Interface Dictionary

All Superinterfaces:
Iterable<String>
All Known Subinterfaces:
Abbreviations, Punctuations, StopWords
All Known Implementing Classes:
EnglishDictionary, EnglishPunctuations, EnglishStopWords, SimpleDictionary
public interface Dictionary extends Iterable<String>
A dictionary is a set of words in some natural language.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    contains(String word)
    Returns true if this dictionary contains the specified word.
    Iterator<String>
    iterator()
    Returns an iterator over the words in this dictionary.
    int
    size()
    Returns the number of words in this dictionary.
    default Stream<String>
    stream()
    Returns a sequential stream of the words in this dictionary.

    Methods inherited from interface Iterable

    forEach, spliterator

  • Method Details

    • contains

      boolean contains(String word)
      Returns true if this dictionary contains the specified word.
      Parameters:
      word - the query word.
      Returns:
      true if this dictionary contains the specified word.

    • size

      int size()
      Returns the number of words in this dictionary.
      Returns:
      the number of words in this dictionary.

    • iterator

      Iterator<String> iterator()
      Returns an iterator over the words in this dictionary.
      Specified by:
      iterator in interface Iterable<String>
      Returns:
      the iterator.

    • stream

      default Stream<String> stream()
      Returns a sequential stream of the words in this dictionary.
      Returns:
      a stream of words.