DictionaryDescription Object (IDictionaryDescription Interface)

This object is a dictionary description which may be typecast to one of its child objects: StandardDictionaryDescription, UserDictionaryDescription, RegExpDictionaryDescription, or ExternalDictionaryDescription. These objects provide access to descriptions of four different dictionary types and inherit all the properties of the DictionaryDescription object. They are also elements of the DictionaryDescriptions collection.

Properties

Name Type Description
Application Engine, read-only Returns the Engine object.
Type DictionaryTypeEnum, read-only Returns the type of the dictionary.
Weight int

Stores the dictionary weight in percentage points. This value must be non-negative.

By default, this property is set to 100%.

Methods

Name Description
GetAsExternalDictionaryDescription Returns the dictionary description as the ExternalDictionaryDescription object. If the dictionary description is not an external dictionary description, NULL is returned.
GetAsRegExpDictionaryDescription Returns the dictionary description as the RegExpDictionaryDescription object. If the dictionary description is not a regular-expression-based dictionary description, NULL is returned.
GetAsStandardDictionaryDescription Returns the dictionary description as the StandardDictionaryDescription object. If the dictionary description is not a standard dictionary description, NULL is returned.
GetAsUserDictionaryDescription Returns the dictionary description as the UserDictionaryDescription object. If the dictionary description is not a user dictionary description, NULL is returned.

Related objects

Object Diagram

Output parameter

This object is the output parameter of the Item method of the DictionaryDescriptions object.

Samples

C# code

The object is used in the following code samples: CustomLanguage.

See also

Working with Dictionaries

DictionaryDescriptions

StandardDictionaryDescription

UserDictionaryDescription

RegExpDictionaryDescription

ExternalDictionaryDescription

Working with Properties

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