simplenlg.features

Enum Gender

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Gender>

simplenlg.features.Gender

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Gender>

public enum Gender
extends Enum<Gender>

An enumeration representing the gender of the subject of a noun phrase, or the object or subject of a verb phrase. It is most commonly used with personal pronouns. The gender is recorded in the Feature.GENDER feature and applies to nouns and pronouns.

Version:

4.0

Author:

A. Gatt and D. Westwater, University of Aberdeen.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
FEMININE A word or phrase pertaining to a female topic.
MASCULINE A word or phrase pertaining to a male topic.
NEUTER A word or phrase pertaining to a neutral or gender-less topic.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Gender	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static Gender[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

MASCULINE

public static final Gender MASCULINE

A word or phrase pertaining to a male topic. For example, he, him, his.

FEMININE

public static final Gender FEMININE

A word or phrase pertaining to a female topic. For example, she, her, hers.

NEUTER

public static final Gender NEUTER

A word or phrase pertaining to a neutral or gender-less topic. For example, it, its.

Method Detail

values

public static Gender[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (Gender c : Gender.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Gender valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null