Class SimpleLexicon

java.lang.Object
  SimpleLexicon

All Implemented Interfaces:

ILexicon

public class SimpleLexicon
extends java.lang.Object
implements ILexicon

Simple Lexicon implementation simply storing words in a set. This makes finding WORD status fast, but PREFIX requires iterating over all the strings stored.

Author:

Owen Astrachan

Constructor Summary

SimpleLexicon()

Method Summary

java.util.Iterator<java.lang.String>	iterator() Return an iterator over all words stored in the lexicon.
void	load(java.util.Scanner s) Clear a lexicon and store all values read from the scanner for subsequent querying.
int	size() Returns number of words stored in the lexicon (as from last call to load, for example).
LexStatus	wordStatus(java.lang.String s) Returns value specifying whether is is in the lexicon: WORD, is the prefix of a word in the lexicon: PREFIX, or is not a prefix and not a word: NOT_WORD.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleLexicon

public SimpleLexicon()

Method Detail

load

public void load(java.util.Scanner s)

Description copied from interface: ILexicon

Clear a lexicon and store all values read from the scanner for subsequent querying.

Specified by:

load in interface ILexicon

Parameters:

s - is the source of words for the lexicon

wordStatus

public LexStatus wordStatus(java.lang.String s)

Description copied from interface: ILexicon

Returns value specifying whether is is in the lexicon: WORD, is the prefix of a word in the lexicon: PREFIX, or is not a prefix and not a word: NOT_WORD. See LexStatus

Specified by:

wordStatus in interface ILexicon

Parameters:

s - is string queried

Returns:

status of s as to how it appears in lexicon

iterator

public java.util.Iterator<java.lang.String> iterator()

Description copied from interface: ILexicon

Return an iterator over all words stored in the lexicon.

Specified by:

iterator in interface ILexicon

Returns:

an iterator over the words in the lexicon

size

public int size()

Description copied from interface: ILexicon

Returns number of words stored in the lexicon (as from last call to load, for example).

Specified by:

size in interface ILexicon

Returns:

number of words in the lexicon