diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtils.java
index e901376746ff439debae1bc3169e3d12f8ec0489..0f7d2f6c985df6cef20327902e749a40b54181e2 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtils.java
@@ -288,42 +288,6 @@ public final class BinaryDictIOUtils {
         return BinaryDictEncoderUtils.getByteSize(value);
     }
 
-    // TODO: Remove this method.
-    @Deprecated
-    static void skipPtNode(final DictBuffer dictBuffer, final FormatOptions formatOptions) {
-        final int flags = dictBuffer.readUnsignedByte();
-        BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readParentAddress(dictBuffer, formatOptions);
-        skipString(dictBuffer, (flags & FormatSpec.FLAG_HAS_MULTIPLE_CHARS) != 0);
-        BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readChildrenAddress(dictBuffer, flags, formatOptions);
-        if ((flags & FormatSpec.FLAG_IS_TERMINAL) != 0) dictBuffer.readUnsignedByte();
-        if ((flags & FormatSpec.FLAG_HAS_SHORTCUT_TARGETS) != 0) {
-            final int shortcutsSize = dictBuffer.readUnsignedShort();
-            dictBuffer.position(dictBuffer.position() + shortcutsSize
-                    - FormatSpec.PTNODE_SHORTCUT_LIST_SIZE_SIZE);
-        }
-        if ((flags & FormatSpec.FLAG_HAS_BIGRAMS) != 0) {
-            int bigramCount = 0;
-            while (bigramCount++ < FormatSpec.MAX_BIGRAMS_IN_A_PTNODE) {
-                final int bigramFlags = dictBuffer.readUnsignedByte();
-                switch (bigramFlags & FormatSpec.MASK_BIGRAM_ATTR_ADDRESS_TYPE) {
-                    case FormatSpec.FLAG_BIGRAM_ATTR_ADDRESS_TYPE_ONEBYTE:
-                        dictBuffer.readUnsignedByte();
-                        break;
-                    case FormatSpec.FLAG_BIGRAM_ATTR_ADDRESS_TYPE_TWOBYTES:
-                        dictBuffer.readUnsignedShort();
-                        break;
-                    case FormatSpec.FLAG_BIGRAM_ATTR_ADDRESS_TYPE_THREEBYTES:
-                        dictBuffer.readUnsignedInt24();
-                        break;
-                }
-                if ((bigramFlags & FormatSpec.FLAG_BIGRAM_SHORTCUT_ATTR_HAS_NEXT) == 0) break;
-            }
-            if (bigramCount >= FormatSpec.MAX_BIGRAMS_IN_A_PTNODE) {
-                throw new RuntimeException("Too many bigrams in a PtNode.");
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     static void skipString(final DictBuffer dictBuffer,
             final boolean hasMultipleChars) {
         if (hasMultipleChars) {
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DictUpdater.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DictUpdater.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..413d0301cb3da3dd099709171691d1ef633a9482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DictUpdater.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FusionDictionary.WeightedString;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * An interface of a binary dictionary updater.
+ */
+public interface DictUpdater {
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes the word from the binary dictionary.
+     *
+     * @param word the word to be deleted.
+     */
+    public void deleteWord(final String word) throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException;
+
+    /**
+     * Inserts a word into a binary dictionary.
+     *
+     * @param word the word to be inserted.
+     * @param frequency the frequency of the new word.
+     * @param bigramStrings bigram list, or null if none.
+     * @param shortcuts shortcut list, or null if none.
+     * @param isBlackListEntry whether this should be a blacklist entry.
+     */
+    // TODO: Support batch insertion.
+    public void insertWord(final String word, final int frequency,
+            final ArrayList<WeightedString> bigramStrings,
+            final ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcuts, final boolean isNotAWord,
+            final boolean isBlackListEntry) throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException;
+}
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.java
index 5c6994119ac67cad1f4cf29d4d810f63c948a1be..336277196feee8ab2f05dbdac1ad8452cf1a71aa 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.java
@@ -42,44 +42,22 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
         // This utility class is not publicly instantiable.
     }
 
