Method Detail

• getPhones

  java.lang.String[] getPhones(java.lang.String word,
                               java.lang.String partOfSpeech)

  Gets the phone list for a given word. If a phone list cannot be found, null is returned. The partOfSpeech is implementation dependent, but null always matches.

  Parameters:

  word - the word to find

  partOfSpeech - the part of speech or null

  Returns:

  the list of phones for word or null

• getPhones

  java.lang.String[] getPhones(java.lang.String word,
                               java.lang.String partOfSpeech,
                               boolean useLTS)

  Gets the phone list for a given word. If a phone list cannot be found, null is returned. The partOfSpeech is implementation dependent, but null always matches.

  Parameters:

  word - the word to find

  partOfSpeech - the part of speech or null

  useLTS - whether to use the letter-to-sound rules when the word is not in the lexicon.

  Returns:

  the list of phones for word or null

• addAddendum

  void addAddendum(java.lang.String word,
                   java.lang.String partOfSpeech,
                   java.lang.String[] phones)

  Adds a word to the addenda. The part of speech is implementation dependent.

  Parameters:

  word - the word to add

  partOfSpeech - the part of speech or null

• removeAddendum

  void removeAddendum(java.lang.String word,
                      java.lang.String partOfSpeech)

  Removes a word from the addenda. Both the part of speech and word must be an exact match.

  Parameters:

  word - the word to add

  partOfSpeech - the part of speech

• isSyllableBoundary

  boolean isSyllableBoundary(java.util.List syllablePhones,
                             java.lang.String[] wordPhones,
                             int currentWordPhone)

  Determines if the currentWordPhone represents a new syllable boundary.

  Parameters:

  syllablePhones - the phones in the current syllable so far

  wordPhones - the phones for the whole word

  currentWordPhone - the word phone in question

  Returns:

  true if the phone is a new boundary

• load

  void load()
     throws java.io.IOException

  Loads this lexicon. The loading of a lexicon need not be done in the constructor.

  Throws:

  java.io.IOException - if an error occurs while loading

• isLoaded

  boolean isLoaded()

  Determines if this lexicon is loaded.

  Returns:

  true if the lexicon is loaded