From fe521df984a4bf1f6627401716e6b4558235bfb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bjculkin <bjculkin@WIT-136XG42.wvu-ad.wvu.edu>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 10:06:58 -0400
Subject: Reorganize

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 .../java/bjc/inflexion/nouns/NounInflection.java   | 113 +++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 src/main/java/bjc/inflexion/nouns/NounInflection.java

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diff --git a/src/main/java/bjc/inflexion/nouns/NounInflection.java b/src/main/java/bjc/inflexion/nouns/NounInflection.java
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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.nouns;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for inflecting nouns.
+ * 
+ * @author EVE
+ *
+ */
+public interface NounInflection {
+	/**
+	 * Check if a noun matches this inflection.
+	 * 
+	 * @param noun
+	 *                The noun to check on this inflection.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Whether or not the noun belongs to the inflection.
+	 */
+	public boolean matches(String noun);
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if a noun for this inflection is singular or not.
+	 * 
+	 * @param noun
+	 *                The noun to check for singularity.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Whether or not the noun is singular.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws InflectionException
+	 *                 If the noun isn't part of this inflection.
+	 */
+	public boolean isSingular(String noun);
+
+	/**
+	 * Check if a noun for this inflection is plural or not.
+	 * 
+	 * @param noun
+	 *                The noun to check for plurality.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Whether or not the noun is plural.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws InflectionException
+	 *                 If the noun isn't part of this inflection.
+	 */
+	public boolean isPlural(String noun);
+
+	/**
+	 * Convert a singular noun to a plural noun.
+	 * 
+	 * @param plural
+	 *                The plural noun to inflect to a singular form.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The singular form of the noun.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws InflectionException
+	 *                 If the noun isn't part of the inflection.
+	 */
+	public String singularize(String plural);
+
+	/**
+	 * Convert a singular noun to a plural noun.
+	 * 
+	 * @param singular
+	 *                The singular noun to inflect to a plural form.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The plural form of the noun.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws InflectionException
+	 *                 If the noun isn't part of the inflection.
+	 */
+	public String pluralize(String singular);
+
+	/**
+	 * Convert a singular noun to a modern plural noun.
+	 * 
+	 * @param singular
+	 *                The singular noun to inflect to a modern plural form.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The modern plural form of the noun.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws InflectionException
+	 *                 If the noun isn't part of the inflection.
+	 */
+	public String pluralizeModern(String singular);
+
+	/**
+	 * Convert a singular noun to a classical plural noun.
+	 * 
+	 * @param singular
+	 *                The singular noun to inflect to a classical plural
+	 *                form.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The classical plural form of the noun.
+	 * 
+	 * @throws InflectionException
+	 *                 If the noun isn't part of the inflection.
+	 */
+	public String pluralizeClassical(String singular);
+}
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