Package com.pnfsoftware.jeb.util.format

Class PluralFormatter

java.lang.Object

com.pnfsoftware.jeb.util.format.PluralFormatter

public class PluralFormatter
extends Object

A trivial text formatter that takes quantities into account to produce singular-form or plural-form tokens.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PluralFormatter()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	count(Number cnt, String value, String valuePlural)	Produce the singular or plural form of a token based on a provided count.
static String	countS(Number cnt, String value)	A specialized, best-effort, and approximate version of count that assumes that the plural form of a provided singular English token is created by appending '-s' (or a variant, such as '-es' ) to the singular token.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

PluralFormatter

public PluralFormatter()

Method Details

count

public static String count(Number cnt,
 String value,
 String valuePlural)

Produce the singular or plural form of a token based on a provided count.

Parameters:

cnt - count

value - singular token

valuePlural - plural token (optional)

Returns:

the resulting string

countS

public static String countS(Number cnt,
 String value)

A specialized, best-effort, and approximate version of count that assumes that the plural form of a provided singular English token is created by appending '-s' (or a variant, such as '-es' ) to the singular token.

Parameters:

cnt - count

value - singular token

Returns:

the resulting string