simplenlg.morphology.english

Class DeterminerAgrHelper

java.lang.Object

simplenlg.morphology.english.DeterminerAgrHelper

public class DeterminerAgrHelper
extends Object

This class is used to parse numbers that are passed as figures, to determine whether they should take "a" or "an" as determiner.

Author:

bertugatt

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DeterminerAgrHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	requiresAn(String string) Check whether this string starts with a number that needs "an" (e.g.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DeterminerAgrHelper

public DeterminerAgrHelper()

Method Detail

requiresAn

public static boolean requiresAn(String string)

Check whether this string starts with a number that needs "an" (e.g. "an 18% increase")

Parameters:

string - the string

Returns:

true if this string starts with 11, 18, or 8, excluding strings that start with 180 or 110