-    private static int markAsDeleted(final int flags) {
+    /* package */ static int markAsDeleted(final int flags) {
         return (flags & (~FormatSpec.MASK_CHILDREN_ADDRESS_TYPE)) | FormatSpec.FLAG_IS_DELETED;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Delete the word from the binary file.
-     *
-     * @param dictDecoder the dict decoder.
-     * @param word the word we delete
-     * @throws IOException
-     * @throws UnsupportedFormatException
-     */
-    @UsedForTesting
-    public static void deleteWord(final Ver3DictDecoder dictDecoder, final String word)
-            throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException {
-        final DictBuffer dictBuffer = dictDecoder.getDictBuffer();
-        dictBuffer.position(0);
-        dictDecoder.readHeader();
-        final int wordPosition = dictDecoder.getTerminalPosition(word);
-        if (wordPosition == FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD) return;
-
-        dictBuffer.position(wordPosition);
-        final int flags = dictBuffer.readUnsignedByte();
-        dictBuffer.position(wordPosition);
-        dictBuffer.put((byte)markAsDeleted(flags));
-    }
-
     /**
      * Update a parent address in a PtNode that is referred to by ptNodeOriginAddress.
      *
-     * @param dictBuffer the DictBuffer to write.
+     * @param dictUpdater the DictUpdater to write.
      * @param ptNodeOriginAddress the address of the PtNode.
      * @param newParentAddress the absolute address of the parent.
      * @param formatOptions file format options.
      */
-    private static void updateParentAddress(final DictBuffer dictBuffer,
+    private static void updateParentAddress(final Ver3DictUpdater dictUpdater,
             final int ptNodeOriginAddress, final int newParentAddress,
             final FormatOptions formatOptions) {
+        final DictBuffer dictBuffer = dictUpdater.getDictBuffer();
         final int originalPosition = dictBuffer.position();
         dictBuffer.position(ptNodeOriginAddress);
         if (!formatOptions.mSupportsDynamicUpdate) {
@@ -104,41 +82,41 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
     /**
      * Update parent addresses in a node array stored at ptNodeOriginAddress.
      *
-     * @param dictBuffer the DictBuffer to be modified.
+     * @param dictUpdater the DictUpdater to be modified.
      * @param ptNodeOriginAddress the address of the node array to update.
      * @param newParentAddress the address to be written.
      * @param formatOptions file format options.
      */
-    private static void updateParentAddresses(final DictBuffer dictBuffer,
+    private static void updateParentAddresses(final Ver3DictUpdater dictUpdater,
             final int ptNodeOriginAddress, final int newParentAddress,
             final FormatOptions formatOptions) {
-        final int originalPosition = dictBuffer.position();
-        dictBuffer.position(ptNodeOriginAddress);
+        final int originalPosition = dictUpdater.getPosition();
+        dictUpdater.setPosition(ptNodeOriginAddress);
         do {
-            final int count = BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readPtNodeCount(dictBuffer);
+            final int count = dictUpdater.readPtNodeCount();
             for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-                updateParentAddress(dictBuffer, dictBuffer.position(), newParentAddress,
+                updateParentAddress(dictUpdater, dictUpdater.getPosition(), newParentAddress,
                         formatOptions);
-                BinaryDictIOUtils.skipPtNode(dictBuffer, formatOptions);
+                dictUpdater.skipPtNode(formatOptions);
             }
-            final int forwardLinkAddress = dictBuffer.readUnsignedInt24();
-            dictBuffer.position(forwardLinkAddress);
-        } while (formatOptions.mSupportsDynamicUpdate
-                && dictBuffer.position() != FormatSpec.NO_FORWARD_LINK_ADDRESS);
-        dictBuffer.position(originalPosition);
+            if (!dictUpdater.readAndFollowForwardLink()) break;
+            if (dictUpdater.getPosition() == FormatSpec.NO_FORWARD_LINK_ADDRESS) break;
+        } while (formatOptions.mSupportsDynamicUpdate);
+        dictUpdater.setPosition(originalPosition);
     }
 
