edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.inflector.wordrule

Class SuffixInflectionRule

java.lang.Object

edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.inflector.wordrule.SuffixInflectionRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

WordRule

Direct Known Subclasses:

CategoryInflectionRule

public class SuffixInflectionRule
extends java.lang.Object
implements WordRule

A rule for specifying an inflection using suffixes.

For example, the English nouns which have the suffix -y, generally change the suffix to -ies in the plural. Such a rule would be expressed as new SuffixInflectionRule("-y", "-ies").

Original code written by Tom White under the Apache v2 license. Modified by Philip R. Burns for integration into MorphAdorner.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected java.lang.String	pluralSuffix
protected java.lang.String	regex
protected java.lang.String	singularSuffix

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SuffixInflectionRule(java.lang.String singularSuffix, java.lang.String pluralSuffix) Construct a rule for a suffix singularSuffix which becomes pluralSuffix in the plural.
SuffixInflectionRule(java.lang.String suffix, java.lang.String singularSuffix, java.lang.String pluralSuffix) Construct a rule for words with suffix suffix, where singularSuffix becomes pluralSuffix in the plural.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	applies(java.lang.String word) Tests to see if this rule applies for the given word.
java.lang.String	apply(java.lang.String word) Applies this rule to the word, and transforming it into a new form.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

regex

protected final java.lang.String regex

singularSuffix

protected final java.lang.String singularSuffix

pluralSuffix

protected final java.lang.String pluralSuffix

Constructor Detail

SuffixInflectionRule

public SuffixInflectionRule(java.lang.String singularSuffix,
                    java.lang.String pluralSuffix)

Construct a rule for a suffix singularSuffix which becomes pluralSuffix in the plural.

Parameters:

singularSuffix - The singular suffix, starting with a "-" character.

pluralSuffix - The plural suffix, starting with a "-" character.

SuffixInflectionRule

public SuffixInflectionRule(java.lang.String suffix,
                    java.lang.String singularSuffix,
                    java.lang.String pluralSuffix)

Construct a rule for words with suffix suffix, where singularSuffix becomes pluralSuffix in the plural.

Parameters:

suffix - The suffix, starting with a "-" character, which the end of the word must match. Regular expression patterns may be used.

singularSuffix - The singular suffix, starting with a "-" character. The suffix must end with singularSuffix.

pluralSuffix - The plural suffix, starting with a "-" character.

Method Detail

applies

public boolean applies(java.lang.String word)

Tests to see if this rule applies for the given word.

Specified by:

applies in interface WordRule

Parameters:

word - The word that is being tested

Returns:

true if this rule should be applied, false otherwise

apply

public java.lang.String apply(java.lang.String word)

Applies this rule to the word, and transforming it into a new form.

Specified by:

apply in interface WordRule

Parameters:

word - The word to which to apply this rule.

Returns:

The transformed word.