Package opennlp.tools.dictionary.serializer

Class DictionaryEntryPersistor

java.lang.Object

opennlp.tools.dictionary.serializer.DictionaryEntryPersistor

public class DictionaryEntryPersistor
extends Object

A persistor used by for reading and writing dictionaries of all kinds.

See Also:

• Dictionary

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DictionaryEntryPersistor()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	create(InputStream in, EntryInserter inserter)	Creates Entrys from the given InputStream and forwards these Entrys to the EntryInserter.
static void	serialize(OutputStream out, Iterator<Entry> entries, boolean casesensitive)	Serializes the given entries to the given OutputStream.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DictionaryEntryPersistor

public DictionaryEntryPersistor()

Method Details

create

public static boolean create(InputStream in,
 EntryInserter inserter)
                      throws IOException

Creates Entrys from the given InputStream and forwards these Entrys to the EntryInserter.

Note: After creation is finished the provided InputStream is closed.

Parameters:

in - The open InputStream to read entries from.

inserter - inserter to forward entries to

Returns:

The isCaseSensitive attribute of a Dictionary.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if IO errors occurred.

InvalidFormatException - Thrown if parameters were invalid.

serialize

public static void serialize(OutputStream out,
 Iterator<Entry> entries,
 boolean casesensitive)
                      throws IOException

Serializes the given entries to the given OutputStream.

Note: After the serialization is finished the provided OutputStream remains open.

Parameters:

out - The OutputStream to serialize to.

entries - The entries to serialize.

casesensitive - Indicates if the written dictionary should be case-sensitive, or not.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if IO errors occurred.

InvalidFormatException - Thrown if parameters were invalid.