     /**
      * Update a children address in a PtNode that is addressed by ptNodeOriginAddress.
      *
-     * @param dictBuffer the DictBuffer to write.
+     * @param dictUpdater the DictUpdater to write.
      * @param ptNodeOriginAddress the address of the PtNode.
      * @param newChildrenAddress the absolute address of the child.
      * @param formatOptions file format options.
      */
-    private static void updateChildrenAddress(final DictBuffer dictBuffer,
+    private static void updateChildrenAddress(final Ver3DictUpdater dictUpdater,
             final int ptNodeOriginAddress, final int newChildrenAddress,
             final FormatOptions formatOptions) {
+        final DictBuffer dictBuffer = dictUpdater.getDictBuffer();
         final int originalPosition = dictBuffer.position();
         dictBuffer.position(ptNodeOriginAddress);
         final int flags = dictBuffer.readUnsignedByte();
@@ -155,31 +133,33 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
      * Helper method to move a PtNode to the tail of the file.
      */
     private static int movePtNode(final OutputStream destination,
-            final DictBuffer dictBuffer, final PtNodeInfo info,
+            final Ver3DictUpdater dictUpdater, final PtNodeInfo info,
             final int nodeArrayOriginAddress, final int oldNodeAddress,
             final FormatOptions formatOptions) throws IOException {
-        updateParentAddress(dictBuffer, oldNodeAddress, dictBuffer.limit() + 1, formatOptions);
+        final DictBuffer dictBuffer = dictUpdater.getDictBuffer();
+        updateParentAddress(dictUpdater, oldNodeAddress, dictBuffer.limit() + 1, formatOptions);
         dictBuffer.position(oldNodeAddress);
         final int currentFlags = dictBuffer.readUnsignedByte();
         dictBuffer.position(oldNodeAddress);
         dictBuffer.put((byte)(FormatSpec.FLAG_IS_MOVED | (currentFlags
                 & (~FormatSpec.MASK_MOVE_AND_DELETE_FLAG))));
         int size = FormatSpec.PTNODE_FLAGS_SIZE;
-        updateForwardLink(dictBuffer, nodeArrayOriginAddress, dictBuffer.limit(), formatOptions);
+        updateForwardLink(dictUpdater, nodeArrayOriginAddress, dictBuffer.limit(), formatOptions);
         size += BinaryDictIOUtils.writeNodes(destination, new PtNodeInfo[] { info });
         return size;
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-    private static void updateForwardLink(final DictBuffer dictBuffer,
+    private static void updateForwardLink(final Ver3DictUpdater dictUpdater,
             final int nodeArrayOriginAddress, final int newNodeArrayAddress,
             final FormatOptions formatOptions) {
-        dictBuffer.position(nodeArrayOriginAddress);
+        final DictBuffer dictBuffer = dictUpdater.getDictBuffer();
+        dictUpdater.setPosition(nodeArrayOriginAddress);
         int jumpCount = 0;
         while (jumpCount++ < MAX_JUMPS) {
-            final int count = BinaryDictDecoderUtils.readPtNodeCount(dictBuffer);
+            final int count = dictUpdater.readPtNodeCount();
             for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-                BinaryDictIOUtils.skipPtNode(dictBuffer, formatOptions);
+                dictUpdater.readPtNode(dictUpdater.getPosition(), formatOptions);
             }
             final int forwardLinkAddress = dictBuffer.readUnsignedInt24();
             if (forwardLinkAddress == FormatSpec.NO_FORWARD_LINK_ADDRESS) {
@@ -207,7 +187,7 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
      * @param shortcutTargets the shortcut targets for this PtNode.
      * @param bigrams the bigrams for this PtNode.
      * @param destination the stream representing the tail of the file.
-     * @param dictBuffer the DictBuffer representing the (constant-size) body of the file.
+     * @param dictUpdater the DictUpdater.
      * @param oldPtNodeArrayOrigin the origin of the old PtNode array this PtNode was a part of.
      * @param oldPtNodeOrigin the old origin where this PtNode used to be stored.
      * @param formatOptions format options for this dictionary.
@@ -218,7 +198,7 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
             final int length, final int flags, final int frequency, final int parentAddress,
             final ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcutTargets,
             final ArrayList<PendingAttribute> bigrams, final OutputStream destination,
-            final DictBuffer dictBuffer, final int oldPtNodeArrayOrigin,
+            final Ver3DictUpdater dictUpdater, final int oldPtNodeArrayOrigin,
             final int oldPtNodeOrigin, final FormatOptions formatOptions) throws IOException {
         int size = 0;
         final int newPtNodeOrigin = fileEndAddress + 1;
@@ -231,7 +211,7 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
                 flags, writtenCharacters, frequency, parentAddress,
                 fileEndAddress + 1 + size + FormatSpec.FORWARD_LINK_ADDRESS_SIZE, shortcutTargets,
                 bigrams);
-        movePtNode(destination, dictBuffer, newInfo, oldPtNodeArrayOrigin, oldPtNodeOrigin,
+        movePtNode(destination, dictUpdater, newInfo, oldPtNodeArrayOrigin, oldPtNodeOrigin,
                 formatOptions);
         return 1 + size + FormatSpec.FORWARD_LINK_ADDRESS_SIZE;
     }
@@ -239,7 +219,7 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
     /**
      * Insert a word into a binary dictionary.
      *
-     * @param dictDecoder the dict decoder.
+     * @param dictUpdater the dict updater.
      * @param destination a stream to the underlying file, with the pointer at the end of the file.
      * @param word the word to insert.
      * @param frequency the frequency of the new word.
@@ -252,17 +232,17 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
     // TODO: Support batch insertion.
     // TODO: Remove @UsedForTesting once UserHistoryDictionary is implemented by BinaryDictionary.
     @UsedForTesting
-    public static void insertWord(final Ver3DictDecoder dictDecoder,
+    public static void insertWord(final Ver3DictUpdater dictUpdater,
             final OutputStream destination, final String word, final int frequency,
             final ArrayList<WeightedString> bigramStrings,
             final ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcuts, final boolean isNotAWord,
             final boolean isBlackListEntry)
                     throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException {
         final ArrayList<PendingAttribute> bigrams = new ArrayList<PendingAttribute>();
-        final DictBuffer dictBuffer = dictDecoder.getDictBuffer();
+        final DictBuffer dictBuffer = dictUpdater.getDictBuffer();
         if (bigramStrings != null) {
             for (final WeightedString bigram : bigramStrings) {
-                int position = dictDecoder.getTerminalPosition(bigram.mWord);
+                int position = dictUpdater.getTerminalPosition(bigram.mWord);
                 if (position == FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD) {
                     // TODO: figure out what is the correct thing to do here.
                 } else {
@@ -277,7 +257,7 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
 
