de.tudarmstadt.ukp.jwktl.api.util

Enum GrammaticalTense

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<GrammaticalTense>

de.tudarmstadt.ukp.jwktl.api.util.GrammaticalTense

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<GrammaticalTense>

public enum GrammaticalTense
extends Enum<GrammaticalTense>

Enumeration of the grammatical tense of a IWiktionaryWordForm. Note that tense is often combined with verb aspects (e.g., present perfect). Such combinations can be modeled in combination with enumeration values from GrammaticalAspect.

Author:

Christian M. Meyer

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
FUTURE The future; an utterance refers to the time after a reference time.
PAST The past; an utterance refers to the time before a reference time.
PRESENT The present; an utterance refers to the reference time.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static GrammaticalTense	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static GrammaticalTense[]	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

PAST

public static final GrammaticalTense PAST

The past; an utterance refers to the time before a reference time.

PRESENT

public static final GrammaticalTense PRESENT

The present; an utterance refers to the reference time.

FUTURE

public static final GrammaticalTense FUTURE

The future; an utterance refers to the time after a reference time.

Method Detail

values

public static GrammaticalTense[] 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 (GrammaticalTense c : GrammaticalTense.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static GrammaticalTense 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