001    // This file is part of the Attempto Java Packages.
002    // Copyright 2008, Attempto Group, University of Zurich (see http://attempto.ifi.uzh.ch).
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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    }