/*
Method: addNewEntry - user interface
Purpose: word menu, interacts with user and calls database methods
to add new entries, prints out results
Parameters:
Database currentThesaurus the database parsed from the text file
Returns:
none
*/
public static void addNewEntry(Database currentThesaurus) {
System.out.println("\nPlease type the word you would like to add");
System.out.print(">>");
// Will accept spaces in words
// Scanner to take user input
Scanner inputScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
// the wood the user wants to add
String newUserWord = inputScanner.nextLine();
// checks whether the word was added successfully
boolean successCheck = currentThesaurus.addEntryFromMenu(newUserWord);
if (successCheck == true) {
System.out.println("\n" + newUserWord + " has been " + "added to the thesaurus");
System.out.println("Would you like to add a synonym for it?");
System.out.print("type (yes/no) >>");
// does the user want to add a synonym
String userResponse = inputScanner.next();
if (userResponse.equalsIgnoreCase("yes")) {
// calls the same method that addNewSynonym calls
currentThesaurus.addSynonymFromMenu(newUserWord);
} else {
System.out.println("\nGoing back to the main menu");
}
} else {
System.out.println("\nSorry, that word is already in the thesaurus\n");
System.out.println("Going back to the main menu");
// returns to the main menu
}
}
/*
Method: addNewSynonym - basic user interface
Purpose: word menu, interacts with user and calls database methods
to add new synonyms
real work is done in database
Parameters:
Database currentThesaurus the database parsed from the text file
Returns:
none
*/
public static void addNewSynonymToEntry(Database currentThesaurus) {
System.out.println("\nPlease type the word you would like to update");
System.out.print(">>");
// Scanner to take user input
Scanner inputScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
// What word does the user want to update?
String word = inputScanner.nextLine();
// calls the method where the real work is done
currentThesaurus.addSynonymFromMenu(word);
// written that way so code is usable by addNewEntry
}