Core Entities

Entities allow Attentive to match concepts rather than specific words.

Attentive defines the following core entities, but you can easily create your own.

Common Entities

Entity Name	Matches	Returns
core.date	4/20/16, May 20, 2016, today, next Wednesday	Date
core.date.month	Mar, april	Fixnum (1–12)
core.date.wday	Sunday, mon	Fixnum (0–6)
core.email	bob.lail@cph.org	String
core.number	42, 3.14, 0, -7.28%, $1,456,001.14	Fixnum or BigDecimal

Other Date entities

Entity Name	Description
core.date.explicit	matches explicit dates like May 6, 2018 or 2018-05-06
core.date.partial	matches partial dates like May 6 where the year is assumed
core.date.partial.future	matches partial dates and fills in the year, assuming the date is in the future
core.date.partial.past	matches partial dates and fills in the year, assuming the date is in the past
core.date.relative	matches dates relative to today like tomorrow or next tuesday
core.date.relative.future	matches dates relative to today like tomorrow or next tuesday
core.date.relative.past	matches dates relative to today like yesterday or last wednesday

Other Number entities

Entity Name	Description
core.number.positive	matches only positive numbers, not zero
core.number.negative	matches only negative numbers, not zero
core.number.integer	matches only integers
core.number.integer.positive	matches only positive integers, not zero
core.number.integer.negative	matches only negative integers, not zero
core.number.float	matches only numbers with a decimal point
core.number.float.positive	matches only positive numbers with a decimal point, not zero
core.number.float.negative	matches only negative numbers with a decimal point, not zero