Enum GrammaticalCase

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<GrammaticalCase>

com.lokalized.GrammaticalCase

All Implemented Interfaces:

LanguageForm, Serializable, Comparable<GrammaticalCase>, Constable

public enum GrammaticalCase
extends Enum<GrammaticalCase>
implements LanguageForm

Grammatical case forms.

This enum intentionally models a high-coverage set of cases that appear across many language families. Languages with more specialized case inventories can map to the closest matching value.

Author:

Mark Allen

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
ABLATIVE	Source, motion-away-from, or separation form.
ACCUSATIVE	Direct object form.
DATIVE	Indirect object or recipient form.
GENITIVE	Possessive, source, or partitive-adjacent form.
INSTRUMENTAL	Instrument or accompaniment form.
LOCATIVE	Location or place form.
NOMINATIVE	Citation or subject form.
PREPOSITIONAL	Preposition-governed form used in languages such as Russian.
VOCATIVE	Direct address form.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static GrammaticalCase	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static GrammaticalCase[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class Enum

compareTo, describeConstable, equals, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

NOMINATIVE

public static final GrammaticalCase NOMINATIVE

Citation or subject form.

ACCUSATIVE

public static final GrammaticalCase ACCUSATIVE

Direct object form.

GENITIVE

public static final GrammaticalCase GENITIVE

Possessive, source, or partitive-adjacent form.

DATIVE

public static final GrammaticalCase DATIVE

Indirect object or recipient form.

INSTRUMENTAL

public static final GrammaticalCase INSTRUMENTAL

Instrument or accompaniment form.

LOCATIVE

public static final GrammaticalCase LOCATIVE

Location or place form.

PREPOSITIONAL

public static final GrammaticalCase PREPOSITIONAL

Preposition-governed form used in languages such as Russian.

VOCATIVE

public static final GrammaticalCase VOCATIVE

Direct address form.

ABLATIVE

public static final GrammaticalCase ABLATIVE

Source, motion-away-from, or separation form.

Method Details

values

public static GrammaticalCase[] values()

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

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static GrammaticalCase 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