edu.mit.jwi
Class Dictionary

java.lang.Object
  edu.mit.jwi.CachingDictionary
      edu.mit.jwi.Dictionary

All Implemented Interfaces:

IClosable, IHasLifecycle, ICachingDictionary, IDictionary, IHasVersion

public class Dictionary
extends CachingDictionary

Basic IDictionary implementation that mounts files on disk and has caching. A file URL to the directory containing the Wordnet dictionary files must be provided. This implementation has adjustable caching.

Since:

JWI 1.0

Version:

2.2.2

Author:

Mark A. Finlayson

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class edu.mit.jwi.CachingDictionary

CachingDictionary.ItemCache

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.ICachingDictionary

ICachingDictionary.IItemCache

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.data.IHasLifecycle

IHasLifecycle.ObjectClosedException

Constructor Summary

Dictionary(File wordnetDir)
Constructs a new dictionary that uses the Wordnet files located in a directory pointed to by the specified file

Dictionary(URL wordnetDir)
Constructs a new dictionary that uses the Wordnet files located in a directory pointed to by the specified url

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class edu.mit.jwi.CachingDictionary

cacheSynset, checkOpen, close, createCache, getBackingDictionary, getCache, getExceptionEntry, getExceptionEntry, getExceptionEntryIterator, getIndexWord, getIndexWord, getIndexWordIterator, getSenseEntry, getSenseEntryIterator, getSynset, getSynsetIterator, getVersion, getWord, getWord, isOpen, open

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Dictionary

public Dictionary(URL wordnetDir)

Constructs a new dictionary that uses the Wordnet files located in a directory pointed to by the specified url

Parameters:

wordnetDir - a url pointing to a directory containing the wordnet data files on the filesystem

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the specified url is null

Since:

JWI 1.0

Dictionary

public Dictionary(File wordnetDir)

Constructs a new dictionary that uses the Wordnet files located in a directory pointed to by the specified file

Parameters:

wordnetDir - a file pointing to a directory containing the wordnet data files on the filesystem

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the specified file is null

Since:

JWI 1.0