com.force.i18n.grammar

Class NounModifier

java.lang.Object

com.force.i18n.grammar.GrammaticalTerm

com.force.i18n.grammar.NounModifier

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Adjective, Article

public abstract class NounModifier
extends GrammaticalTerm

Refers to a noun modifier; usually a pronoun, adjective, or article. Contains a "position" reference wrt a given noun.

Author:

stamm

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.force.i18n.grammar.GrammaticalTerm

GrammaticalTerm.TermType

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NounModifier(LanguageDeclension declension, String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Map<? extends ModifierForm,String>	getAllValues()
abstract String	getDefaultValue()
abstract LanguagePosition	getPosition()
LanguageStartsWith	getStartsWith() The "startsWith" is based on the next term in the sequence, not the next noun
abstract String	getString(ModifierForm form)
boolean	isCopiedFromDefault()

Methods inherited from class com.force.i18n.grammar.GrammaticalTerm

getDeclension, getName, getTermType, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NounModifier

public NounModifier(LanguageDeclension declension,
                    String name)

Method Detail

isCopiedFromDefault

public boolean isCopiedFromDefault()

Specified by:

isCopiedFromDefault in class GrammaticalTerm

Returns:

whether this grammatical term was inherited from english

getAllValues

public abstract Map<? extends ModifierForm,String> getAllValues()

getString

public abstract String getString(ModifierForm form)

Parameters:

form - the form to return

Returns:

the defined string for this modifier for the given form, or null if there is no string for that form

getPosition

public abstract LanguagePosition getPosition()

Returns:

the position of this noun modifier WRT the noun

getStartsWith

public LanguageStartsWith getStartsWith()

Description copied from class: GrammaticalTerm

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

Specified by:

getStartsWith in class GrammaticalTerm

Returns:

the starts with associated with this noun modifier

getDefaultValue

public abstract String getDefaultValue()

Returns:

an arbitrary but deterministic value for a specific form for this object.