org.andromda.utils.inflector

Class EnglishInflector

java.lang.Object

org.andromda.utils.inflector.EnglishInflector

public class EnglishInflector
extends Object

Language utility for transforming English words. See also http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/HTML/Plurals.html

Author:

maetl@coretxt.net.nz, wouter@andromda.org, bob@andromda.org

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EnglishInflector()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	pluralize(String word) Converts an English word to plural form.
static String	singularize(String word) Converts an English word to singular form.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EnglishInflector

public EnglishInflector()

Method Detail

pluralize

public static String pluralize(String word)

Converts an English word to plural form. Leaves it alone if already plural.

Parameters:

word - an English word

Returns:

the pluralization of the argument English word, or the argument in case it is null

singularize

public static String singularize(String word)

Converts an English word to singular form. Leaves it alone if already singular.

Parameters:

word - an English word

Returns:

the singularization of the argument English word, or the argument in case it is null