org.jscience.linguistics
Class Lexicon

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractMap<K,V>
      java.util.HashMap
          org.jscience.linguistics.Lexicon

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, java.util.Map

public class Lexicon
extends java.util.HashMap

The Lexicon class provides a dictionnary of lexemes and corresponding definition.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<K,V>, java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry<K,V>

Constructor Summary

Lexicon()
Creates a new Lexicon object.

Method Summary

Language	getLanguage() DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.Object	put(Lexeme lexeme, java.lang.String definition) DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.Object	put(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object value) DOCUMENT ME!
void	putAll(java.util.Map map) DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.Object	remove(Lexeme lexeme) DOCUMENT ME!
java.lang.Object	remove(java.lang.Object key) DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class java.util.HashMap

clear, clone, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, get, isEmpty, keySet, size, values

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

equals, hashCode

Constructor Detail

Lexicon

public Lexicon()

Creates a new Lexicon object.

Method Detail

put

public java.lang.Object put(java.lang.Object key,
                            java.lang.Object value)

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Specified by:

put in interface java.util.Map

Overrides:

put in class java.util.HashMap

Parameters:

key - DOCUMENT ME!

value - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

put

public java.lang.Object put(Lexeme lexeme,
                            java.lang.String definition)

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Parameters:

lexeme - DOCUMENT ME!

definition - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

putAll

public void putAll(java.util.Map map)

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Specified by:

putAll in interface java.util.Map

Overrides:

putAll in class java.util.HashMap

Parameters:

map - DOCUMENT ME!

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

remove

public java.lang.Object remove(java.lang.Object key)

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Specified by:

remove in interface java.util.Map

Overrides:

remove in class java.util.HashMap

Parameters:

key - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - DOCUMENT ME!

remove

public java.lang.Object remove(Lexeme lexeme)

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Parameters:

lexeme - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

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getLanguage

public Language getLanguage()

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Returns:

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