#ifndef _WORD_H_
#define _WORD_H_

#include "list.h"
#include "Component.h"

class Word {
 public:

 // Constructor scans through length components starting at first
 // to set data fields 
 Word(ListElement * first, int length);
 Word(char * word, int length);
 ~Word();

  char * characters;        // text string
  int charCount;            // Number of characters in the string

  short mispelled;          
  // spelled correctly? only valid if the word 
  // has been spellchecked

  Confidence confid;        // The average confidence of each char in word
  Point ul;                 // upper left point of word     
  Point lr;                 // lower right point of word
  
  Component ** character;   // an array of components that 
                             // make up  this word
};


class Words:public List{

 public:
  int num_words;
  Words():List(){};
 ~Words();
  int writeWordPos(char * filename);
  int writeAscii(char * filename);
};

#endif