org.ceryle.util
Class LexiconImpl

java.lang.Object
  org.ceryle.util.LexiconImpl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Lexicon

public class LexiconImpl
extends Object
implements Lexicon

Provides access to the WordNet 2.0 Dictionary.

THIS CLASS HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY DISABLED, AS THE JWORDNET JAR FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE DISTRIBUTION PENDING REPLACEMENT BY A DIFFERENT, ACTIVE JWORDNET PROJECT.

Since:

JDK1.3

Version:

$Id: LexiconImpl.java,v 3.3 2007-06-15 12:09:55 altheim Exp $

Author:

Murray Altheim

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.ceryle.util.Lexicon

POS_ADJ, POS_ADV, POS_ALL, POS_NOUN, POS_VERB

Constructor Summary

LexiconImpl()

Method Summary

String	getPOSLabel(int pos) Returns a label corresponding to the provided POS int code.
String	lookup(String word, int partOfSpeech) Look up word and return a richtext (HTML) description from WordNet.
Set	synonymsFor(String word, int partOfSpeech) Return a Set containing Strings that are considered synonyms for word.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LexiconImpl

public LexiconImpl()

Method Detail

getPOSLabel

public String getPOSLabel(int pos)

Returns a label corresponding to the provided POS int code. Returns "word" for POS.ALL.

Specified by:

getPOSLabel in interface Lexicon

lookup

public String lookup(String word,
                     int partOfSpeech)

Description copied from interface: Lexicon

Look up word and return a richtext (HTML) description from WordNet.

Specified by:

lookup in interface Lexicon

Parameters:

word - the word to look up

partOfSpeech - a value that determines which part(s) of speech to query

synonymsFor

public Set synonymsFor(String word,
                       int partOfSpeech)

Description copied from interface: Lexicon

Return a Set containing Strings that are considered synonyms for word. Returns an empty Set rather than null.

Specified by:

synonymsFor in interface Lexicon

Parameters:

word - the word to look up

partOfSpeech - a value that determines which part(s) of speech to query