Package ca.phon.ipadictionary.impl

Class DatabaseDictionary

java.lang.Object

ca.phon.ipadictionary.impl.DatabaseDictionary

All Implemented Interfaces:

AddEntry, ClearEntries, IPADictionarySPI, LanguageInfo, NameInfo, RemoveEntry

public class DatabaseDictionary
extends Object
implements IPADictionarySPI, LanguageInfo, NameInfo, AddEntry, RemoveEntry, ClearEntries

User-defined IPA dictionary where all entries are stored in the derby IPA database.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DatabaseDictionary(Language lang)	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addEntry(String ortho, String ipa)	Add a new entry to the ipa dictionary
void	clear()
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[]	lookup(String ortho)	Lookup IPA transcriptions for a given orthographic string.
void	removeEntry(String ortho, String ipa)	Remove the specified entry from the dictionary.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DatabaseDictionary

public DatabaseDictionary(Language lang)

Constructor

Method Details

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

removeEntry

public void removeEntry(String ortho,
 String ipa)
                 throws IPADictionaryExecption

Description copied from interface: RemoveEntry

Remove the specified entry from the dictionary. Does nothing if the entry was not found.

Specified by:

removeEntry in interface RemoveEntry

Throws:

IPADictionaryExecption - if the key->value was not removed from the database. This will usually occur if there was a problem with dictionary storage.

addEntry

public void addEntry(String ortho,
 String ipa)
              throws IPADictionaryExecption

Description copied from interface: AddEntry

Add a new entry to the ipa dictionary

Specified by:

addEntry in interface AddEntry

Throws:

IPADictionaryExecption - if the entry was not added to the dictionary. E.g., the key->value pair already exists or the dictionary was not able to add the entry to it's storage.

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

lookup

public String[] lookup(String ortho)
                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

install

public void install(IPADictionary dict)

Description copied from interface: IPADictionarySPI

Install this SPI into the given IPADictionary

Specified by:

install in interface IPADictionarySPI

clear

public void clear()
           throws IPADictionaryExecption

Specified by:

clear in interface ClearEntries

Throws:

IPADictionaryExecption