edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.inflector

Class NoopInflector

java.lang.Object

edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.inflector.NoopInflector

All Implemented Interfaces:

Conjugator, Inflector, Pluralizer

public class NoopInflector
extends java.lang.Object
implements Inflector

Noop inflector which returns a lemma uninflected.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Conjugator	noopConjugator Noop conjugator.
protected Pluralizer	noopPluralizer Noop pluralizer.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NoopInflector()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	conjugate(java.lang.String infinitive, VerbTense tense, Person person) Conjugate a verb from its infinitive, tense, and person.
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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

noopConjugator

protected Conjugator noopConjugator

Noop conjugator.

noopPluralizer

protected Pluralizer noopPluralizer

Noop pluralizer.

Constructor Detail

NoopInflector

public NoopInflector()

Method Detail

conjugate

public java.lang.String conjugate(java.lang.String infinitive,
                         VerbTense tense,
                         Person person)

Conjugate a verb from its infinitive, tense, and person.

Specified by:

conjugate in interface Conjugator

Parameters:

infinitive - The infinitive of the verb to inflect.

tense - The verb tense to generate.

person - The person (1st, 2nd, 3rd) to generate.

Returns:

The infinitive unchanged.

pluralize

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

Pluralize a noun or pronoun.

Specified by:

pluralize in interface Pluralizer

Parameters:

nounOrPronoun - The singular form of the noun or pronoun.

Returns:

The noun or pronoun unchanged.

pluralize

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

Pluralize a noun or pronoun.

Specified by:

pluralize in interface Pluralizer

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.