/*
Method: parseInputLine - text parser
Purpose: parse the line of text and returns a TreeNode
Parameters:
String line the line of text being parsed
Returns:
Entry - the Object parsed from the text line
*/
private TreeNode parseInputLine(String line) {
if (line.equals("")) {
// returns a null object if the line is empty
// only null entry source in code
return null;
}
// a new empty TreeNode object
TreeNode returnNode = new TreeNode(ENTRY); // is an entry
// Scanner to scan the line of text
Scanner lineScanner = new Scanner(line);
lineScanner.useDelimiter("/");
// sets the entry's word
returnNode.setMyString(lineScanner.next());
while (lineScanner.hasNext()) {
// the next word in the line
String nextWord = lineScanner.next();
// end of line and 'a//b/c' blank words
if (!(nextWord == null) && !(nextWord.equals(""))) {
// adds each word in alphabet order to the
// synonym linkedList
returnNode.addSynonymInOrder(nextWord);
// might not have any synonyms
}
}
// returns the finished entry object
return returnNode;
}
/*
Method: addSynonymFromMenu - database addition
Purpose: adds a synonym to an existing entry
Parameters:
String wordToAddTo the word to update
Returns:
none - the results are printed here
*/
public void addSynonymFromMenu(String wordToAddTo) {
if (wordToAddTo.equals("")) {
// if the word is empty go back to caller
System.out.println("\nPlease type a valid word\n");
return;
}
// checks whether the word is in the database and gets it
if (!this.containsEntry(wordToAddTo)) {
// if the word isn't there, go back to caller
System.out.println("Sorry, I could not find that word in the thesaurus\n");
return;
}
TreeNode entryToModify = TreeNode.getNodeByString(wordToAddTo, entryRoot);
// controls if the loop is repeated
boolean repeatCheck = true;
while (repeatCheck) {
System.out.println("What synonym would you like " + "to add to the word: " + wordToAddTo);
System.out.print(">> ");
// Scanner to take user input
Scanner inputScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
// the synonym to be added
// will accept spaces in words
String userInput = inputScanner.nextLine();
if (userInput.equals("")) {
System.out.println("Sorry, I can't add nothing\n");
// jump down to loop control
} else {
// checks to see if the entry already has that synonym
if (entryToModify.containsSynonym(userInput))
System.out.println(wordToAddTo + " already has that synonym\n");
else {
// adds the synonym to the entry
entryToModify.addSynonymInOrder(userInput);
System.out.println(userInput + " was added to the entry\n");
}
}
// loop control menu
System.out.println("\nWould you like to add another synonym?");
System.out.print("type (yes/no) >>");
// does the user want to add another entry?
String userResponse = inputScanner.next();
if (userResponse.equalsIgnoreCase("yes")) {
} else {
System.out.println("\nGoing back to the main menu\n");
repeatCheck = false;
}
}
}