net.zer0bandwidth.android.lib.nonsense

Class NonsenseGenerator.Utils

java.lang.Object

net.zer0bandwidth.android.lib.nonsense.NonsenseGenerator.Utils

Enclosing interface:

NonsenseGenerator

public static class NonsenseGenerator.Utils
extends java.lang.Object

Static methods that are useful for a wide range of nonsensical operations.

Since:

zer0bandwidth-net/android 0.1.5 (#11)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Utils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	startsWithArticle(java.lang.String sNoun) Given a string, indicates whether that string begins with an article, which could be split from the front of the noun string.
static java.lang.String	whichIndefiniteArticle(java.lang.String sNext, boolean bCapitalize) Evaluates which indefinite article should be used before the "next" word, which is, or modifies, a noun.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Utils

public Utils()

Method Detail

startsWithArticle

public static boolean startsWithArticle(java.lang.String sNoun)

Given a string, indicates whether that string begins with an article, which could be split from the front of the noun string.

This was formerly NonsenseBuilder's hasArticle(String) method.

Parameters:

sNoun - the string which is probably a noun and might or might not also begin with an article

Returns:

true iff the string begins with an article

whichIndefiniteArticle

public static java.lang.String whichIndefiniteArticle(java.lang.String sNext,
                                                      boolean bCapitalize)

Evaluates which indefinite article should be used before the "next" word, which is, or modifies, a noun.

This was formerly NonsenseBuilder's whichIndefiniteArticle(String,boolean) method.

Parameters:

sNext - the "next" word in a phrase or sentence

bCapitalize - specifies whether to capitalize the article

Returns:

"a" or "an"