Package com.axelor.common

Class Inflections

java.lang.Object
com.axelor.common.Inflections
public class Inflections extends Object
The Inflections defines rules for singular, plural inflections.

  • Method Details

    • getInstance

      public static Inflections getInstance()
      Get the default instance of Inflections for the English language.
      Returns:
      an instance of Inflections

    • getInstance

      public static Inflections getInstance(String language)
      Get the default instance of Inflections for the given language.
      Parameters:
      language - the language
      Returns:
      an instance of Inflections

    • ignore

      public void ignore(String... words)
      Add words to ignore for inflections.
      Parameters:
      words - the words to ignore.

    • irregular

      public void irregular(String singular, String plural)
      Add irregular singular, plural words.
      Parameters:
      singular - the singular word
      plural - the plural word

    • singular

      public void singular(String pattern, String replacement)
      Add rule for converting plurals to singular.
      Parameters:
      pattern - the pattern to match plural
      replacement - the replacement text

    • plural

      public void plural(String pattern, String replacement)
      Add rule for converting singular to plural.
      Parameters:
      pattern - the pattern to match singular
      replacement - the replacement text

    • apply

      protected String apply(String word, List<com.axelor.common.Inflections.Rule> rules)
      Apply the given list of inflection rules on the provided word.
      Parameters:
      word - the word on which to apply the rules
      rules - the inflection rules
      Returns:
      the inflected text

    • singularize

      public String singularize(String word)
      Convert the given word to it's singular form.
      Parameters:
      word - the word to convert
      Returns:
      the converted text

    • pluralize

      public String pluralize(String word)
      Convert the given word to it's plural form.
      Parameters:
      word - the word to convert
      Returns:
      the converted text