract method for creating a summary.

Arguments:

  • documents: Related documents (e.g. coming from a retriever) that the answer shall be conditioned on.

Returns:

List of Documents, where Document.meta["summary"] contains the summarization

BaseSummarizer.run

def run(documents: List[Document])

Arguments:

  • documents: Related documents (e.g. coming from a retriever) that the answer shall be conditioned on.

BaseSummarizer.run_batch

def run_batch(documents: Union[List[Document], List[List[Document]]],
              batch_size: Optional[int] = None)

Arguments:

  • documents: List of related documents.
  • batch_size: Number of Documents to process at a time.