         // find the insert position of the word.
         if (dictBuffer.position() != 0) dictBuffer.position(0);
-        final FileHeader fileHeader = dictDecoder.readHeader();
+        final FileHeader fileHeader = dictUpdater.readHeader();
 
         int wordPos = 0, address = dictBuffer.position(), nodeOriginAddress = dictBuffer.position();
         final int[] codePoints = FusionDictionary.getCodePoints(word);
@@ -292,7 +272,7 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
 
             for (int i = 0; i < ptNodeCount; ++i) {
                 address = dictBuffer.position();
-                final PtNodeInfo currentInfo = dictDecoder.readPtNode(address,
+                final PtNodeInfo currentInfo = dictUpdater.readPtNode(address,
                         fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
                 final boolean isMovedNode = BinaryDictIOUtils.isMovedPtNode(currentInfo.mFlags,
                         fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
@@ -318,12 +298,12 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
                                 false /* isBlackListEntry */, fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
                         int written = movePtNode(newNodeAddress, currentInfo.mCharacters, p, flags,
                                 frequency, nodeParentAddress, shortcuts, bigrams, destination,
-                                dictBuffer, nodeOriginAddress, address, fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
+                                dictUpdater, nodeOriginAddress, address, fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
 
                         final int[] characters2 = Arrays.copyOfRange(currentInfo.mCharacters, p,
                                 currentInfo.mCharacters.length);
                         if (currentInfo.mChildrenAddress != FormatSpec.NO_CHILDREN_ADDRESS) {
-                            updateParentAddresses(dictBuffer, currentInfo.mChildrenAddress,
+                            updateParentAddresses(dictUpdater, currentInfo.mChildrenAddress,
                                     newNodeAddress + written + 1, fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
                         }
                         final PtNodeInfo newInfo2 = new PtNodeInfo(
@@ -359,13 +339,13 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
                                     fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
                             int written = movePtNode(newNodeAddress, currentInfo.mCharacters, p,
                                     prefixFlags, -1 /* frequency */, nodeParentAddress, null, null,
-                                    destination, dictBuffer, nodeOriginAddress, address,
+                                    destination, dictUpdater, nodeOriginAddress, address,
                                     fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
 
