edu.northwestern.at.utils.spellcheck

Class FileBasedSpellingDictionary

java.lang.Object

edu.northwestern.at.utils.spellcheck.HashMapSpellingDictionary

edu.northwestern.at.utils.spellcheck.FileBasedSpellingDictionary

All Implemented Interfaces:

SpellingDictionary

public class FileBasedSpellingDictionary
extends HashMapSpellingDictionary

FileBasedSpellingDictionary -- implements spelling checker dictionary loaded from a file.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class edu.northwestern.at.utils.spellcheck.HashMapSpellingDictionary

metaphoneDictionary

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FileBasedSpellingDictionary(java.lang.String dictionaryFileName) Constructs a new FileBasedSpellingDictionary.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	addWord(java.lang.String word) Updates the dictionary.

Methods inherited from class edu.northwestern.at.utils.spellcheck.HashMapSpellingDictionary

addWords, clear, getAllWords, getNumberOfWords, getRelatedWords, lookupWord, read, wordCount, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FileBasedSpellingDictionary

public FileBasedSpellingDictionary(java.lang.String dictionaryFileName)
                            throws java.io.IOException

Constructs a new FileBasedSpellingDictionary.

Parameters:

dictionaryFileName - The dictionary file name.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

addWord

public boolean addWord(java.lang.String word)

Updates the dictionary.

Specified by:

addWord in interface SpellingDictionary

Overrides:

addWord in class HashMapSpellingDictionary

Parameters:

word - The word to add to the dictionary.

Returns:

True if word added successfully.