jwords.java

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/*
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package net.artificialminds.JWords;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

/**
 * Prepares the JWords package for first use.  Loads path to WordNet command line interface
 * with the {@link #initialize()} method.
 *
 * @author  Charlie Greenbacker
 * @version 0.2.0a 20050809
 * @since   JWords 0.1.0a
 */
public class JWords
{
    /**
     * Path to WordNet command line interface.
     */
    protected static String pathToWordNet;

    /**
     * Opens and reads first line from user configuration file "config.txt."  Input is expected
     * to be system path to WordNet command line interface.  Path is stored in String pathToWordNet.
     * <P>
     * Note: This method must be called first in order to use JWords.  Simply call
     * JWords.initialize() somewhere in the initialization code of your program.
     */
    public static void initialize()
    {
        try
        {
            FileInputStream inputFile =  new FileInputStream("config.txt");
            BufferedReader configFile = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(inputFile));
            pathToWordNet = configFile.readLine();
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}