com.force.i18n.grammar

Class GrammaticalTerm

java.lang.Object

com.force.i18n.grammar.GrammaticalTerm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Noun, NounModifier

public abstract class GrammaticalTerm
extends Object
implements Serializable

Represents a grammatical term; generally one that is declined based on a noun form or other factors. This provides some default behavior, such as having a transient pointer to the associated declension (but not the dictionary), and dealing with serialization Currently, a Noun or a Modifier/Adjective.

Author:

stamm

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	GrammaticalTerm.TermType

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	GrammaticalTerm(LanguageDeclension declension, String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
LanguageDeclension	getDeclension() Get the declension associated with the language.
String	getName()
abstract LanguageStartsWith	getStartsWith() The "startsWith" is based on the next term in the sequence, not the next noun
protected abstract GrammaticalTerm.TermType	getTermType()
abstract boolean	isCopiedFromDefault()
protected abstract boolean	validate(String name) After all of the parsing has been done for a noun or modifier, "fix up" any missing values needed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GrammaticalTerm

protected GrammaticalTerm(LanguageDeclension declension,
                          String name)

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

validate

protected abstract boolean validate(String name)

After all of the parsing has been done for a noun or modifier, "fix up" any missing values needed. TODO: This may not be very necessary.

Parameters:

name - the name of the term

Returns:

true if the term is valid

getTermType

protected abstract GrammaticalTerm.TermType getTermType()

Returns:

the type of this term

getStartsWith

public abstract LanguageStartsWith getStartsWith()

The "startsWith" is based on the next term in the sequence, not the next noun

Returns:

the startsWith of this grammatical term

isCopiedFromDefault

public abstract boolean isCopiedFromDefault()

Returns:

whether this grammatical term was inherited from english

getDeclension

public LanguageDeclension getDeclension()

Get the declension associated with the language. This