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*/
package simplenlg.framework;
/**
*
* This enumeration defines the different syntactical phrases. The categories
* define the well understood roles for each typue of phrase in language. For
* example, the dog is a noun phrase, the dog chases Mary is a
* clause, beautiful is an adjective phrase, and so on.
*
*
* @author A. Gatt and D. Westwater, University of Aberdeen.
* @version 4.0
*/
public enum PhraseCategory implements ElementCategory {
/**
* A grammatical clause, the simplest form of which consists of a subject
* (noun or noun phrase) and a verb (or verb phrase).
*/
CLAUSE,
/**
* A phrase relating to an adjective.
*/
ADJECTIVE_PHRASE,
/**
* A phrase relating to an adverb.
*/
ADVERB_PHRASE,
/**
* A phrase relating to a noun.
*/
NOUN_PHRASE,
/**
* A phrase relating to a preposition.
*/
PREPOSITIONAL_PHRASE,
/**
* A phrase relating to a verb.
*/
VERB_PHRASE,
/**
* A phrase relating to a pre-formed string that is not altered in anyway.
*/
CANNED_TEXT;
/**
*
* Checks to see if the given object is equal to this phrase category. This
* is done by checking the enumeration if the object is of the type
* PhraseCategory or by converting the object and this category
* to strings and comparing the strings.
*
*
* For example, PhraseCategory.CLAUSE will match another
* PhraseCategory.CLAUSE but will also match the string
* "clause" as well.
*/
public boolean equalTo(Object checkObject) {
boolean match = false;
if (checkObject != null) {
if (checkObject instanceof PhraseCategory) {
match = this.equals(checkObject);
} else {
match = this.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(checkObject.toString());
}
}
return match;
}
}