FileDictionaryElementFactory

All Superinterfaces:

Createable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPrincetonFileDictionaryElementFactory, PrincetonWN16FileDictionaryElementFactory, PrincetonWN17FileDictionaryElementFactory
```
public interface FileDictionaryElementFactory
extends Createable
```
Factory class for creating DictionaryElements (Synsets, ExceptionIndexWords). Using a factory class rather than individual parsing methods in each class facilitates using multiple versions of WordNet, or using a propritary data format.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Exc`	`createExc(POS pos, java.lang.String line)`	Create an Exc from a line in an exception file.
`IndexWord`	`createIndexWord(POS pos, java.lang.String line)`	Creates an IndexWord from a line in an index file.
`Synset`	`createSynset(POS pos, java.lang.String line)`	Creates a synset from a line in a data file.

Methods inherited from interface net.didion.jwnl.util.factory.Createable
create

- Method Detail
  - createExc
```
Exc createExc(POS pos,
              java.lang.String line)
```
    Create an Exc from a line in an exception file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pos - - the part of speech
    
    line - - unparsed line
    
    Returns:
    
    exception
  - createSynset
```
Synset createSynset(POS pos,
                    java.lang.String line)
```
    Creates a synset from a line in a data file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pos - - the part of speech
    
    line - - unparsed line
    
    Returns:
    
    synset
  - createIndexWord
```
IndexWord createIndexWord(POS pos,
                          java.lang.String line)
```
    Creates an IndexWord from a line in an index file.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pos - - the part of speech
    
    line - - unparsed line
    
    Returns:
    
    indexword