info.ephyra.nlp.indices
Class Prepositions

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

public class Prepositions
extends java.lang.Object

A dictionary of prepositions in English.

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

Version:

2007-04-14

Author:

Nico Schlaefer

Field Summary

private static Dictionary

dictionary The dictionary containing the prepositions.

Constructor Summary

Prepositions()

Method Summary

static boolean	loadIndex(java.lang.String filename) Creates the dictionary from a list of prepositions 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 prepositions.

Constructor Detail

Prepositions

public Prepositions()

Method Detail

loadIndex

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

Creates the dictionary from a list of prepositions in a file.

Parameters:

filename - file containing the prepositions

Returns:

true, iff the prepositions 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 preposition