ThesDB Thesaurus Engine Java SDK

You are here: Home > Recent press releases > ThesDB Thesaurus Engine Java SDK

Release Date: 1 September 1997

Wintertree Software announces the release of the ThesDB Thesaurus Engine software development kit for Java, a royalty-free Java class library developers can use to add professional-quality thesaurus capabilities to their Java applications.

A key advantage of Java technology is platform independence. The ThesDB Java SDK is written entirely in the Java language and contains to native code. This means ThesDB can be used in applications developed and deployed on any Java-compatible computer platform, including Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, and Apple Macintosh. The ThesDB Java SDK conforms to the 100% Pure Java guidelines.

Java technology is relatively new and is evolving rapidly. To meet the needs of a wide range of software developers, the ThesDB Java SDK includes class libraries for versions 1.0 and 1.1 of the Java Development Kit (JDK).

Software developers can use the ThesDB Java SDK to look up synonyms and antonyms for key words. ThesDB's object-oriented API has been designed to capitalize on the extensible nature of Java's classes and interfaces, allowing developers to customize the API to suit application-specific needs.

The ThesDB SDK includes classes which implement common dialogs, including a dialog which the application's users interact with to look up synonyms and antonyms and a dialog used to used the contents of user thesaurus files. Developers can also bypass the included dialog classes and call the ThesDB API directly.

American and UK English thesaurus databases, each containing about 50,000 synonyms for 20,000 key words, are included with the ThesDB Java SDK. ThesDB supports user thesaurus files, allowing users to augment the thesaurus database with their own word categories and synonyms. Developers can even create their own compressed thesaurus databases using Wintertree Software's thesaurus compression technology, which is accessible through the ThesDB API or through an included utility program written in Java.

The ThesDB Thesaurus Engine Java SDK is available for [see catalog]. The Java source code for the engine and related software is available for [see catalog]. The ThesDB software and thesaurus files can be distributed with applications royalty free.

Additional information on the ThesDB Thesaurus Engine can be obtained from Wintertree Software's Web site at www.wintertree-software.com/dev/thesdb.

Located near Ottawa, Canada, Wintertree Software has been providing multi-lingual spelling-checker technology to software developers since 1993. The Company markets its software technology to individual developers, major corporations, and governments. Additional information on the Company's products is available at www.wintertree-software.com.

# # #

[Home] [Products] [Catalog] [Ordering] [Search] [Contact Us]