How to use

Slot

in

com.amazon.speech.slu

protected boolean slotsContainNumberSlotWithValue(Map<String, Slot> slots, String value) {
  Slot slot = slots.get(SlotNames.NUMBER_SLOT_NAME);
  return (slot != null) && slot.getValue().equals(value);
}

public AlexaIntentRequest withSlot(final String slotName, final Object slotValue) {
  return withSlots(Collections.singletonList(
      Slot.builder()
          .withName(slotName)
          .withValue(String.valueOf(slotValue))
          .build()));
}

public String getSlotSummary() {
  final List<String> slotValues = slots.values().stream().map(slot -> slot.getName() + ": " + slot.getValue()).collect(Collectors.toList());
  return slotValues.isEmpty() ? "" : "{ " + String.join(", ", slotValues) + " }";
}

public AlexaIntentRequest withSlots(final List<Slot> slots) {
  slots.forEach(slot -> this.slots.putIfAbsent(slot.getName(), slot));
  return this;
}

protected boolean slotsContainNumberSlotWithValue(Map<String, Slot> slots, String value) {
  Slot slot = slots.get(SlotNames.NUMBER_SLOT_NAME);
  return (slot != null) && slot.getValue().equals(value);
}

/**
 * Fires an intent with zero to many slots
 * @param intentName name of the intent
 * @param slots collection of slots
 * @return skill's response
 */
public AlexaResponse intent(final String intentName, final Map<String, Object> slots) {
  final Map<String, Slot> slots2 = new HashMap<>();
  slots.forEach((k,v) -> {
    slots2.putIfAbsent(k, v instanceof Slot ? (Slot)v : Slot.builder().withName(k).withValue(v.toString()).build());
  });
  return intent(new AlexaIntentRequest(this, intentName).withSlots(slots2));
}

/**
 * Function to accept an intent containing a Day slot (date object) and return the Calendar
 * representation of that slot value. If the user provides a date, then use that, otherwise use
 * today. The date is in server time, not in the user's time zone. So "today" for the user may
 * actually be tomorrow.
 *
 * @param intent
 *            the intent object containing the day slot
 * @return the Calendar representation of that date
 */
private Calendar getCalendar(Intent intent) {
  Slot daySlot = intent.getSlot(SLOT_DAY);
  Date date;
  Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
  if (daySlot != null && daySlot.getValue() != null) {
    DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-d");
    try {
      date = dateFormat.parse(daySlot.getValue());
    } catch (ParseException e) {
      date = new Date();
    }
  } else {
    date = new Date();
  }
  calendar.setTime(date);
  return calendar;
}

public String translate(final String testPhrase, final String language) {
  final Map<String, Slot> slots = new HashMap<>();
  slots.put("termA", Slot.builder().withName("termA").withValue(testPhrase).build());
  slots.put("termB", Slot.builder().withName("termB").build());
  slots.put("language", Slot.builder().withName("language").withValue(language).build());
  final SpeechletRequestEnvelope envelope = givenIntentSpeechletRequestEnvelope("Translate", slots);
  final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
  String response = null;
  try {
    final AWSLambdaClient awsLambda = new AWSLambdaClient();
    final InvokeRequest invokeRequest = new InvokeRequest()
        .withInvocationType(InvocationType.RequestResponse)
        .withFunctionName(lambdaName)
        .withPayload(mapper.writeValueAsString(envelope));
    final InvokeResult invokeResult = awsLambda.invoke(invokeRequest);
    response = new String(invokeResult.getPayload().array());
  } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
    log.error(e.getMessage());
  }
  return response;
}

if (categorySlot != null && categorySlot.getValue() != null) {
          .getValue()
          .toLowerCase()
          .replaceAll("\\s", "")

Slot.builder()
    .withValue(slotValue)
    .withName(slotName)

if (categorySlot != null && categorySlot.getValue() != null) {
          .getValue()
          .toLowerCase()
          .replaceAll("\\s", "")

Slot.builder()
    .withValue(slotValue)
    .withName(slotName)

@Override
public SpeechletResponse handle(final SkillRequestInformation skillRequestInformation) {
  Map<String,Slot> slots = skillRequestInformation.getSlots();
  String intentName = skillRequestInformation.getIntentName();
  Slot templateKindSlot = slots.get(SlotNames.TEMPLATE_KIND_SLOT_NAME);
  Slot numberSlot = slots.get(SlotNames.NUMBER_SLOT_NAME);
  TemplateNames name;
  if (IntentNames.INDIVIDUAL_TEMPLATE_INTENT.equals(intentName)) {
    name = TemplateNames.getNameFromKindAndNumber(templateKindSlot.getValue(), numberSlot.getValue());
  } else if (IntentNames.SELECT_ITEM_INTENT.equals(intentName)) {
    name = TemplateNames.getNameFromNumber(numberSlot.getValue());
  } else {
    throw new UnhandledRequestException(String.format("IndividualTemplateScreen could not handle intent: %s", intentName));
  }
  return getIndividualTemplateScreenResponse(name);
}

@Override
public SpeechletResponse handle(final SkillRequestInformation skillRequestInformation) {
  Map<String,Slot> slots = skillRequestInformation.getSlots();
  String intentName = skillRequestInformation.getIntentName();
  Slot templateKindSlot = slots.get(SlotNames.TEMPLATE_KIND_SLOT_NAME);
  Slot numberSlot = slots.get(SlotNames.NUMBER_SLOT_NAME);
  TemplateNames name;
  if (IntentNames.INDIVIDUAL_TEMPLATE_INTENT.equals(intentName)) {
    name = TemplateNames.getNameFromKindAndNumber(templateKindSlot.getValue(), numberSlot.getValue());
  } else if (IntentNames.SELECT_ITEM_INTENT.equals(intentName)) {
    name = TemplateNames.getNameFromNumber(numberSlot.getValue());
  } else {
    throw new UnhandledRequestException(String.format("IndividualTemplateScreen could not handle intent: %s", intentName));
  }
  return getIndividualTemplateScreenResponse(name);
}

if (citySlot == null || citySlot.getValue() == null) {
  if (!assignDefault) {
    throw new Exception("");
  String cityName = citySlot.getValue();
  if (STATIONS.containsKey(cityName.toLowerCase())) {
    cityObject =

if (citySlot == null || citySlot.getValue() == null) {
  if (!assignDefault) {
    throw new Exception("");
  String cityName = citySlot.getValue();
  if (STATIONS.containsKey(cityName.toLowerCase())) {
    cityObject =

if (dateSlot == null || dateSlot.getValue() == null) {
  Date date;
  try {
    date = dateFormat.parse(dateSlot.getValue());
  } catch (ParseException e) {
    date = new Date();

if (dateSlot == null || dateSlot.getValue() == null) {
  Date date;
  try {
    date = dateFormat.parse(dateSlot.getValue());
  } catch (ParseException e) {
    date = new Date();

String favoriteColor = favoriteColorSlot.getValue();
session.setAttribute(COLOR_KEY, favoriteColor);
speechText =

List<ColumnName> axes = new ArrayList<>();
if (intent.getSlot(SlotUtil.PLOT_COLUMN_1).getValue() != null) {
 axes.add(SlotUtil.parseColumnSlot(
   intent.getSlot(SlotUtil.PLOT_COLUMN_1).getValue()));
if (intent.getSlot(SlotUtil.PLOT_COLUMN_2).getValue() != null) {
 axes.add(SlotUtil.parseColumnSlot(
   intent.getSlot(SlotUtil.PLOT_COLUMN_2).getValue()));