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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;
/**
* @author EVE
*
*/
public class InflectionUtils {
/**
* Inflect a word, replacing the singular suffix with the plural suffix.
*
* @param word
* The word to inflect.
*
* @param singular
* The singular prefix for the word.
*
* @param plural
* The plural prefix for the word.
*
* @return The word, with the singular prefix replaced with the plural
* prefix.
*/
public static String inflect(String word, String singular, String plural) {
/*
* Remove leading '-' from the patterns.
*/
return replaceLast(word, singular.substring(1), plural.substring(1));
}
private static String replaceLast(String text, String regex, String replacement) {
return text.replaceFirst("(?s)(.*)" + regex, "$1" + replacement);
}
}
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