Package net.didion.jwnl.data

Class IndexWordSet

  • public class IndexWordSet
extends Object
    A class to simplify the access to a set of IndexWords, each containing one part of speech of the same word. IndexWordSets are usually created by a call to Dictionary.lookupAllIndexWords.

    • Constructor Detail

      • IndexWordSet

        public IndexWordSet​(String lemma)

    • Method Detail

      • add

        public void add​(IndexWord word)
        Add an IndexWord to this set

      • remove

        public void remove​(POS p)
        Remove the IndexWord associated with p from this set.

      • size

        public int size()
        Get the number of IndexWords in this set

      • getIndexWord

        public IndexWord getIndexWord​(POS p)
        Get the IndexWord associated with p.

      • getIndexWordArray

        public IndexWord[] getIndexWordArray()
        Get an array of the IndexWords in this set.

      • getIndexWordCollection

        public Collection getIndexWordCollection()
        Get a collection of the IndexWords in this set.

      • getValidPOSSet

        public Set getValidPOSSet()
        Get a set of all the parts-of-speech for which there is an IndexWord in this set.

      • isValidPOS

        public boolean isValidPOS​(POS pos)
        Return true if there is a word with part-of-speech pos in this set.

      • getSenseCount

        public int getSenseCount​(POS pos)
        Find out how many senses the word with part-of-speech pos has.

      • getLemma

        public String getLemma()

      • equals

        public boolean equals​(Object object)
        It is assumed that IndexWordSets will only be created by calling Dictionary.lookupAllIndexWords, so all IndexWordSets with the same lemma should be equal.
        Overrides:
        equals in class Object