                             final int[] suffixCharacters = Arrays.copyOfRange(
                                     currentInfo.mCharacters, p, currentInfo.mCharacters.length);
                             if (currentInfo.mChildrenAddress != FormatSpec.NO_CHILDREN_ADDRESS) {
-                                updateParentAddresses(dictBuffer, currentInfo.mChildrenAddress,
+                                updateParentAddresses(dictUpdater, currentInfo.mChildrenAddress,
                                         newNodeAddress + written + 1, fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
                             }
                             final int suffixFlags = BinaryDictEncoderUtils.makePtNodeFlags(
@@ -416,7 +396,7 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
                                 -1 /* endAddress */, flags, currentInfo.mCharacters, frequency,
                                 nodeParentAddress, currentInfo.mChildrenAddress, shortcuts,
                                 bigrams);
-                        movePtNode(destination, dictBuffer, newInfo, nodeOriginAddress, address,
+                        movePtNode(destination, dictUpdater, newInfo, nodeOriginAddress, address,
                                 fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
                         return;
                     }
@@ -435,7 +415,7 @@ public final class DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils {
                          * ab - cd - e
                          */
                         final int newNodeArrayAddress = dictBuffer.limit();
-                        updateChildrenAddress(dictBuffer, address, newNodeArrayAddress,
+                        updateChildrenAddress(dictUpdater, address, newNodeArrayAddress,
                                 fileHeader.mFormatOptions);
                         final int newNodeAddress = newNodeArrayAddress + 1;
                         final boolean hasMultipleChars = (wordLen - wordPos) > 1;
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/Ver3DictDecoder.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/Ver3DictDecoder.java
index bf5a28d620c6257f8fbc6bdf0cec1c7d49e9ec92..b87259c385741da6160d06e4bfa4a256b6142dbf 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/Ver3DictDecoder.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/Ver3DictDecoder.java
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ public class Ver3DictDecoder extends DictDecoder {
         }
     }
 
-    private final File mDictionaryBinaryFile;
+    protected final File mDictionaryBinaryFile;
     private final DictionaryBufferFactory mBufferFactory;
-    private DictBuffer mDictBuffer;
+    protected DictBuffer mDictBuffer;
 
     /* package */ Ver3DictDecoder(final File file, final int factoryFlag) {
         mDictionaryBinaryFile = file;
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/Ver3DictUpdater.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/Ver3DictUpdater.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fa7ae310a0f0db1e5f77b64b6a491331245cd26d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/Ver3DictUpdater.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict;
+
+import com.android.inputmethod.annotations.UsedForTesting;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FusionDictionary.WeightedString;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * An implementation of DictUpdater for version 3 binary dictionary.
+ */
+@UsedForTesting
+public class Ver3DictUpdater extends Ver3DictDecoder implements DictUpdater {
+    private OutputStream mOutStream;
+
+    @UsedForTesting
+    public Ver3DictUpdater(final File dictFile, final int factoryType) {
+        // DictUpdater must have an updatable DictBuffer.
+        super(dictFile, ((factoryType & MASK_DICTBUFFER) == USE_BYTEARRAY)
+                ? USE_BYTEARRAY : USE_WRITABLE_BYTEBUFFER);
+        mOutStream = null;
+    }
+
+    private void openStreamAndBuffer() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+        super.openDictBuffer();
+        mOutStream = new FileOutputStream(mDictionaryBinaryFile, true /* append */);
+    }
+
+    private void close() throws IOException {
+        if (mOutStream != null) {
+            mOutStream.close();
+            mOutStream = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override @UsedForTesting
+    public void deleteWord(final String word) throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException {
+        if (mOutStream == null) openStreamAndBuffer();
+        mDictBuffer.position(0);
+        super.readHeader();
+        final int wordPos = getTerminalPosition(word);
+        if (wordPos != FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD) {
+            mDictBuffer.position(wordPos);
+            final int flags = mDictBuffer.readUnsignedByte();
+            mDictBuffer.position(wordPos);
+            mDictBuffer.put((byte) DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.markAsDeleted(flags));
+        }
+        close();
+    }
+
+    @Override @UsedForTesting
+    public void insertWord(final String word, final int frequency,
+            final ArrayList<WeightedString> bigramStrings,
+            final ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcuts,
+            final boolean isNotAWord, final boolean isBlackListEntry)
+                    throws IOException, UnsupportedFormatException {
+        if (mOutStream == null) openStreamAndBuffer();
+        DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.insertWord(this, mOutStream, word, frequency, bigramStrings,
+                shortcuts, isNotAWord, isBlackListEntry);
+        close();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderEncoderTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderEncoderTests.java
index 0cf4ef9f12ea064edf84efd9b35846907ebdda9f..aa165830169be61b767e4211088ba7bb109a2bd6 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderEncoderTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictDecoderEncoderTests.java
@@ -657,27 +657,21 @@ public class BinaryDictDecoderEncoderTests extends AndroidTestCase {
         addUnigrams(sWords.size(), dict, sWords, null /* shortcutMap */);
         timeWritingDictToFile(file, dict, VERSION3_WITH_DYNAMIC_UPDATE);
 
