Uses of Interface
edu.mit.jwi.IDictionary

Packages that use IDictionary

Package	Description
edu.mit.jwi	Provides the main dictionary interface and a default implementation.
edu.mit.jwi.morph	Provides several simple classes that can be used to find the stems of words using Wordnet.

Uses of IDictionary in edu.mit.jwi

Subinterfaces of IDictionary in edu.mit.jwi

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
interface	ICachingDictionary Provides a governing interface for dictionaries that cache their results.
interface	IDataSourceDictionary A type of IDictionary which uses an instance of an IDataProvider to obtain its data.
interface	IRAMDictionary Interface that governs dictionaries that can be completely loaded into memory.

Classes in edu.mit.jwi that implement IDictionary

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	CachingDictionary A dictionary that caches the results of another dictionary
class	DataSourceDictionary Basic implementation of the IDictionary interface.
class	Dictionary Basic IDictionary implementation that mounts files on disk and has caching.
class	RAMDictionary Default implementation of the IRAMDictionary interface.

Fields in edu.mit.jwi declared as IDictionary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected IDictionary	RAMDictionary.backing

Methods in edu.mit.jwi that return IDictionary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static IDictionary	RAMDictionary.createBackingDictionary(File file) Creates a DataSourceDictionary out of the specified file, as long as the file points to an existing local directory.
static IDictionary	RAMDictionary.createBackingDictionary(URL url) Creates a DataSourceDictionary out of the specified url, as long as the url points to an existing local directory.
IDictionary	CachingDictionary.getBackingDictionary() Returns the dictionary that is wrapped by this dictionary; will never return null
IDictionary	RAMDictionary.getBackingDictionary() Returns the dictionary that backs this instance.

Constructors in edu.mit.jwi with parameters of type IDictionary

Constructor and Description
CachingDictionary(IDictionary backing) Constructs a new caching dictionary that caches the results of the specified backing dictionary
DataLoader(IDictionary source) Constructs a new data loader object, that uses the specified dictionary to load its data.
RAMDictionary(IDictionary dict, int loadPolicy) Constructs a new RAMDictionary that will load the contents of the wrapped dictionary into memory, with the specified load policy.
RAMDictionary(IDictionary backing, IRAMDictionary.IInputStreamFactory factory, int loadPolicy) This is a internal constructor that unifies the constructor decision matrix.

Uses of IDictionary in edu.mit.jwi.morph

Methods in edu.mit.jwi.morph that return IDictionary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IDictionary	WordnetStemmer.getDictionary() Returns the dictionary in use by the stemmer; will not return null

Constructors in edu.mit.jwi.morph with parameters of type IDictionary

Constructor and Description
WordnetStemmer(IDictionary dict) Constructs a WordnetStemmer that, naturally, requires a Wordnet dictionary.