textmaven.dictionaries
Class DictionaryUnion

java.lang.Object
  textmaven.dictionaries.BaseDictionary
      textmaven.dictionaries.Dictionary
          textmaven.dictionaries.CompositeDictionary
              textmaven.dictionaries.DictionaryUnion

All Implemented Interfaces:

IBaseDictionary, IDictionary, IDictionarySource

public class DictionaryUnion

extends CompositeDictionary

Composite dictionary implementing a union search strategy, i.e. all dictionaries are searched and included in the result.

Author:

krebtho

Constructor Summary

DictionaryUnion()

Method Summary

boolean	containsKey(java.lang.String key) Checks whether a key is contained in the dictionary.
java.util.Iterator	keys() Returns all keys as specified in dictionary.
java.util.Iterator	keys(java.lang.String word) Returns the keys which would be looked up when accessing the dictionary with the specified word.
java.util.Iterator	keysWithPrefix(java.lang.String prefix) Returns all keys starting with the specified prefix
java.util.Iterator	translations(java.lang.String word) Retrieves available translations for a given word.

Methods inherited from class textmaven.dictionaries.CompositeDictionary

add, add, clone, close, createDictionary, getDictionaries, open, remove, removeAll, translations

Methods inherited from class textmaven.dictionaries.Dictionary

getStemmer, setStemmer

Methods inherited from class textmaven.dictionaries.BaseDictionary

getDescription, getId, getLanguage, setDescription, setId, setLanguage, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface textmaven.dictionaries.IBaseDictionary

getDescription, getId, getLanguage, setDescription, setId, setLanguage

Constructor Detail

DictionaryUnion

public DictionaryUnion()

Method Detail

translations

public java.util.Iterator translations(java.lang.String word)

Description copied from interface: IDictionary

Retrieves available translations for a given word.

The word is retrieved from the dictionary as passed in as parameter. If no translation is found, an empty iterator.

Specified by:

translations in interface IDictionary

Specified by:

translations in class CompositeDictionary

containsKey

public boolean containsKey(java.lang.String key)

Description copied from interface: IDictionary

Checks whether a key is contained in the dictionary.

Specified by:

containsKey in interface IDictionary

Specified by:

containsKey in class CompositeDictionary

keys

public java.util.Iterator keys()

Description copied from interface: IDictionary

Returns all keys as specified in dictionary.

Specified by:

keys in interface IDictionary

Specified by:

keys in class CompositeDictionary

keys

public java.util.Iterator keys(java.lang.String word)

Description copied from interface: IDictionary

Returns the keys which would be looked up when accessing the dictionary with the specified word.

Specified by:

keys in interface IDictionary

Overrides:

keys in class Dictionary

keysWithPrefix

public java.util.Iterator keysWithPrefix(java.lang.String prefix)

Description copied from interface: IDictionary

Returns all keys starting with the specified prefix

Parameters:

prefix -

Returns:

Iterator returning all keys (String) starting with prefix