com.ninecode.email.beans.slave.dictionary
Class DictionaryBean

java.lang.Object
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public class DictionaryBean

extends Object

Bean to handle dictionary requests.

Author:

Derrick Oswald

Field Summary

protected Connection	mConnection The connection to the database.
protected int	mFuzzyThreshold The maximum Levenshtein distance allowed.
protected int	mRecordLimit The maximum number of records returned.
protected String	mWord The word to look up.

Constructor Summary

DictionaryBean()
Creates a new instance of DictionaryBean

Method Summary

Definition[]	approximateLookup() Perform an approximate query.
Definition[]	exactLookup() Perform an exact query.
Definition[]	fuzzyLookup()
String	getApproximateQuery()
protected Connection	getConnection() Get the database connection.
String	getExactQuery()
int	getFuzzyThreshold() Get the maximum Levenshtein distance allowed.
int	getRecordLimit() Get the upper limit on returned records.
String	getSoundexQuery()
String	getText()
protected String	getWord()
String	help()
protected void	limit(StringBuffer query, String value, String column)
protected void	setConnection(Connection connection) Set the database connection.
void	setFuzzyThreshold(int threshold) Set the maximum Levenshtein distance allowed.
void	setRecordLimit(int limit) Set the limit on returned records.
void	setText(String text)
protected void	setWord(String word)
Definition[]	soundexLookup() Perform a soundex query.
String	toString() Generate a string representing the state of this bean.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

mConnection

protected Connection mConnection

The connection to the database.

mWord

protected String mWord

The word to look up.

mRecordLimit

protected int mRecordLimit

The maximum number of records returned.

mFuzzyThreshold

protected int mFuzzyThreshold

The maximum Levenshtein distance allowed.

Constructor Detail

DictionaryBean

public DictionaryBean()

Creates a new instance of DictionaryBean

Method Detail

getConnection

protected Connection getConnection()

Get the database connection.

Returns:

The connection to the word database.

setConnection

protected void setConnection(Connection connection)

Set the database connection.

Parameters:

connection - The connection to use to query the word database.

getRecordLimit

public int getRecordLimit()

Get the upper limit on returned records.

Returns:

The maximum number of records that will be returned bay a query.

setRecordLimit

public void setRecordLimit(int limit)

Set the limit on returned records.

Parameters:

limit - The new value of property recordLimit.

getFuzzyThreshold

public int getFuzzyThreshold()

Get the maximum Levenshtein distance allowed.

Returns:

The maximum Levenshtein distance allowed.

setFuzzyThreshold

public void setFuzzyThreshold(int threshold)

Set the maximum Levenshtein distance allowed. Note that this applies to the sum of the distances of all specified terms.

Parameters:

threshold - The new value for property fuzzyThreshold.

getWord

protected String getWord()

setWord

protected void setWord(String word)

help

public String help()

limit

protected void limit(StringBuffer query,
                     String value,
                     String column)

getExactQuery

public String getExactQuery()

getApproximateQuery

public String getApproximateQuery()

getSoundexQuery

public String getSoundexQuery()

exactLookup

public Definition[] exactLookup()
                         throws SQLException

Perform an exact query. Everything in uppercase.

SQLException

approximateLookup

public Definition[] approximateLookup()
                               throws SQLException

Perform an approximate query. Everything in uppercase.

SQLException

fuzzyLookup

public Definition[] fuzzyLookup()
                         throws SQLException

SQLException

soundexLookup

public Definition[] soundexLookup()
                           throws SQLException

Perform a soundex query. Everything in uppercase.

SQLException

setText

public void setText(String text)

getText

public String getText()

toString

public String toString()

Generate a string representing the state of this bean.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A string of the form:

 theword