-        final Ver3DictDecoder dictDecoder = new Ver3DictDecoder(file, DictDecoder.USE_BYTEARRAY);
-        try {
-            dictDecoder.openDictBuffer();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            // ignore
-            Log.e(TAG, "IOException while opening the buffer", e);
-        }
-        assertTrue("Can't get the buffer", dictDecoder.isDictBufferOpen());
+        final Ver3DictUpdater dictUpdater = new Ver3DictUpdater(file,
+                DictDecoder.USE_WRITABLE_BYTEBUFFER);
 
         try {
             MoreAsserts.assertNotEqual(FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD,
-                    dictDecoder.getTerminalPosition(sWords.get(0)));
-            DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.deleteWord(dictDecoder, sWords.get(0));
+                    dictUpdater.getTerminalPosition(sWords.get(0)));
+            dictUpdater.deleteWord(sWords.get(0));
             assertEquals(FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD,
-                    dictDecoder.getTerminalPosition(sWords.get(0)));
+                    dictUpdater.getTerminalPosition(sWords.get(0)));
 
             MoreAsserts.assertNotEqual(FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD,
-                    dictDecoder.getTerminalPosition(sWords.get(5)));
-            DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.deleteWord(dictDecoder, sWords.get(5));
+                    dictUpdater.getTerminalPosition(sWords.get(5)));
+            dictUpdater.deleteWord(sWords.get(5));
             assertEquals(FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD,
-                    dictDecoder.getTerminalPosition(sWords.get(5)));
+                    dictUpdater.getTerminalPosition(sWords.get(5)));
         } catch (IOException e) {
         } catch (UnsupportedFormatException e) {
         }
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtilsTests.java b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtilsTests.java
index a837494997c791f9dac47c45b2cfe6833b581ae5..acd65856c193c3852b2d1e12b91cfc6069ba23d3 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtilsTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictIOUtilsTests.java
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FusionDictionary.PtNodeArray;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FusionDictionary.WeightedString;
 import com.android.inputmethod.latin.utils.CollectionUtils;
 
-import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -186,46 +184,31 @@ public class BinaryDictIOUtilsTests extends AndroidTestCase {
     private long insertAndCheckWord(final File file, final String word, final int frequency,
             final boolean exist, final ArrayList<WeightedString> bigrams,
             final ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcuts) {
-        BufferedOutputStream outStream = null;
         long amountOfTime = -1;
         try {
-            final Ver3DictDecoder dictDecoder = new Ver3DictDecoder(file,
+            final Ver3DictUpdater dictUpdater = new Ver3DictUpdater(file,
                     DictDecoder.USE_WRITABLE_BYTEBUFFER);
-            dictDecoder.openDictBuffer();
-            outStream = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(file, true));
 
             if (!exist) {
                 assertEquals(FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD, getWordPosition(file, word));
             }
             final long now = System.nanoTime();
-            DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.insertWord(dictDecoder, outStream, word, frequency, bigrams,
-                    shortcuts, false, false);
+            dictUpdater.insertWord(word, frequency, bigrams, shortcuts, false, false);
             amountOfTime = System.nanoTime() - now;
-            outStream.flush();
             MoreAsserts.assertNotEqual(FormatSpec.NOT_VALID_WORD, getWordPosition(file, word));
-            outStream.close();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Raised an IOException while inserting a word", e);
         } catch (UnsupportedFormatException e) {
             Log.e(TAG, "Raised an UnsupportedFormatException error while inserting a word", e);
-        } finally {
-            if (outStream != null) {
-                try {
-                    outStream.close();
-                } catch (IOException e) {
-                    Log.e(TAG, "Failed to close the output stream", e);
-                }
-            }
         }
         return amountOfTime;
     }
 
     private void deleteWord(final File file, final String word) {
         try {
-            final Ver3DictDecoder dictDecoder = new Ver3DictDecoder(file,
+            final Ver3DictUpdater dictUpdater = new Ver3DictUpdater(file,
                     DictDecoder.USE_WRITABLE_BYTEBUFFER);
-            dictDecoder.openDictBuffer();
-            DynamicBinaryDictIOUtils.deleteWord(dictDecoder, word);
+            dictUpdater.deleteWord(word);
         } catch (IOException e) {
         } catch (UnsupportedFormatException e) {
         }