Dictionary Functions

This page descibes Java classes of dictionaries.

I. Java Classes

• DictionaryFactory.java
• RootDictionary.java
  • BasicDictionary.java
  • FullDictionary.java
• OutOfVocabulary.java

II. Functional Requirements

• BasicDictionary (dic)
  • Load words from a speficied file to the dictionary
    • speficied the case
    • specified the field (from the input file)
  • Add a word
  • dic.IsDicWord: Check is a term is a dictionary word
    • direct table lookup from dictionary (with option of specifying case)
  • dic.IsRealWord: Check is a term is a real word
    • Check if a dictionary word
    • Check possessive (Ex. John's => John is in dic)
    • Check or slash (Ex. case/test => both case and test are in dic)
    • Check parenthetic plural forms (s), (es), (ies)
• MissSpelt Detector
  • IsMisSpelt: spelling error detection
    • Dictionary.IsValidWord (false):
    • IsMisSpeltExceptions (false):
      • IsDigit (Ex. 10)
      • IsPunc (Ex. **)
      • IsDigitPunc (Ex. 70.5%)
      • IsMeasurements (Ex. 30mg/50kg)
      • IsSimplifiedMeasurements - no space between [digit] and [number], (Ex. -0.25mm)
      • IsUrl (Ex. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/)
      • IsEmail (Ex. who@mail.nih.gov)
      • IsEmptyString (String length = 0)
      • IsProperNoun (All UpperCase)
      • IsAbbAcr (Legnth < 4 and all upper case)