com.force.i18n.grammar

Interface NounForm

All Superinterfaces:

GrammaticalForm

All Known Implementing Classes:

LanguageDeclension.PluralNounForm, LegacyArticledNounForm

public interface NounForm
extends GrammaticalForm

Represents the declension form of a noun. I.e. a collection of Number, Gender, Case, Article, and Possessive as a single unit that forms the "key" in the String map. The implementation of a noun form is generally language specific. It is *assumed* that for simple languages, a Java enum will be used to represent the forms; for more complex languages (more than 20 forms or so) a set of generated constants instead.

Author:

stamm

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
LanguageArticle	getArticle()
String	getKey()
LanguagePossessive	getPossessive()

Methods inherited from interface com.force.i18n.grammar.GrammaticalForm

getCase, getNumber

Method Detail

getArticle

LanguageArticle getArticle()

Returns:

the article (i.e. reference type) associated with this noun form TODO: This is usually wrong, but seems to be required for swedish

getPossessive

LanguagePossessive getPossessive()

Returns:

the possessive associated with this noun form

getKey

String getKey()

Returns:

a HTML compatible screen that can be used to represent this noun form uniquely when compared to all other noun forms.