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type Client ¶
A Client represents a client connection to a dictionary server.
type Client struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
func Dial ¶
func Dial(network, addr string) (*Client, error)
Dial returns a new client connected to a dictionary server at addr on the given network.
func (*Client) Close ¶
func (c *Client) Close() error
Close closes the connection to the dictionary server.
func (*Client) Define ¶
func (c *Client) Define(dict, word string) ([]*Defn, error)
Define requests the definition of the given word. The argument dict names the dictionary to use, the Name field of a Dict returned by Dicts.
The special dictionary name "*" means to look in all the server's dictionaries. The special dictionary name "!" means to look in all the server's dictionaries in turn, stopping after finding the word in one of them.
func (*Client) Dicts ¶
func (c *Client) Dicts() ([]Dict, error)
Dicts returns a list of the dictionaries available on the server.
type Defn ¶
A Defn represents a definition.
type Defn struct { Dict Dict // Dict where definition was found Word string // Word being defined Text []byte // Definition text, typically multiple lines }
type Dict ¶
A Dict represents a dictionary available on the server.
type Dict struct { Name string // short name of dictionary Desc string // long description }