/// <summary>
/// Given a badly spelled word, this method returns a list of possible alternatives
/// </summary>
/// <param name="misSpelledWord">word to search alternatives for</param>
/// <param name="language">language the word is written in</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public List<String> GetSuggestions(String misSpelledWord, String language)
{
if (misSpelledWord == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("misSpelledWord");
}
SpellingHelper spellingHelper = new SpellingHelper(true, language);
List<SpellString> spellStrings = new List<SpellString>(1);
spellStrings.Add(new SpellString());
spellStrings.First().TextValue = misSpelledWord;
spellingHelper.BeginSpellCheck(spellStrings);
spellStrings = spellingHelper.EndSpellCheck();
if (spellStrings.Count != 1)
{
throw new IndexOutOfRangeException("Incorrect number of spell checks returned");
}
SpellString result = spellStrings.First();
List<String> suggestions = new List<String>(1);
if (result.Errors != null)
{
// Should only be one
foreach (SpellingError error in result.Errors)
{
suggestions.AddRange(error.Suggestions);
}
}
return suggestions;
}
/// <summary>
/// Takes a chunk of text and returns a list of words in that text which are not present in Microsoft's dictionary
/// </summary>
/// <param name="text">Text to spell-check</param>
/// <param name="language">Language to use for spellchecker</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public List<String> GetSpellingErrors(String text, String language)
{
if (text == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("text");
}
SpellingHelper spellingHelper = new SpellingHelper(false, language);
List<SpellString> spellStrings = new List<SpellString>(1);
spellStrings.Add(new SpellString());
spellStrings.First().TextValue = text;
spellingHelper.BeginSpellCheck(spellStrings);
spellStrings = spellingHelper.EndSpellCheck();
if (spellStrings.Count != 1)
{
throw new IndexOutOfRangeException("Incorrect number of spell checks returned");
}
SpellString result = spellStrings.First();
List<String> spellingErrors = new List<String>(result.Errors != null ? result.Errors.Count : 0);
if (result.Errors != null)
{
foreach (SpellingError error in result.Errors)
{
spellingErrors.Add(error.MisspeltText);
}
}
return spellingErrors;
}
