edu.mit.jwi
Interface ICachingDictionary

All Superinterfaces:

IClosable, IDictionary, IHasCharset, IHasLifecycle, IHasVersion

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingDictionary, Dictionary

public interface ICachingDictionary
extends IDictionary

Provides a governing interface for dictionaries that cache their results.

Since:

JWI 2.2.0

Version:

2.4.0

Author:

Mark A. Finlayson

Nested Class Summary

static interface

ICachingDictionary.IItemCache The cache used by a caching dictionary.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.data.IHasLifecycle

IHasLifecycle.LifecycleState, IHasLifecycle.ObjectClosedException, IHasLifecycle.ObjectOpenException

Method Summary

ICachingDictionary.IItemCache

getCache() Returns the cache used by this dictionary, so that it may be configured or manipulated directly.

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.IDictionary

getExceptionEntry, getExceptionEntry, getExceptionEntryIterator, getIndexWord, getIndexWord, getIndexWordIterator, getSenseEntry, getSenseEntryIterator, getSynset, getSynsetIterator, getWord, getWord, setCharset

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.item.IHasVersion

getVersion

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.data.IHasLifecycle

isOpen, open

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.data.IClosable

close

Methods inherited from interface edu.mit.jwi.data.IHasCharset

getCharset

Method Detail

getCache

ICachingDictionary.IItemCache getCache()

Returns the cache used by this dictionary, so that it may be configured or manipulated directly.

Returns:

the cache for this dictionary

Since:

JWI 2.2.0