Added comments to all class headers. Comments to individual methods will

be added as needed.

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/AboutDialog.java

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.event.*;
 
+/** Window that displays copyright stuff.
+    
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+	@see WindowScannerFilter
+*/
 class AboutDialog extends Dialog implements ActionListener, WindowListener
 {
     public AboutDialog(Frame parent)

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/AcipToWylie.java

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 import java.net.*;
 import java.io.*;
 
+/** Provides interfase to convert from tibetan text transliterated in
+    the Acip scheme to THDL's extended wylie scheme.
+    
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+	@see WindowScannerFilter
+	@see Manipulate
+*/
+
 public class AcipToWylie
 {
 	private BufferedReader in;
@@ -32,6 +40,14 @@ public class AcipToWylie
 		this.out = out;
 	}
 	
+	/** Simply constructs object and invokes #run().
+	    @param args If no arguments are sent, it takes the ACIP text
+	    from the standard input and sends the wylie text to the standard
+	    output. If one argument is sent, it interprets it as the
+	    file name for the input. If two arguments are sent, it
+	    interprets the first one as the file name for the input and
+	    the second one as the file name for the output.
+	*/
 	public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception
 	{
 		PrintWriter out;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/CachedSyllableListTree.java

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 
 import java.io.*;
 
-/** Provides recommended implementation of the SyllableListTree
+/** Provides recommended implementation of the {@link SyllableListTree}
 	(currently most efficient memory-speed combination) loading
-	into memory only the "trunk" of the tree, and
-	searching the rest of the tree directly in the file.
+	from file into memory only the "trunk" of the tree,
+	and resorting to the disk when searching the rest of the tree.
 		
 	<p>The words must be stored in a binary file tree structure format.
-	This can be done using the BinaryFileGenerator.</p>
+	This can be done using the {@link BinaryFileGenerator}.</p>
 
     @author Andr&eacute;s Montano Pellegrini
     @see TibetanScanner

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/ConsoleScannerFilter.java

@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ import java.io.*;
 import java.net.*;
 import java.util.*;
 
-/** Inputs a Tibetan text and displays the words with
-	their definitions through the console over a shell.
+/** Inputs a Tibetan text and displays the words with their
+    definitions through the console over a shell. Use when no
+    graphical interfase is supported or for batch processes.
 
     @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
 */

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/Definitions.java

@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ Pellegrini. All Rights Reserved.
 Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
 */
 
+package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
+
 /** Stores the multiple definitions (corresponding to
 	various dictionaries) for a single Tibetan word.
-
+	
+    @see Word
     @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
 */
-package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 
 public class Definitions
 {

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/DictionaryListSelectionListener.java

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.awt.*;
 import javax.swing.table.*;
 
 /** Used by the DictionaryTable to display the full definition
-	of Tibetan word displaed in a table when its row is clicked.
+	of Tibetan word displayed in a table when its row is clicked.
 	
     @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
     @see DictionaryTable

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/DuffScannerPanel.java

@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ import org.thdl.tib.input.DuffPane;
 
 /** Graphical interfase to be used by applications and applets
 	to input a Tibetan text (in Roman or Tibetan script) and
-	displays the words (in Roman or Tibetan script) with their
+	display the words (in Roman or Tibetan script) with their
 	definitions (in Roman script). Uses the THDL inputting system.
 	
     @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+    @see WindowScannerFilter
+    @see AppletScannerFilter
 */
 public class DuffScannerPanel extends ScannerPanel
 {

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/FileSyllableListTree.java

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import java.io.*;
 
 /** Searches the words directly in a file; not the preferred
 	implementation. The search is too slow!
-	The preferred implementation is the CachedSyllableListTree.
+	The preferred implementation is the {@link CachedSyllableListTree}.
 		
 	<p>The words must be stored in a binary file tree structure format.
-	This can be done using the BinaryFileGenerator.</p>
+	This can be done using the {@link BinaryFileGenerator}.</p>
 
     @author Andr&eacute;s Montano Pellegrini
     @see TibetanScanner

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/Link.java

@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
 package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 import java.io.*;
 
+/** Used by {@link LinkedList} to provide the implementation of a
+    simple dynamic link list.
+
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+    @see LinkedList
+    @see ListIterator
+*/
+
 class Link
 {
 	private Object obj;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/LinkedList.java

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
 package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 import java.util.*;
 
+/** Implementation of a simple dynamic link list. Be careful with word order!
+
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+    @see Link
+    @see ListIterator
+*/
 public class LinkedList
 {	
 	protected Link cabeza;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/ListIterator.java

@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
 package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 import java.util.*;
 
+/** Used by {@link LinkedList} to provide the implementation of a
+    simple dynamic link list.
+
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+    @see LinkedList
+    @see Link
+*/
+
 public class ListIterator
 {
 	Link current;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/LocalTibetanScanner.java

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.io.*;
 
+/** Loads dictionary stored in tree format and searches for words recursively.
+    How the the dictionary is loaded depends on which implementation of
+    {@link SyllableListTree} is invoked.
+    
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+    @see SyllableListTree
+*/
 class LocalTibetanScanner implements TibetanScanner
 {
 	public static String archivo;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/Manipulate.java

@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 
 import java.io.*;
 
-/** Takes the output of ConsoleScannerFilter
-	(in RY format), converts the Wylie to Acip
-	and displays the result in csv format.
+/** Miscelaneous methods for the manipulation of Tibetan text.
 	
