DEFINITION MODULE WordList;

(* Jaa, Sep.3/92 *)
(* Build a list of words and make the list quickly and easily searchable *)
(* This code may be freely used and distributed, it may not be sold. *)

EXPORT QUALIFIED  List,
                  Create, Destroy,
                  Input, Add, Remove,
                  In, Get,
                  Print,
                  Size;


TYPE
  List;  (* opaque type *)


PROCEDURE Create( VAR a_list :List );
(* initialize a list, this MUST be done *)

PROCEDURE Destroy( VAR a_list :List );
(* get rid of a list *)


PROCEDURE Input( input_file :ARRAY OF CHAR; a_list :List;
                    VAR done :BOOLEAN );
(* Give the name of the input file of words to create the list,
   return done as false if the file can't be opened *)

PROCEDURE Add( word :ARRAY OF CHAR; a_list :List );
(* add another word to the list *)

PROCEDURE Remove( word :ARRAY OF CHAR; a_list :List );
(* if the word exists in the list, remove it *)


PROCEDURE In( word :ARRAY OF CHAR; a_list :List ) :BOOLEAN;
(* does this word exist in the list *)

PROCEDURE Get( VAR word :ARRAY OF CHAR; n :CARDINAL; a_list :List );
(* return the n'th word in the list *)


PROCEDURE Print( output_file :ARRAY OF CHAR; a_list :List );
(* output the whole list into the specified file *)


PROCEDURE Size( a_list :List ) :CARDINAL;
(* return the number of words in the list *)

END WordList.