dictionary's Introduction

Java multithreaded dictionary project

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Introduction

The breif introduction of the project.

It contains 6 java files and they implement a worker-pool multi-threading architecture
with TCP socket Dictionary Server. The port number for socket to connection is default set 
as 4444. The dictionary data uses JSON format to achieve efficiency.

IP address is default set as localhost. There is no need for user to enter port number 
or IP address to use it.

The default dictionary contains three words : "java","python","c" and
"JsonDictionary.java" creates the dictionary. It uses json-simple-1.1.1.jar to help
build JSON object.

To run it

By console: first run "DictionaryServer.java" then run "Client.java" To query a word's definition: query,java To add a new word: add,html,a language that can build website To remove a word: remove,html
By GUI: first run "ServerGUI.java" then run "ClientGUI.java" notice: by add a new word, input "html,a language..." in the box then click the "add" button To query or remove a word, just enter a word firstly in the input box, then click the button "query" or "remove" and the info will be shown in the below information box.
By jar: It has two jar files- "DictionaryServer.jar" and "DictionaryClient.jar" just double clicked the "DictionaryServer.jar" first and then the "DictionaryClient.jar". No need to enter port number,IP etc.