edu.vt.middleware.dictionary
Interface Dictionary

All Known Implementing Classes:

TernaryTreeDictionary, WordListDictionary

public interface Dictionary

Base interface for all dictionaries.

Version:

$Revision: 1700 $ $Date: 2010-10-27 16:08:24 -0400 (Wed, 27 Oct 2010) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

boolean

search(java.lang.String word) Returns whether the supplied word exists in the dictionary.

Method Detail

search

boolean search(java.lang.String word)

Returns whether the supplied word exists in the dictionary.

Parameters:

word - String to search for

Returns:

boolean - whether word was found