net.sf.extjwnl.dictionary.file

Interface RandomAccessDictionaryFile

All Superinterfaces:

DictionaryFile, Owned

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPrincetonRandomAccessDictionaryFile, PrincetonRandomAccessDictionaryFile, PrincetonResourceDictionaryFile

public interface RandomAccessDictionaryFile
extends DictionaryFile

DictionaryFile that reads lines from a random-access text file.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getFirstLineOffset() Returns offset of the first line.
long	getNextLineOffset(long offset) Returns start of the next line or -1 if no new line.
int	getOffsetLength() Returns offset length that accommodates largest offset.
long	length() Returns the length, in bytes, of the file.
PointedCharSequence	readLine(long offset) Reads starting at offset and till the end of line.
PointedCharSequence	readWord(long offset) Reads starting at offset and till space.
void	setOffsetLength(int length) Sets offset length to be used while rendering the file.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.extjwnl.dictionary.file.DictionaryFile

close, edit, getFilename, getFileType, getPOS, isOpen, open, save

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.extjwnl.util.factory.Owned

getDictionary, setDictionary

Method Detail

readLine

PointedCharSequence readLine(long offset)
                      throws JWNLException

Reads starting at offset and till the end of line.

Parameters:

offset - offset

Returns:

a line from the file

Throws:

JWNLException - JWNLException

readWord

PointedCharSequence readWord(long offset)
                      throws JWNLException

Reads starting at offset and till space.

Parameters:

offset - offset

Returns:

one word from the file (e.g. offset, index word)

Throws:

JWNLException - JWNLException

getFirstLineOffset

long getFirstLineOffset()
                 throws JWNLException

Returns offset of the first line.

Returns:

offset of the first line

Throws:

JWNLException - JWNLException

getNextLineOffset

long getNextLineOffset(long offset)
                throws JWNLException

Returns start of the next line or -1 if no new line.

Parameters:

offset - starting offset

Returns:

start of the next line or -1 if no new line.

Throws:

JWNLException - JWNLException

length

long length()
     throws JWNLException

Returns the length, in bytes, of the file.

Returns:

the length, in bytes, of the file

Throws:

JWNLException - JWNLException

getOffsetLength

int getOffsetLength()
             throws JWNLException

Returns offset length that accommodates largest offset.

Returns:

offset length that accommodates largest offset

Throws:

JWNLException - JWNLException

setOffsetLength

void setOffsetLength(int length)
              throws JWNLException

Sets offset length to be used while rendering the file.

Parameters:

length - offset length to be used while rendering the file

Throws:

JWNLException - JWNLException