question: anyone can tell me how an electronic dictionary like "Merriam webster", "RandomHouse 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

[Oliver Wong]

"nobrainer" <he*****@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FQ*******************@news20.bellglobal.com.. .

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