org.javagen.agile.oo.naming
Interface Pluralisation

All Known Subinterfaces:

OONamingService

All Known Implementing Classes:

JavaNamingService, RegularPlurals

public interface Pluralisation

Try to convert singular nouns to plural nouns and back again. This allows using good grammer in naming properties and references with regard to cardinality.

Author:

Richard Easterling

Method Summary

String	toPlural(String singular) Takes a case-sensitive name and makes it plural.
String	toSingular(String plural) Takes a case-sensitive name and makes it singular.

Method Detail

toSingular

String toSingular(String plural)

Takes a case-sensitive name and makes it singular. This method preserves camel-back naming conventions generally used with class names. Thus input names may need to be converted to be recognized.

toPlural

String toPlural(String singular)

Takes a case-sensitive name and makes it plural.