ca.uottawa.balie
Class AbbreviationLookup

java.lang.Object
  ca.uottawa.balie.AbbreviationLookup

public class AbbreviationLookup
extends java.lang.Object

Wraps around a hashtable that contains a list of abbreviation. Also offers IsAbbreviation function that uses some heuristics.

Author:

nadeaud

Constructor Summary

AbbreviationLookup(LanguageSpecific pi_LanguageSpecific)
Initializes the hashtable with the language specific abbreviations.

Method Summary

boolean

IsAbbreviation(java.lang.String pi_Word) Check if a word is an abbreviation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbbreviationLookup

public AbbreviationLookup(LanguageSpecific pi_LanguageSpecific)

Initializes the hashtable with the language specific abbreviations.

Parameters:

pi_LanguageSpecific - A languageSpecific object (French, English, Spanish...)

Method Detail

IsAbbreviation

public boolean IsAbbreviation(java.lang.String pi_Word)

Check if a word is an abbreviation. Lookup in hashtable and uses heuristics.

Parameters:

pi_Word - The string to test

Returns:

True if the word is an abbreviation