net.didion.jwnl
Class JWNL

java.lang.Object
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  +--net.didion.jwnl.JWNL

public final class JWNL

extends java.lang.Object

Contains system info as well as JWNL properties.

Nested Class Summary

static class	JWNL.OS Used to create constants that represent the major categories of operating systems.
static class	JWNL.Version Represents a version of WordNet.

Field Summary

static JWNL.OS	MAC
static JWNL.OS	UNDEFINED
static JWNL.OS	UNIX
static JWNL.OS	WINDOWS

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getDictionaryPath() Get the path to the dictionary files.
static JWNL.OS	getOS() Get the current OS.
static JWNL.Version	getVersion() Get the current WordNet version
static void	initialize()
static void	initialize(java.io.InputStream propertiesStream)
static java.lang.String	resolveMessage(java.lang.String msg) Resolve msg in one of the resource bundles used by the system
static java.lang.String	resolveMessage(java.lang.String msg, java.lang.Object obj) Resolve msg in one of the resource bundles used by the system.
static java.lang.String	resolveMessage(java.lang.String msg, java.lang.Object[] params) Resolve msg in one of the resource bundles used by the system
static void	shutdown()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

WINDOWS

public static final JWNL.OS WINDOWS

UNIX

public static final JWNL.OS UNIX

MAC

public static final JWNL.OS MAC

UNDEFINED

public static final JWNL.OS UNDEFINED

Method Detail

initialize

public static void initialize()
                       throws JWNLException

initialize

public static void initialize(java.io.InputStream propertiesStream)
                       throws JWNLException

getOS

public static JWNL.OS getOS()

Get the current OS.

getVersion

public static JWNL.Version getVersion()

Get the current WordNet version

getDictionaryPath

public static java.lang.String getDictionaryPath()

Get the path to the dictionary files. If JWNL is running in a non-file backed mode (i.e. over a network or via a database), this method returns null.

resolveMessage

public static java.lang.String resolveMessage(java.lang.String msg)

Resolve msg in one of the resource bundles used by the system

resolveMessage

public static java.lang.String resolveMessage(java.lang.String msg,
                                              java.lang.Object obj)

Resolve msg in one of the resource bundles used by the system.

Parameters:

obj - parameter to insert into the resolved message

resolveMessage

public static java.lang.String resolveMessage(java.lang.String msg,
                                              java.lang.Object[] params)

Resolve msg in one of the resource bundles used by the system

Parameters:

params - parameters to insert into the resolved message

shutdown

public static void shutdown()