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| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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| */ |
| |
| package opennlp.tools.coref.mention; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| import net.didion.jwnl.JWNLException; |
| |
| /** Factory class used to get an instance of a dictionary object. |
| * @see opennlp.tools.coref.mention.Dictionary |
| * */ |
| public class DictionaryFactory { |
| |
| private static Dictionary dictionary; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the default implementation of the Dictionary interface. |
| * @return the default implementation of the Dictionary interface. |
| */ |
| public static Dictionary getDictionary() { |
| if (dictionary == null) { |
| try { |
| dictionary = new JWNLDictionary(System.getProperty("WNSEARCHDIR")); |
| } |
| catch(IOException e) { |
| System.err.println(e); |
| } |
| catch(JWNLException e) { |
| System.err.println(e); |
| } |
| } |
| return dictionary; |
| } |
| } |