Java synonyms

[HH2H]

I am quite new to Java, and need help with creating synonym with different words. I needed some help to get start with it. Do I need hashMap or I just use Nodes?

appretiate all help, thanks! =)

[KevinWorkman]

What have you tried? Where are you stuck? It's pretty impossible to answer general "how do I do this" type questions other than to point you to google or the basic tutorials. How would you do this without a computer?

[HH2H]

It havnt found anything on google that explains to me what I could use. I have searched a while now. thought if somebody in this forum could me just to get started, and then I'll post my work when I get stuck

[KevinWorkman]

How would you use a HashMap? How would you use "nodes"?

There are too many ways to solve a problem to simply list them, and how you should solve it depends on what you're familiar with.

[HH2H]

I thought of using HashMap, HashMap<String,String[]>. But with HashMap you can get one Value to a Key. Can I use a MultiMap to store more synonyms for a word, than just one?

[HH2H]

I will write a code now for it, and soon present to you using hashMap.

[KevinWorkman]

I thought of using HashMap, HashMap<String,String[]>. But with HashMap you can get one Value to a Key. Can I use a MultiMap to store more synonyms for a word, than just one?

Seems reasonable to me. And having only one value per key is okay, as that one value is an array, which can contain multiple values. You might also consider using a Map of Strings to Lists of Strings.

[DarrylBurke]

Or a Map<String, Set<String>>

db

[JosAH]

Or a Map<String, Set<String>>

You can take the idea a bit further: if B is a synonym for A then A is a key in the Map and B appears as an element in the value Set. But also B is a key in the Map and A appears as a member in the value Set. In other words: if B is a synonym for A then A is a synonym for B;. This implies that the value Sets for A and B can be one Set, pointed to by both A and B. A bit of careful construction of the Map takes care of this relation and it shrinks the footprint of the Map ...

kind regards,

Jos

[HH2H]

But How can I make a Set of Values to appear as Key. If B, C, D is synonym for A. If I make 100 different synonyms, is there an easy way to apply this for 100 synonyms for example?

[JosAH]

But How can I make a Set of Values to appear as Key. If B, C, D is synonym for A. If I make 100 different synonyms, is there an easy way to apply this for 100 synonyms for example?

That is not what I was trying to say: my idea was that A, B, C and D all point to the same set [A, B, C, D] because all are synonyms.

kind regards,

Jos