Java String Pluralize pluralize(String singularNoun)

Description

Thank you, AndroMDA project...

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
singularNoun	A singularNoun to pluralize

Return

The plural of the argument singularNoun

Declaration

public static String pluralize(String singularNoun) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w  w w.ja v a2s .c o  m*/
     * Thank you, AndroMDA project...
     * Linguistically pluralizes a singular noun. <p/>
     * <ul>
     * <li><code>noun</code> becomes <code>nouns</code></li>
     * <li><code>key</code> becomes <code>keys</code></li>
     * <li><code>word</code> becomes <code>words</code></li>
     * <li><code>property</code> becomes <code>properties</code></li>
     * <li><code>bus</code> becomes <code>busses</code></li>
     * <li><code>boss</code> becomes <code>bosses</code></li>
     * </ul>
     * <p/>
     * Whitespace as well as <code>null></code> arguments will return an empty
     * String.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param singularNoun A singularNoun to pluralize
     * @return The plural of the argument singularNoun
     */
    public static String pluralize(String singularNoun) {
        String pluralNoun = singularNoun;

        int nounLength = pluralNoun.length();

        if (nounLength == 1) {
            pluralNoun = pluralNoun + 's';
        } else if (nounLength > 1) {
            char secondToLastChar = pluralNoun.charAt(nounLength - 2);

            if (pluralNoun.endsWith("y")) {
                switch (secondToLastChar) {
                case 'a': // fall-through
                case 'e': // fall-through
                case 'i': // fall-through
                case 'o': // fall-through
                case 'u':
                    pluralNoun = pluralNoun + 's';
                    break;
                default:
                    pluralNoun = pluralNoun.substring(0, nounLength - 1) + "ies";
                }
            } else if (pluralNoun.endsWith("s")) {
                switch (secondToLastChar) {
                case 's':
                    pluralNoun = pluralNoun + "es";
                    break;
                default:
                    pluralNoun = pluralNoun + "ses";
                }
            } else {
                pluralNoun = pluralNoun + 's';
            }
        }
        return pluralNoun;
    }
}

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