    001    // This file is part of the Attempto Java Packages.
    002    // Copyright 2008, Attempto Group, University of Zurich (see http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch).
    003    //
    004    // The Attempto Java Packages is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
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    013    // Java Packages. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
    014
    015    package ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.ape;
    016
    017    /**
    018     * This enumeration lists the possible gender types for nouns and proper names.
    019     *
    020     * @author Tobias Kuhn
    021     */
    022    public enum Gender {
    023
    024            /**
    025             * Neutral gender.
    026             */
    027            NEUTRAL,
    028
    029            /**
    030             * Human gender.
    031             */
    032            HUMAN,
    033
    034            /**
    035             * Masculine gender.
    036             */
    037            MASCULINE,
    038
    039            /**
    040             * Feminine gender.
    041             */
    042            FEMININE;
    043
    044            /**
    045             * Returns the Prolog atom representation of the type of gender.
    046             */
    047            public String toString() {
    048                    switch (this) {
    049                    case NEUTRAL: return "neutr";
    050                    case HUMAN: return "human";
    051                    case MASCULINE: return "masc";
    052                    case FEMININE: return "fem";
    053                    }
    054                    return null;
    055            }
    056
    057    }