question: anyone can tell me how an electronic dictionary like "Merriam webster", "RandomHous e Dictionary" can be written in Java?

nobrainer

Hi,

I'm a linguist and have a large self-built bilingual dictionary. I want to
turn it into a electronic dictionary, can anyone tell me how to start with
it? I've some knowledge in Java programming, but don't know how to write a
programme that allows you to search in the large e-file just like a GUI
interface e-dictionary.
any directions?

thanks

Dec 18 '05 #1

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Oliver Wong

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Hi,

I'm a linguist and have a large self-built bilingual dictionary. I want to
turn it into a electronic dictionary, can anyone tell me how to start with
it? I've some knowledge in Java programming, but don't know how to write a
programme that allows you to search in the large e-file just like a GUI
interface e-dictionary.
any directions?

A dictionary is essentially a database. If you don't know database
theory, you should learn a bit about them before tackling this project.

Once you know how databases work and how to design them, you can
download a lightweight Java DB (e.g. http://hsqldb.org/) and then just wrap
a simple GUI around it for search and viewing entries.

- Oliver

Dec 23 '05 #2

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