Markov Chain Algorithm (v1.0.0)

Markov Chain Algorithm for natural language text transformation.

• markov-chain-lib - Provides MarkovChainBuilder class for configuring new instances of MarkovChain from a source natural language text file according to some different possible settings. With a configured MarkovChain instance in hands new pseud-random text can be generated on demand.
• markov-web-tool - Uses Spring Boot to create an uber jar providing a standalone web-application that used the above Markov Chain Library from the aforementioned module. The front-end is a simple single-paged AngularJS application styled with straight Booststrap CSS that talks to the back-end through a Restful API built uppon Spring Framework stack.

Requires

• Java 8 JDK
• Maven 3

Building Project and Serving the Web App

In the project root (markov-parent) run maven install, what will also build both modules.

$ mvn clean install

After a Successful build, you are ready to goa with the markov-web-tool uber jar, just run it and spring-boot will take care of serving the web service in port 8080.

java -jar markov-web-tool/target/markov-web-tool-1.0.0.jar

After a few seconds the web application will be available in http://localhost:8080.

Enjoy!