net.didion.jwnl.dictionary.file
Interface DictionaryFile

All Known Subinterfaces:

ObjectDictionaryFile, RandomAccessDictionaryFile

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDictionaryFile, AbstractPrincetonDictionaryFile, AbstractPrincetonRandomAccessDictionaryFile, PrincetonChannelDictionaryFile, PrincetonObjectDictionaryFile, PrincetonRandomAccessDictionaryFile

public interface DictionaryFile

Represents a single dictionary file. Extensions or implementations of this interface should provide the appropriate methods to read from the file.

Field Summary

static String

COMMENT_HEADER

Method Summary

void	close() Close the file
File	getFile()
DictionaryFileType	getFileType() The file type associated with this file.
POS	getPOS() The POS associated with this file.
boolean	isOpen() Return true if the file is open
DictionaryFile	newInstance(String path, POS pos, DictionaryFileType fileType) Create a new instance of the dictionary file
void	open() Open the file.

Field Detail

COMMENT_HEADER

static final String COMMENT_HEADER

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

newInstance

DictionaryFile newInstance(String path,
                           POS pos,
                           DictionaryFileType fileType)

Create a new instance of the dictionary file

close

void close()

Close the file

isOpen

boolean isOpen()

Return true if the file is open

getPOS

POS getPOS()

The POS associated with this file.

getFile

File getFile()

getFileType

DictionaryFileType getFileType()

The file type associated with this file.

open

void open()
          throws IOException

Open the file.

Throws:

IOException