RandomAccessDictionaryFile

All Superinterfaces:

DictionaryFile

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPrincetonRandomAccessDictionaryFile, PrincetonChannelDictionaryFile, PrincetonRandomAccessDictionaryFile
```
public interface RandomAccessDictionaryFile
extends DictionaryFile
```
DictionaryFile that reads lines from a random-access text file.

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface net.didion.jwnl.dictionary.file.DictionaryFile
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Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`getFilePointer()`	Get the current position of the file pointer.
`long`	`getNextLineOffset()`	Get the byte offset of the next line (after the position of the file pointer)
`boolean`	`isPreviousLineOffset(long offset)`	Return true if `offset` is the previous offset.
`long`	`length()`	Get the length, in bytes, of the file
`int`	`read()`	Read a byte from the file
`java.lang.String`	`readLine()`	Read a line from the file
`void`	`seek(long pos)`	Go to postion `pos` in the file.
`void`	`setNextLineOffset(long previousOffset, long nextOffset)`	Move the file pointer so that its next line offset is `nextOffset`

Methods inherited from interface net.didion.jwnl.dictionary.file.DictionaryFile
close, getFile, getFileType, getPOS, isOpen, newInstance, open

- Method Detail
  - read
```
int read()
  throws java.io.IOException
```
    Read a byte from the file
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - readLine
```
java.lang.String readLine()
                   throws java.io.IOException
```
    Read a line from the file
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - seek
```
void seek(long pos)
   throws java.io.IOException
```
    Go to postion pos in the file.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - getFilePointer
```
long getFilePointer()
             throws java.io.IOException
```
    Get the current position of the file pointer.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - length
```
long length()
     throws java.io.IOException
```
    Get the length, in bytes, of the file
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - setNextLineOffset
```
void setNextLineOffset(long previousOffset,
                       long nextOffset)
```
    Move the file pointer so that its next line offset is nextOffset
  - isPreviousLineOffset
```
boolean isPreviousLineOffset(long offset)
```
    Return true if offset is the previous offset.
  - getNextLineOffset
```
long getNextLineOffset()
```
    Get the byte offset of the next line (after the position of the file pointer)