Class WordBank 

java.lang.Object
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   +----WordBank
public class WordBank
extends Object
implements Serializable
Stores words in a tree (Trie structure)

Constructor Index

o WordBank()
o WordBank(int)
constructor: maxlen is maximum length a word may have to be allowed into the bank

Method Index

o add(String)
add word to bank.
o exists(String)
returns true if word is in bank
o getMaxLength()
returns maximum allowed length of word in this instance of the WordBank object
o getTree()
returns Trie data structure that words are stored in
o load(String)
o loadWords(String)
include all words found in file into bank
o main(String[])
default bank form: java -DDBANK= -DSBANK= -DMAXLEN= -DDLIST= WordBank
o makeList()
put all words in bank in Vector
o makeList(String)
put all words in bank that start with prefix in Vector
o remove(String)
remove word from bank
o save(String)
saves Trie tree as a DFS stream.
o saveWords(String)
put all words in bank in ascii file
o saveWords(String, String)
put all words in bank that starts with prefix in ascii file
o size()
returns number of words in current bank

Constructors

o WordBank 
 public WordBank(int maxlen)
constructor: maxlen is maximum length a word may have to be allowed into the bank

o WordBank 
 public WordBank()

Methods

o add 
 public boolean add(String word)
add word to bank. If word has any special characters or numbers, it will not be added (unless the special character starts and/or ends the word i.e. "'fish'" (fishes.) alas, )

o remove 
 public void remove(String word)
remove word from bank

o exists 
 public boolean exists(String word)
returns true if word is in bank

o makeList 
 public Vector makeList(String prefix)
put all words in bank that start with prefix in Vector

o makeList 
 public Vector makeList()
put all words in bank in Vector

o size 
 public int size()
returns number of words in current bank

o getMaxLength 
 public int getMaxLength()
returns maximum allowed length of word in this instance of the WordBank object

o getTree 
 public WordTreeNode getTree()
returns Trie data structure that words are stored in

o save 
 public void save(String filename) throws IOException
saves Trie tree as a DFS stream. This is the most compact and the most effficient file format out of the three available for WordBank

o load 
 public synchronized void load(String filename) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
o saveWords 
 public void saveWords(String prefix,
                       String filename) throws IOException
put all words in bank that starts with prefix in ascii file

o saveWords 
 public void saveWords(String filename) throws IOException
put all words in bank in ascii file

o loadWords 
 public void loadWords(String filename) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
include all words found in file into bank

o main 
 public static void main(String argv[])
default bank form: java -DDBANK= -DSBANK= -DMAXLEN= -DDLIST= WordBank