package com.swabunga.spell.engine;
/**
* The various settings used to control how a spell checker works are read from here.
* Includes the COST_* constants that decide how to figure the cost of converting one word to
* another in the EditDistance class.
*
* Also includes SPELL_* constants that control how misspellings are detected, for example, how to handle
* mixed-case words, etc.
*
* @author aim4min
* @see EditDistance
*/
public abstract class Configuration {
/** used by EditDistance: the cost of having to remove a character
(integer greater than 0) */
public static final String COST_REMOVE_CHAR = "EDIT_DEL1";
/** used by EditDistance: the cost of having to insert a character
(integer greater than 0)*/
public static final String COST_INSERT_CHAR = "EDIT_DEL2";
/**
* used by EditDistance: the cost of having to swap two adjoinging characters
* for the swap value to ever be used, it should be smaller than the COST_REMOVE_CHAR or COST_INSERT_CHAR values
*
(integer greater than 0)
*/
public static final String COST_SWAP_CHARS = "EDIT_SWAP";
/**
* used by EditDistance: the cost of having to change case, for example, from i to I.
*
(integer greater than 0)
*/
public static final String COST_CHANGE_CASE = "EDIT_CASE";
/**
* used by EditDistance: the cost of having to substitute one character for another
* for the sub value to ever be used, it should be smaller than the COST_REMOVE_CHAR or COST_INSERT_CHAR values
*
(integer greater than 0)
*/
public static final String COST_SUBST_CHARS = "EDIT_SUB";
// public static final String EDIT_SIMILAR = "EDIT_SIMILAR"; //DMV: these does not seem to be used at all
// public static final String EDIT_MIN = "EDIT_MIN";
// public static final String EDIT_MAX = "EDIT_MAX";
/** the maximum cost of suggested spelling. Any suggestions that cost more are thrown away
*
integer greater than 1)
*/
public static final String SPELL_THRESHOLD = "SPELL_THRESHOLD";
/** words that are all upper case are not spell checked, example: "CIA"
(boolean) */
public static final String SPELL_IGNOREUPPERCASE = "SPELL_IGNOREUPPERCASE";
/** words that have mixed case are not spell checked, example: "SpellChecker"
(boolean) */
public static final String SPELL_IGNOREMIXEDCASE = "SPELL_IGNOREMIXEDCASE";
/** words that look like an internet address are not spell checked, example: "http://www.google.com"
(boolean)*/
public static final String SPELL_IGNOREINTERNETADDRESSES = "SPELL_IGNOREINTERNETADDRESS";
/** words that have digits in them are not spell checked, example: "mach5"
(boolean) */
public static final String SPELL_IGNOREDIGITWORDS = "SPELL_IGNOREDIGITWORDS";
/** I don't know what this does. It doesn't seem to be used
(boolean) */
public static final String SPELL_IGNOREMULTIPLEWORDS = "SPELL_IGNOREMULTIPLEWORDS";
/** the first word of a sentance is expected to start with an upper case letter
(boolean) */
public static final String SPELL_IGNORESENTENCECAPITALIZATION = "SPELL_IGNORESENTENCECAPTILIZATION";
/**
* Gets one of the integer constants
* @param key one of the integer constants defined in this class
* @return int value of the setting
*/
public abstract int getInteger(String key);
/**
* Gets one of the boolean constants
* @param key one of the boolean constants defined in this class
* @return boolean value of the setting
*/
public abstract boolean getBoolean(String key);
/**
* Sets one of the integer constants
* @param key one of the integer constants defined in this class
* @param value new integer value of the constant
*/
public abstract void setInteger(String key, int value);
/**
* Sets one of the boolean constants
* @param key one of the boolean constants defined in this class
* @param value new boolean value of this setting
*/
public abstract void setBoolean(String key, boolean value);
/**
* gets a new default Configuration
* @return Configuration
*/
public static final Configuration getConfiguration() {
return getConfiguration(null);
}
/**
* Returns a new instance of a Configuration class
* @param className - the class to return, must be based on Configuration
* @return Configuration
*/
public static final Configuration getConfiguration(String className) {
Configuration result;
if (className != null && className.length() > 0) {
try {
result = (Configuration) Class.forName(className).newInstance();
} catch (InstantiationException e) {
result = new PropertyConfiguration();
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
result = new PropertyConfiguration();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
result = new PropertyConfiguration();
}
} else {
result = new PropertyConfiguration();
}
return result;
}
}