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+/**
+ * (C) Copyright 2017 Benjamin Culkin.
+ *
+ * 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 bjc.inflexion;
+
+import static bjc.inflexion.InflectionUtils.*;
+
+/**
+ * Inflect English nouns.
+ * 
+ * @author student
+ *
+ */
+public class NounInflector {
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public static String inflectNoun(String noun) {
+		if (isUserPlural(noun)) {
+			return userPlural(noun);
+		}
+
+		if (dontPluralize(noun))
+			return noun;
+
+		return "";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if a given noun shouldn't be pluralized.
+	 * 
+	 * @param noun
+	 *            The noun to check.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Whether or not the noun has no plural.
+	 */
+	private static boolean dontPluralize(String noun) {
+		String[] suffixes = new String[] { "-fish", "-ois", "-sheep", "-deer", "-pox", "-[A-Z].*ese", "-itis", };
+
+		for (String sfx : suffixes) {
+			if (suffix(noun, sfx))
+				return true;
+		}
+
+		if (category(noun, "", ""))
+			return true;
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Inflect a noun according to a user-defined plural.
+	 * 
+	 * @param noun
+	 *            The noun to inflect.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The noun, inflected by the user form.
+	 */
+	private static String userPlural(String noun) {
+		/*
+		 * TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		 */
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if there is a user defined plural form for the given noun.
+	 * 
+	 * @param noun
+	 *            The noun to check.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Whether or not a user-defined plural exists for a particular
+	 *         noun.
+	 */
+	private static boolean isUserPlural(String noun) {
+		/*
+		 * TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		 */
+		return false;
+	}
+}