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1 | /* |
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2 | * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
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3 | * |
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4 | * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
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5 | * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
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6 | * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
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7 | * |
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8 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
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9 | * |
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10 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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11 | * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
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12 | * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
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13 | * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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14 | * limitations under the License. |
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15 | */ |
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16 | package org.apache.commons.betwixt.strategy; |
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18 | import java.util.Map; |
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20 | import org.apache.commons.betwixt.ElementDescriptor; |
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22 | /** |
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23 | * A plugin Strategy pattern which will detect the plural property which |
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24 | * maps to a singular property name. |
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25 | * This Strategy is used when composite properties (such as properties |
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26 | * of type Collection, List, Iterator, Enumeration) are used as we need to |
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27 | * match the adder-method, which typically uses a singular name. |
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28 | * This interface allows a variety of different implementations to be used. |
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29 | * |
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30 | * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a> |
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31 | * @version $Revision: 155402 $ |
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32 | */ |
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33 | public interface PluralStemmer { |
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35 | /** |
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36 | * Find the plural descriptor for a singular property. |
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37 | * |
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38 | * @return the plural descriptor for the given singular property name |
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39 | * or <code>null</code> is no matching descriptor can be found |
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40 | * @param propertyName is the singular property name, from the adder method |
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41 | * @param map is a map with the keys are the property names of the available |
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42 | * descriptors and the values are the descriptors. This may not be null. |
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43 | */ |
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44 | ElementDescriptor findPluralDescriptor( String propertyName, Map map ); |
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46 | } |