uk.ac.open.crc.mdsc

Class AbbreviationDictionaryManager

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.open.crc.mdsc.DictionaryManager

uk.ac.open.crc.mdsc.AbbreviationDictionaryManager

public final class AbbreviationDictionaryManager
extends DictionaryManager

Provides a dictionary for looking up abbreviations. The dictionary is not intended to provide alternative spellings, merely to be used as a service to determine if a misspelt word (according to the DefaultDictionaryManager is a known abbreviation. The dictionary can therefore be used to make decisions about using abbreviation expansion rather than a suggested alternative spelling. Note that acronyms have been extracted from the SCOWL lists and can be accessed either using the AcronymDictionaryManager or using the SCOWL files where abbreviations and acronyms are combined in uk.ac.open.crc.mdsc.wordlists.scowl.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbbreviationDictionaryManager() Creates a default set of abbreviation dictionaries.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.open.crc.mdsc.DictionaryManager

create, create, create, dictionarySet, reset, setCostThreshold, setMaximumSuggestions

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbbreviationDictionaryManager

public AbbreviationDictionaryManager()

Creates a default set of abbreviation dictionaries. These are a set of abbreviations found in identifier names during our research, and en_GB and en_US abbreviations to size 70 found in the SCOWL word lists.