MIndfulDictionary

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package dictionary;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileWriter;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.HashMap;

/**
 *
 * @author colin
 */
public class MindfulDictionary {

    private String file;
    private Map<String,String> dict = new HashMap<String,String>();

    public MindfulDictionary(){

    }

    public MindfulDictionary(String file){
        this.file = file;
    }

    //makes the contents of the file accessible
    //by putting the word and the translation into the instance hashMap
    public boolean load(){
        try{
            Scanner reader = new Scanner(new File(file));
            while (reader.hasNextLine()){
                String line = reader.nextLine();
                System.out.println("current line: " +line);
                String addition[] = line.split(":");
                dict.put(addition[0], addition[1]);
            }

            return true;

        }catch(Exception e){
            return false;
        }
    }

    public void printDict(){
        for (String key : dict.keySet()){
            System.out.println("Key: " +key+ " | Value: " +dict.get(key));
        }
    }

    public boolean save(){
        try{
            FileWriter writer = new FileWriter(file);

            System.out.print("save(): ");
            printDict();
            for (String key : dict.keySet()){
                System.out.println("current key: " +key+ " | current value: " +dict.get(key) );
                writer.write(key+ ":" +dict.get(key)+ "\n");
            }
            writer.close();

            System.out.println("end of save()");
            return true;

        }catch (Exception e){
            return false;
        }
    }



    public void add(String word, String translation){
        if (!dict.containsKey(word)){
            dict.put(word, translation);
        }
    }



    public String translate(String word){
        for (String key : dict.keySet()){
            if (key.equals(word)){
                return dict.get(key);
            }
            else if(dict.get(key).equals(word)){
                return key;
            }

        }
        return null;
    }

    public void remove(String word){
        for (String key : dict.keySet()){
            if (key.equals(word)){
                dict.remove(key);
            }
            else if (dict.get(key).equals(word)){
                dict.remove(key);
            }
        }
    }
















}