info.ephyra.nlp.indices
Class FunctionWords

java.lang.Object
  info.ephyra.nlp.indices.FunctionWords

public class FunctionWords
extends java.lang.Object

A dictionary of function words in English.

Internally, it uses an instance of HashDictionary to store the words.

Version:

2005-09-13

Author:

Nico Schlaefer

Field Summary

private static Dictionary

dictionary The dictionary containing the function words.

Constructor Summary

FunctionWords()

Method Summary

static boolean	loadIndex(java.lang.String filename) Creates the dictionary from a list of function words in a file.
static boolean	lookup(java.lang.String word) Looks up a word in the dictionary.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

dictionary

private static Dictionary dictionary

The dictionary containing the function words.

Constructor Detail

FunctionWords

public FunctionWords()

Method Detail

loadIndex

public static boolean loadIndex(java.lang.String filename)

Creates the dictionary from a list of function words in a file.

Parameters:

filename - file containing the function words

Returns:

true, iff the function words were loaded successfully

lookup

public static boolean lookup(java.lang.String word)

Looks up a word in the dictionary.

Parameters:

word - the word to look up

Returns:

true, iff it is a function word