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.acewiki.core.ontology;
016    
017    import java.util.ArrayList;
018    import java.util.List;
019    
020    import ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.ape.Gender;
021    import ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.ape.LexiconEntry;
022    
023    /**
024     * This class stands for concepts that are represented by nouns. This is the only way how
025     * concepts can be represented at the moment, but it is planned to support also adjectives.
026     * Noun concepts have two word forms.
027     *<p>
028     * 0: singular form.
029     * 1: plural form.
030     *<p>
031     * Examples: ["country", "countries"]; ["woman", "women"].
032     * 
033     * @author Tobias Kuhn
034     */
035    public class NounConcept extends Concept {
036            
037            private String singular, plural;
038            
039            /**
040             * Creates a new noun concept.
041             */
042            public NounConcept() {
043                    singular = "";
044                    plural = "";
045            }
046            
047            public String[] getWords() {
048                    return new String[] {singular, plural};
049            }
050            
051            protected void changeWords(String... words) {
052                    singular = words[0];
053                    plural = words[1];
054            }
055    
056            List<LexiconEntry> getLexiconEntries() {
057                    List<LexiconEntry> entries = new ArrayList<LexiconEntry>();
058                    entries.add(LexiconEntry.createNounSgEntry(getWord(0), getWord(0), Gender.NEUTRAL));
059                    entries.add(LexiconEntry.createNounPlEntry(getWord(1), getWord(0), Gender.NEUTRAL));
060                    return entries;
061            }
062            
063            public String getType() {
064                    return "Noun";
065            }
066            
067            public String getInternalType() {
068                    return "noun";
069            }
070            
071    }