edu.mit.jwi.item

Enum AdjMarker

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<AdjMarker>

edu.mit.jwi.item.AdjMarker

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AdjMarker>

public enum AdjMarker
extends Enum<AdjMarker>

The three different possible syntactic markers indicating limitations on the syntactic position an adjective may have in relation to the noun it modifies.

Since:

JWI 2.1.0

Version:

2.4.0

Author:

Mark A. Finlayson

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
POSTNOMINAL
PREDICATE
PRENOMINAL

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getDescription() Returns a user-readable description of the type of marker, drawn from the Wordnet specification.
String	getSymbol() Returns the adjective marker symbol, as found appended to the ends of adjective words in the data files, parenthesis included.
static AdjMarker	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static AdjMarker[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

PREDICATE

public static final AdjMarker PREDICATE

PRENOMINAL

public static final AdjMarker PRENOMINAL

POSTNOMINAL

public static final AdjMarker POSTNOMINAL

Method Detail

values

public static AdjMarker[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (AdjMarker c : AdjMarker.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static AdjMarker valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

getSymbol

public String getSymbol()

Returns the adjective marker symbol, as found appended to the ends of adjective words in the data files, parenthesis included.

Returns:

the symbol for this adjective marker

Since:

JWI 2.1.0

getDescription

public String getDescription()

Returns a user-readable description of the type of marker, drawn from the Wordnet specification.

Returns:

a user-readable description of the marker

Since:

JWI 2.1.0