edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.inflector.pluralizer

Interface Pluralizer

All Known Subinterfaces:

Inflector

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultInflector, DefaultPluralizer, EnglishInflector, EnglishPluralizer, NoopInflector, NoopPluralizer, RuleBasedPluralizer

public interface Pluralizer

Defines an interface for finding the plural form of a noun or pronoun.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	pluralize(java.lang.String nounOrPronoun) Pluralize a noun or pronoun.
java.lang.String	pluralize(java.lang.String nounOrPronoun, int number) Pluralize a noun or pronoun.

Method Detail

pluralize

java.lang.String pluralize(java.lang.String nounOrPronoun)

Pluralize a noun or pronoun.

Parameters:

nounOrPronoun - The singular form of the noun or pronoun.

Returns:

The plural form of the noun or pronoun.

pluralize

java.lang.String pluralize(java.lang.String nounOrPronoun,
                         int number)

Pluralize a noun or pronoun.

Parameters:

nounOrPronoun - The singular form of the noun or pronoun.

number - The number for the noun or pronoun.

Returns:

The form of the noun or pronoun for the specified number.