opennlp-coref/src/main/java/opennlp/tools/coref/mention/DictionaryFactory.java

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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;
  }
}