javatools.parsers
Class Language

java.lang.Object
  javatools.parsers.Language

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<Language>

public class Language
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Comparable<Language>

Class representing human languages

Author:

Gerard de Melo

Nested Class Summary

static class

Language.LanguageNotSupportedException

Field Summary

static Language	ENGLISH Modern English
static Language	FRENCH French
static Language	GERMAN German
static Language	ITALIAN Italian
static Language	SPANISH Spanish

Constructor Summary

Language(java.lang.String id)
Constructor

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Language other)
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other)
java.lang.String	getId()
java.lang.String	getLongForm()
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getPronounCounterEntityTypes(java.lang.String pronoun) returns the entity type associated with the pronoun (e.g.
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getPronounEntityTypes(java.lang.String pronoun) returns the entity type associated with the pronoun (e.g.
java.util.Set<java.lang.String>	getPronouns() provides a list of all pronouns in this language
int	hashCode()
boolean	isPronoun(java.lang.String candidate) checks whether a string could be a pronoun of the language ignoring cases
static void	main(java.lang.String[] argv) Test routine
boolean	supportedLanguage(java.lang.String lang)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ENGLISH

public static final Language ENGLISH

Modern English

GERMAN

public static final Language GERMAN

German

FRENCH

public static final Language FRENCH

French

SPANISH

public static final Language SPANISH

Spanish

ITALIAN

public static final Language ITALIAN

Italian

Constructor Detail

Language

public Language(java.lang.String id)
         throws Language.LanguageNotSupportedException

Constructor

Parameters:

id - ISO 639-1 language code

Throws:

Language.LanguageNotSupportedException

Method Detail

isPronoun

public boolean isPronoun(java.lang.String candidate)

checks whether a string could be a pronoun of the language ignoring cases

getPronouns

public java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getPronouns()

provides a list of all pronouns in this language

getPronounEntityTypes

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> getPronounEntityTypes(java.lang.String pronoun)

returns the entity type associated with the pronoun (e.g. Person, Female Person etc.)

getPronounCounterEntityTypes

public java.util.List<java.lang.String> getPronounCounterEntityTypes(java.lang.String pronoun)

returns the entity type associated with the pronoun (e.g. Person, Female Person etc.)

supportedLanguage

public final boolean supportedLanguage(java.lang.String lang)

getLongForm

public final java.lang.String getLongForm()

getId

public final java.lang.String getId()

Returns:

the id

equals

public final boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

compareTo

public final int compareTo(Language other)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable<Language>

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] argv)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Test routine

Throws:

java.lang.Exception