Java spell checking with Jazzy (test #1)

By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: June 4, 2016

Java spell checking FAQ: Can you share some source code for a Java spell checking example?

Here is the source code for my first test program with Jazzy, a Java spell checking tool. This is taken straight from one of the example programs distributed with Jazzy.

Java spell checking with Jazzy

Here's the source code for this first Jazzy Java spell checking example:

import com.swabunga.spell.event.*;
import com.swabunga.spell.engine.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class JazzyTest1 implements SpellCheckListener
{

  SpellChecker checker;
  ArrayList misspelled;

  public JazzyTest1()
  {
    createDictionary();

    FileWordTokenizer texTok = new FileWordTokenizer(new 
File("c:/Java/Jazzy/SourceCode/src/com/swabunga/test/spell/event/test.tex"),
        new TeXWordFinder());

    // how the heck does "misspelled" get populated? through the spellingError method? (possibly)
    misspelled = new ArrayList();

    checker.addSpellCheckListener(this);
    checker.checkSpelling(texTok);

    Iterator it = misspelled.iterator();
    while (it.hasNext())
    {
      System.out.println("misspelled: " + it.next());
    }
  }

  private void createDictionary()
  {
    File dict = new File("resources/english.0");
    try
    {
      checker = new SpellChecker(new SpellDictionaryHashMap(dict));
    }
    catch (FileNotFoundException e)
    {
      System.err.println("Dictionary File " + dict + " not found! " + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
    catch (IOException ex)
    {
      System.err.println("IO problem: " + ex);
      System.exit(2);
    }
  }

  public void spellingError(SpellCheckEvent event)
  {
    event.ignoreWord(true);
    misspelled.add(event.getInvalidWord());
  }

  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    new JazzyTest1();
  }

}