org.passay.dictionary

Interface WordList

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractWordList, ArrayWordList, FileWordList

public interface WordList

Represents a random-access list of words.

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	get(int index) Returns the word at the given 0-based index.
Comparator<String>	getComparator() Returns the comparator that should be used to compare a search term with candidate words in the list.
Iterator<String>	iterator() Returns an iterator to traverse this word list from the 0th index.
Iterator<String>	medianIterator() Returns an iterator to traverse this word list from the median.
int	size() Returns the number of words in the list.

Method Detail

getComparator

Comparator<String> getComparator()

Returns the comparator that should be used to compare a search term with candidate words in the list. The comparator naturally respects ordering and case sensitivity of the word list.

Returns:

comparator for words in the list.

get

String get(int index)

Returns the word at the given 0-based index.

Parameters:

index - 0-based index.

Returns:

word at given index.

iterator

Iterator<String> iterator()

Returns an iterator to traverse this word list from the 0th index.

Returns:

iterator for this word list

medianIterator

Iterator<String> medianIterator()

Returns an iterator to traverse this word list from the median.

Returns:

iterator for this word list

size

int size()

Returns the number of words in the list.

Returns:

total number of words in list.