net.sf.mmm.util.text
Class EnglishSingularizer

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.mmm.util.text.AbstractTextTransformer
      net.sf.mmm.util.text.EnglishSingularizer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Singularizer, Transformer<String>

public class EnglishSingularizer
extends AbstractTextTransformer
implements Singularizer

This is the singularizer for English language.

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)

Field Summary

static EnglishSingularizer

INSTANCE The singleton instance.

Constructor Summary

protected

EnglishSingularizer() The constructor.

Method Summary

protected List<TransformerRule>

getRules() This method gets the list of rules.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.mmm.util.text.AbstractTextTransformer

transform

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.text.Singularizer

transform

Field Detail

INSTANCE

public static final EnglishSingularizer INSTANCE

The singleton instance.

Constructor Detail

EnglishSingularizer

protected EnglishSingularizer()

The constructor.

Method Detail

getRules

protected List<TransformerRule> getRules()

This method gets the list of rules. These rules are processed in the order of occurrence. If a rule matches (does NOT return null), that result is taken as singular form and no further rule is invoked.

Specified by:

getRules in class AbstractTextTransformer

Returns:

the rules.