     @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
 */
@@ -220,9 +218,13 @@ public class Manipulate
 		return linea;
 	}
 	
-	/**
-	 * Sintaxis: java Manipulate [arch-palabras] < dict-orig > dict-dest
-	 * 
+	/** Not really important.
+	
+	Sintaxis: java Manipulate [word-file] < source-dic-entries > dest-dic-entries
+	
+    Takes the output of ConsoleScannerFilter
+	(in RY format), converts the Wylie to Acip
+	and displays the result in csv format.	 
 	 * arch-palabras es usado solo cuando deseamos las palabras cambiadas
 	 * a otro archivo.
 	 */

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/MemorySyllableListTree.java

@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.io.*;
 
+/** Loads the whole dictionary into memory; not the preferred
+	implementation. Provides the fastest search, but takes up to
+	much resources.	The preferred implementation is the
+	{@link CachedSyllableListTree}.
+		
+	<p>The words must be stored in a binary file tree structure format.
+	This can be done using the {@link BinaryFileGenerator}.</p>
+
+    @author Andr&eacute;s Montano Pellegrini
+    @see TibetanScanner
+    @see CachedSyllableListTree
+    @see BinaryFileGenerator
+*/
+
 public class MemorySyllableListTree extends LinkedList implements SyllableListTree
 {
 	protected String sil, def;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/OnLineScannerFilter.java

@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ import javax.servlet.*;
 import javax.servlet.http.*;
 import org.thdl.tib.text.TibetanHTML;
 
+/** Interfase to provide access to an on-line dictionary through a form in html; 
+    Inputs Tibetan text (Roman script only) and displays the
+    words (Roman or Tibetan script) with their definitions.
+    Runs on the server and is called upon through an HTTP request directly
+    by the browser.  Requires no additional software installed on the client.
+
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+*/
 public class OnLineScannerFilter extends HttpServlet {
 
     ResourceBundle rb;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/PunctuationMark.java

@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
 
 package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 
+/** Right now, it only used by {@link LocalTibetanScanner} to
+    separate "paragraphs"; eventually it will be one
+    of many tokens representing grammatical parts of the sentences that will be
+    interpreted by the parser.
+    
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+    @see LocalTibetanScanner
+*/
 class PunctuationMark extends Token
 {
     public PunctuationMark(char ch)

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/RemoteScannerFilter.java

@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ import java.util.*;
 import javax.servlet.*;
 import javax.servlet.http.*;
 
+/** Running on the server, receives the tibetan text from applet/applications running on
+    the client and sends them the words with their definitions through the Internet.
+    Requests are made through {@link RemoteTibetanScanner}.
+    
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+    @see RemoteTibetanScanner
+*/
 public class RemoteScannerFilter extends GenericServlet
 {
 	private TibetanScanner scanner;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/RemoteTibetanScanner.java

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 import java.net.*; 
 import java.io.*; 
 
+/** Used by applets and applications to access remote on-line dictionaries.
+    Sends Tibetan text, and receives the words with their definitions. The
+    {@link RemoteScannerFilter} receives the requests on the server.
+    
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+    @see RemoteScannerFilter
+*/
 public class RemoteTibetanScanner implements TibetanScanner
 {
 	private String url;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/SimpleScannerPanel.java

@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.event.*;
 
+/** A non-Swing graphical interfase to be used by applications
+    running on platforms that don't support Swing,
+    to input a Tibetan text (in Roman script only) and
+	display the words (in Roman script only) with their
+	definitions (in Roman script).
+	
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+    @see WindowScannerFilter
+*/
+
 public class SimpleScannerPanel extends ScannerPanel
 {
 	private TextArea txtInput, txtOutput;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/SyllableListTree.java

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
 
 package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 
+/** The generic interface for accesing dictionaries. An instance of
+    a SyllableListTree represents a node containing a syllable, a definition
+    (if it is the last syllable of a word) and links to its "children".
+
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+*/
 public interface SyllableListTree
 {
 	public String getDef();

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/TibetanScanner.java

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
 package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 import java.util.*;
 
+/** Defines the core methods required to provide access to a dictionary; local or remote.
+
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+*/
 public interface TibetanScanner
 {
 	public static final String copyrightUnicode="Copyright " + '\u00A9' + " 2000-2002 by Andr" + '\u00E9' + "s Montano Pellegrini, all rights reserved.";

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/Token.java

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
 */
 
 package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
+
+/** Represents a basic grammatical unit; seems unnecessary but when the parser
+    is developed it will make sense.
+
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+*/
 public class Token
 {
     protected String token;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/WindowScannerFilter.java

@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ import java.awt.datatransfer.*;
 import javax.swing.text.JTextComponent;
 import org.thdl.tib.input.DuffPane;
 
+/** Provides a graphical interfase to input Tibetan text (Roman or
+    Tibetan script) and displays the words (Roman or Tibetan script)
+    with their definitions. Works without Tibetan script in
+    platforms that don't support Swing. Can access dictionaries stored
+    locally or remotely.
+
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+*/
 public class WindowScannerFilter implements WindowListener, FocusListener, ActionListener, ItemListener
 {
 	private ScannerPanel sp;

source/org/thdl/tib/scanner/Word.java

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ package org.thdl.tib.scanner;
 
 import org.thdl.tib.text.TibetanHTML;
 
+/** Tibetan word with its corresponding definitions.
+
+    @author Andrés Montano Pellegrini
+*/
 public class Word extends Token
 {	
 	/** Used to rebuild the text the user entered. */