Pluralizer

Competently find the plural of most common English words.

In dealing with logged messages, error messages, and other output that people see, it is always nice to have the correct plural form of nouns be used. This class attempts to get pretty good coverage for the english language based on a variety of pluralization rules. This is also used in URL path matching to distinguish between operations that act on an instance (singular) or a collection of instances (plural)

Inspired by: https://github.com/atteo/evo-inflector/blob/master/src/main/java/org/atteo/evo/inflector/TwoFormInflector.java Rules from: http://www.barstow.edu/lrc/tutorserv/handouts/015%20Irregular%20Plural%20Nouns.pd Oxford Rules: http://oxforddictionaries.com/words/plurals-of-nouns

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new Pluralizer()

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case class Rule(singular: Pattern, plural: String) extends Product with Serializable

A rule is very simple, it maps a pattern to match with the substitution to make for that pattern.
A rule is very simple, it maps a pattern to match with the substitution to make for that pattern.
singular
A regular expression with a substitution group to be replaced by plural
plural
The substitution for the group in singular

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final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

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final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

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final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

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def category(word_list: List[String], pattern: String, plural: String): Unit

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def clone(): AnyRef

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final def getClass(): Class[_]

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def irregular(pairs: List[(String, String)]): Unit

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def irregular(pair: (String, String)): Unit

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def irregular(singular: String, plural: String): Unit

Declaration of an irregular wwhose plural just doesn't match a rule Subclasses can register a pair of words that have an irregular plural form.
Declaration of an irregular wwhose plural just doesn't match a rule Subclasses can register a pair of words that have an irregular plural form. That is, it is not easy to convert the singular to the plural so both must be specified.
singular
The singular form of the word
plural
The plural form of the word

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final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

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final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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def noplural(word_list: List[String]): Unit

Declaration of a list of non-plural words.
Declaration of a list of non-plural words. Subclasses can register a list of words that do not have plural forms. The plural words will each be the same as their singular word counterpart.
word_list
A list of worlds whose plural form is the same as its singular form.

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final def notify(): Unit

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final def notifyAll(): Unit

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def pluralize(word: String): String

The main interface to this class.
The main interface to this class. Call pluralize to pluralize any word and return its plural form.
word
The word to be pluralized
returns
The plural form of word
val rules: ListBuffer[Rule]
def standard(pairs: List[(String, String)]): Unit

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def standard(pair: (String, String)): Unit

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def standard(singular: String, plural: String): Unit

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final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

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def toString(): String

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Related Docs: object Pluralizer | package helpers

abstract class Pluralizer extends AnyRef

Instance Constructors

new Pluralizer()

Type Members

case class Rule(singular: Pattern, plural: String) extends Product with Serializable

Value Members

final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

final def ##(): Int

final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

def category(word_list: List[String], pattern: String, plural: String): Unit

def clone(): AnyRef

final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

def finalize(): Unit

final def getClass(): Class[_]

def hashCode(): Int

def irregular(pairs: List[(String, String)]): Unit

def irregular(pair: (String, String)): Unit

def irregular(singular: String, plural: String): Unit

final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

def noplural(word_list: List[String]): Unit

final def notify(): Unit

final def notifyAll(): Unit

def pluralize(word: String): String

val rules: ListBuffer[Rule]

def standard(pairs: List[(String, String)]): Unit

def standard(pair: (String, String)): Unit

def standard(singular: String, plural: String): Unit

final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

def toString(): String

final def wait(): Unit

final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit

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