Class WordData

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Cloneable

    public final class WordData
    extends Object
    implements Cloneable
    Stem and tag data associated with a given word. Instances of this class are reused and mutable (values returned from getStem(), getWord() and other related methods change on subsequent calls to DictionaryLookup class that returned a given instance of WordData. If you need a copy of the stem or tag data for a given word, you have to create a custom buffer yourself and copy the associated data, perform clone() or create strings (they are immutable) using getStem() and then CharSequence.toString(). For reasons above it makes no sense to use instances of this class in associative containers or lists. In fact, both equals(Object) and hashCode() are overridden and throw exceptions to prevent accidental damage.
    • Method Detail

      • getStemBytes

        public ByteBuffer getStemBytes​(ByteBuffer target)
        Copy the stem's binary data (no charset decoding) to a custom byte buffer. The buffer is cleared prior to copying and flipped for reading upon returning from this method. If the buffer is null or not large enough to hold the result, a new buffer is allocated.
        Parameters:
        target - Target byte buffer to copy the stem buffer to or null if a new buffer should be allocated.
        Returns:
        Returns target or the new reallocated buffer.
      • getTagBytes

        public ByteBuffer getTagBytes​(ByteBuffer target)
        Copy the tag's binary data (no charset decoding) to a custom byte buffer. The buffer is cleared prior to copying and flipped for reading upon returning from this method. If the buffer is null or not large enough to hold the result, a new buffer is allocated.
        Parameters:
        target - Target byte buffer to copy the tag buffer to or null if a new buffer should be allocated.
        Returns:
        Returns target or the new reallocated buffer.
      • getWordBytes

        public ByteBuffer getWordBytes​(ByteBuffer target)
        Copy the inflected word's binary data (no charset decoding) to a custom byte buffer. The buffer is cleared prior to copying and flipped for reading upon returning from this method. If the buffer is null or not large enough to hold the result, a new buffer is allocated.
        Parameters:
        target - Target byte buffer to copy the word buffer to or null if a new buffer should be allocated.
        Returns:
        Returns target or the new reallocated buffer.
      • getTag

        public CharSequence getTag()
        Returns:
        Return tag data decoded to a character sequence or null if no associated tag data exists.
      • getStem

        public CharSequence getStem()
        Returns:
        Return stem data decoded to a character sequence or null if no associated stem data exists.
      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class Object
      • clone

        public WordData clone()
        Declare a covariant of Object.clone() that returns a deep copy of this object. The content of all internal buffers is copied.
        Overrides:
        clone in class Object