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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;
}
}
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