Using the SpellChecker Control

SpellChecker Control provides a simple java interface com.bea.powertoys.spellchecker.SpellChecker. The interface is mentioned below.

com.bea.powertoys.spellcheck.SpellingError[] checkSpelling(java.util.List words) throws java.io.IOException;

Input Parameter

SpellChecker interface takes only one parameter

java.util.List words

List of words (as java.lang.String objects) to be cheked for spelling errors. This parameter cannot be null.

Invoking the control

checkSpelling method of the SpellChecker is invoked as follows:

List words = new ArrayList();
words.add("helli");
SpellingError[] spellingErrors = control.checkSpelling(words);

Using the result

Control returns a array of com.bea.powertoys.spellcheck.SpellingError objects. If the returned array is zero length, it means that there are no errors identified for the words provided to the control. Incase the word(s) contains error the returned array will not be of zero length.

com.bea.powertoys.spellcheck.SpellingError provides a simple interface to extract the result of 'word' failing spell check. It provides four methods as described below:


public int getErrorIndex();

Failing word is located at this index, in the word list provided.

public String getOrignalWord();

Failing word, which has failed for spell check.

public String[] getSuggestions();

Suggestions for the failing word as string array.

public String suggestionsAsString();

Suggestions for the failing word as comma delimited string.

Note

Presently SpellChecker only uses english dictionary, hence can only check spellings for english words.

The Java Page Flow sample that accompanies the SpellChecker Control demonstrates how to use the control.