edu.vt.middleware.dictionary
Class WordListDictionary

java.lang.Object
  edu.vt.middleware.dictionary.WordListDictionary

All Implemented Interfaces:

Dictionary

public class WordListDictionary
extends java.lang.Object
implements Dictionary

WordListDictionary provides fast searching for dictionary words using a WordList. It's critical that the word list provided to this dictionary be sorted according to the natural ordering of String.

Version:

$Revision: 1252 $ $Date: 2010-04-16 17:24:23 -0400 (Fri, 16 Apr 2010) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Field Summary

protected WordList

wordList list used for searching.

Constructor Summary

WordListDictionary(WordList wl)
Creates a new dictionary instance from the given WordList.

Method Summary

WordList	getWordList() Returns the word list to used for searching.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) This provides command line access to this WordListDictionary.
boolean	search(java.lang.String word) Returns whether the supplied word exists in the dictionary.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

wordList

protected WordList wordList

list used for searching.

Constructor Detail

WordListDictionary

public WordListDictionary(WordList wl)

Creates a new dictionary instance from the given WordList.

Parameters:

wl - List of words sorted according to WordList.getComparator().

NOTE Failure to provide a sorted word list will produce incorrect results.

Method Detail

getWordList

public WordList getWordList()

Returns the word list to used for searching.

Returns:

WordList

search

public boolean search(java.lang.String word)

Returns whether the supplied word exists in the dictionary.

Specified by:

search in interface Dictionary

Parameters:

word - String to search for

Returns:

boolean - whether word was found

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

This provides command line access to this WordListDictionary.

Parameters:

args - String[]

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs