Struct Database

pub struct Database { /* private fields */ }

Represents a Wordnet database directory

Implementations

impl Database

pub fn open(path: &Path) -> Result<Database>

Open a wordnet database directory (not included)

On Debian, these files are present in /usr/share/wordnet and can be installed from the package wordnet-base.

Examples found in repository

examples/horse_isa.rs (line 5)

fn main()
{
	let wn = wordnet::Database::open(&::std::path::Path::new("/usr/share/wordnet")).unwrap();

	let senses = wn.senses("horse");
	senses[0]
		.pointers.iter()
		.filter(|p| p.relationship == wordnet::Relationship::Hypernym)
		.map(|p| p.read())
		.for_each( |e| println!("a horse is an {}", e.synonyms[0].word));
}

examples/senses.rs (line 38)

fn main()
{
  let wn = wordnet::Database::open(&::std::path::Path::new("/usr/share/wordnet")).unwrap();

  for argument in std::env::args().skip(1)
  {
    let senses = wn.senses(&argument);
    println!("{} has {} senses:", argument, senses.len());
    for (n, ref s) in senses.iter().enumerate()
    {
      println!(
        "  {}. {} ({}): {}",
        n,
        s.synonyms.iter().fold(
          "".to_string(),
          |acc,ref x|
          {
            let s = if acc.len()==0 { "" } else { ", " };
            format!("{}{}{}", acc, s, x.word)
          }
        ),
        s.part_of_speech.short(),
        s.gloss,
      );
      for p in &s.pointers
      {
        print_tree(1, p);
      }
    }
  }

}

pub fn senses(&self, word: &str) -> Vec<Sense<'_>>

find all senses of a word.

This search is case-insensitive.

Examples found in repository

examples/horse_isa.rs (line 7)

fn main()
{
	let wn = wordnet::Database::open(&::std::path::Path::new("/usr/share/wordnet")).unwrap();

	let senses = wn.senses("horse");
	senses[0]
		.pointers.iter()
		.filter(|p| p.relationship == wordnet::Relationship::Hypernym)
		.map(|p| p.read())
		.for_each( |e| println!("a horse is an {}", e.synonyms[0].word));
}

examples/senses.rs (line 42)

fn main()
{
  let wn = wordnet::Database::open(&::std::path::Path::new("/usr/share/wordnet")).unwrap();

  for argument in std::env::args().skip(1)
  {
    let senses = wn.senses(&argument);
    println!("{} has {} senses:", argument, senses.len());
    for (n, ref s) in senses.iter().enumerate()
    {
      println!(
        "  {}. {} ({}): {}",
        n,
        s.synonyms.iter().fold(
          "".to_string(),
          |acc,ref x|
          {
            let s = if acc.len()==0 { "" } else { ", " };
            format!("{}{}{}", acc, s, x.word)
          }
        ),
        s.part_of_speech.short(),
        s.gloss,
      );
      for p in &s.pointers
      {
        print_tree(1, p);
      }
    }
  }

}

Trait Implementations

impl Debug for Database

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.