Package ca.phon.ipadictionary.impl

Class CompoundDictionary

java.lang.Object

ca.phon.ipadictionary.impl.CompoundDictionary

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPADictionarySPI, LanguageInfo, NameInfo, PrefixSearch

public class CompoundDictionary
extends Object
implements IPADictionarySPI, NameInfo, LanguageInfo, PrefixSearch

Perform lookups on multiple dictionaries at once.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CompoundDictionary(IPADictionary[] dicts)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Language	getLanguage()	Returns the language handled by this dictionary.
String	getName()	Returns a string identifier for this dictionary.
void	install(IPADictionary dict)	Install this SPI into the given IPADictionary
String[]	keysWithPrefix(String prefix)	Search for all instances of the given prefix in orthographic keys.
String[]	lookup(String orthography)	Lookup IPA transcriptions for a given orthographic string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

CompoundDictionary

public CompoundDictionary(IPADictionary[] dicts)

Method Details

lookup

public String[] lookup(String orthography)
                throws IPADictionaryExecption

Description copied from interface: IPADictionarySPI

Lookup IPA transcriptions for a given orthographic string.

Specified by:

lookup in interface IPADictionarySPI

Returns:

a list of IPA transcriptions associated with the given orthography

Throws:

IPADictionaryExecption

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: NameInfo

Returns a string identifier for this dictionary. While not required, the name should be unique to help users identify dictionaries which handle the same language.

Specified by:

getName in interface NameInfo

Returns:

the dictionary name

getLanguage

public Language getLanguage()

Description copied from interface: LanguageInfo

Returns the language handled by this dictionary.

Specified by:

getLanguage in interface LanguageInfo

Returns:

the Language for this dictionary

keysWithPrefix

public String[] keysWithPrefix(String prefix)

Description copied from interface: PrefixSearch

Search for all instances of the given prefix in orthographic keys.

Specified by:

keysWithPrefix in interface PrefixSearch

Returns:

a list of orthographic keys which have the specified prefix

install

public void install(IPADictionary dict)

Description copied from interface: IPADictionarySPI

Install this SPI into the given IPADictionary

Specified by:

install in interface IPADictionarySPI