WordList.java
1    
2    package arraylistplay;
3    
4    import java.io.File;
5    import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
6    import java.util.ArrayList;
7    import java.util.Scanner;
8    
9    
10   
11   public class WordList {
12       // VARIABLES LOCAL TO THE CLASS, AND HENCE GLOBAL TO THE METHODS
13       private static final int LIMIT = 1000;
14       private static ArrayList<String> words = new ArrayList<>(LIMIT);
15       private static int numberofWords = 0;
16       private static Scanner commandReader = new Scanner(System.in);
17   
18   
19       public static void main(String[] args) {
20           try {
21               // ESTABLISH THE ARRAY OF NUMBERS
22               readwords();
23               // CHECK THE DATA
24               // System.out.println("\nThe original list of numbers ...");
25               // displayNumbers();
26               // ENTER THE INTERPRETER
27               interpreter();
28           } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
29               System.out.println("The file was not found. Please think again.");
30               System.exit(-1);
31           }
32       }
33   
34       // Assuming that the data file will be found in the public_html/data
35       // subdirectory of the user’s home directory.
36       private static Scanner establishScanner(String fn) throws FileNotFoundException {
37           String separator = File.separator;
38           String homeDirectory = System.getProperty("user.home");
39           String path = homeDirectory + separator + "public_html" + separator + "WordSet.txt" + separator;
40           String fullFileName = path + fn;
41           return new Scanner(new File(fullFileName));
42       }
43   
44   
45   
46       private static void readwords() throws FileNotFoundException {
47           Scanner scanner = establishScanner("WordSet.txt");
48           while (scanner.hasNext()) {
49               words.add(scanner.next());
50               numberofWords = numberofWords + 1;
51           }
52       }
53   
54       private static void displayNumbers() {
55           for (int x = 0; x < numberofWords; x = x + 1) {
56               System.out.println(words.get(x));
57           }
58       }
59   
60       private static void interpreter() {
61           System.out.print(">>> ");
62           String command = commandReader.next();
63           if (command.equalsIgnoreCase("DISPLAY")) {
64               interpreterDisplayCommand();
65           } else if (command.equalsIgnoreCase("PRINT")) {
66               interpretPrintCommand();
67           } else if (command.equalsIgnoreCase("SWAP")) {
68               interpretSwapCommand();
69           } else if (command.equalsIgnoreCase("ADD")) {
70               interpretAddCommand();
71           } else if (command.equalsIgnoreCase("HELP")) {
72               interpretHelpCommand();
73           } else if (command.equalsIgnoreCase("EXIT")) {
74               System.exit(0);
75           } else {
76               System.out.println("### Unrecognizable command: " + command);
77           }
78           interpreter();
79       }
80   
81       private static void interpreterDisplayCommand() {
82           displayNumbers();
83       }
84   
85       private static void interpretPrintCommand() {
86           String operand = commandReader.next();
87           if (operand.equalsIgnoreCase("FIRST")) {
88               System.out.println(words.get(0));
89           } else if (operand.equalsIgnoreCase("LAST")) {
90               System.out.println(words.get(numberofWords - 1));
91           } else {
92               int index = Integer.valueOf(operand);
93               System.out.println(words.get(index - 1));
94           }
95       }
96   
97       private static void interpretHelpCommand() {
98           System.out.println("HELP - display a menu of commands");
99           System.out.println("DISPLAY - display the list of numbers");
100          System.out.println("PRINT - print a number (FIRST;LAST;nth)");
101          System.out.println("SWAP - exchange two elements (nth;mth)");
102          System.out.println("ADD - add a number to the list (FIRST;LAST)");
103          System.out.println("EXIT - terminate execution of display" +
104                  "the program");
105      }
106  
107      private static void interpretSwapCommand() {
108          int position1 = commandReader.nextInt() ;
109          int position2 = commandReader.nextInt() ;
110          words.set(position1-1, words.set(position2-1, words.get(position1-1)));
111  
112      }
113  
114      private static void interpretAddCommand() {
115          String position = commandReader.next();
116          if (position.equalsIgnoreCase("LAST")) {
117              addLast();
118          } else if (position.equalsIgnoreCase("FIRST")) {
119              addFirst();
120          } else {
121              System.out.println("### invalid operand for add command");
122          }
123          numberofWords = numberofWords + 1;
124      }
125  
126      private static void addLast() {
127          words.add(commandReader.next());
128      }
129  
130      private static void addFirst() {
131          words.add(0, commandReader.next());
132      }
133  }
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