Java inflections

chuyeow (Chu Yeow) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:24:16 GMT



import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

import java.util.regex.Matcher;

import java.util.regex.Pattern;



/**

 * Transforms words (from singular to plural, from camelCase to under_score, etc.). I got bored of doing Real Work...

 * 

 * @author chuyeow

 */

public class Inflector {



    // Pfft, can't think of a better name, but this is needed to avoid the price of initializing the pattern on each call.

    private static final Pattern UNDERSCORE_PATTERN_1 = Pattern.compile("([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])");

    private static final Pattern UNDERSCORE_PATTERN_2 = Pattern.compile("([a-z\\d])([A-Z])");



    private static List plurals = new ArrayList();

    private static List singulars = new ArrayList();

    private static List uncountables = new ArrayList();



    private static Inflector instance; // (Pseudo-)Singleton instance.



    private Inflector() {

        // Woo, you can't touch me.

        

        initialize();

    }

    

    private void initialize() {

        plural("$", "s");

        plural("s$", "s");

        plural("(ax|test)is$", "$1es");

        plural("(octop|vir)us$", "$1i");

        plural("(alias|status)$", "$1es");

        plural("(bu)s$", "$1es");

        plural("(buffal|tomat)o$", "$1oes");

        plural("([ti])um$", "$1a");

        plural("sis$", "ses");

        plural("(?:([^f])fe|([lr])f)$", "$1$2ves");

        plural("(hive)$", "$1s");

        plural("([^aeiouy]|qu)y$", "$1ies");

        plural("([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$", "$1y");

        plural("(x|ch|ss|sh)$", "$1es");

        plural("(matr|vert|ind)ix|ex$", "$1ices");

        plural("([m|l])ouse$", "$1ice");

        plural("(ox)$", "$1en");

        plural("(quiz)$", "$1zes");



        singular("s$", "");

        singular("(n)ews$", "$1ews");

        singular("([ti])a$", "$1um");

        singular("((a)naly|(b)a|(d)iagno|(p)arenthe|(p)rogno|(s)ynop|(t)he)ses$", "$1$2sis");

        singular("(^analy)ses$", "$1sis");

        singular("([^f])ves$", "$1fe");

        singular("(hive)s$", "$1");

        singular("(tive)s$", "$1");

        singular("([lr])ves$", "$1f");

        singular("([^aeiouy]|qu)ies$", "$1y");

        singular("(s)eries$", "$1eries");

        singular("(m)ovies$", "$1ovie");

        singular("(x|ch|ss|sh)es$", "$1");

        singular("([m|l])ice$", "$1ouse");

        singular("(bus)es$", "$1");

        singular("(o)es$", "$1");

        singular("(shoe)s$", "$1");

        singular("(cris|ax|test)es$", "$1is");

        singular("([octop|vir])i$", "$1us");

        singular("(alias|status)es$", "$1");

        singular("^(ox)en", "$1");

        singular("(vert|ind)ices$", "$1ex");

        singular("(matr)ices$", "$1ix");

        singular("(quiz)zes$", "$1");



        irregular("person", "people");

        irregular("man", "men");

        irregular("child", "children");

        irregular("sex", "sexes");

        irregular("move", "moves");



        uncountable(new String[] {"equipment", "information", "rice", "money", "species", "series", "fish", "sheep"});

    }



    public static Inflector getInstance() {

        if (instance == null) {

            instance = new Inflector();

        }

        return instance;

    }



    public String underscore(String camelCasedWord) {



        // Regexes in Java are fucking stupid...

        String underscoredWord = UNDERSCORE_PATTERN_1.matcher(camelCasedWord).replaceAll("$1_$2");

        underscoredWord = UNDERSCORE_PATTERN_2.matcher(underscoredWord).replaceAll("$1_$2");

        underscoredWord = underscoredWord.replace('-', '_').toLowerCase();



        return underscoredWord;

    }



    public String pluralize(String word) {

        if (uncountables.contains(word.toLowerCase())) {

            return word;

        }

        return replaceWithFirstRule(word, plurals);

    }



    public String singularize(String word) {

        if (uncountables.contains(word.toLowerCase())) {

            return word;

        }

        return replaceWithFirstRule(word, singulars);

    }



    private String replaceWithFirstRule(String word, List ruleAndReplacements) {



        for (RuleAndReplacement rar : ruleAndReplacements) {

            String rule = rar.getRule();

            String replacement = rar.getReplacement();



            // Return if we find a match.

            Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile(rule, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE).matcher(word);

            if (matcher.find()) {

                return matcher.replaceAll(replacement);

            }

        }

        return word;

    }



    public String tableize(String className) {

        return pluralize(underscore(className));

    }

    

    public String tableize(Class klass) {

        // Strip away package name - we only want the 'base' class name.

        String className = klass.getName().replace(klass.getPackage().getName()+".", "");

        return tableize(className);

    }



    public static void plural(String rule, String replacement) {

        plurals.add(0, new RuleAndReplacement(rule, replacement));

    }



    public static void singular(String rule, String replacement) {

        singulars.add(0, new RuleAndReplacement(rule, replacement));

    }



    public static void irregular(String singular, String plural) {

        plural(singular, plural);

        singular(plural, singular);

    }



    public static void uncountable(String... words) {

        for (String word : words) {

            uncountables.add(word);

        }

    }

}





// Ugh, no open structs in Java (not-natively at least).

class RuleAndReplacement {

    private String rule;

    private String replacement;

    public RuleAndReplacement(String rule, String replacement) {

        this.rule = rule;

        this.replacement = replacement;

    }

    public String getReplacement() {

        return replacement;

    }

    public void setReplacement(String replacement) {

        this.replacement = replacement;

    }

    public String getRule() {

        return rule;

    }

    public void setRule(String rule) {

        this.rule = rule;

    }

}

JBossCache - unmarshalling cached objects across JVMs

chuyeow (Chu Yeow) — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:20:19 GMT

JBossCache doesn't natively allow you to put and get objects across classloaders, so we need to marshal and unmarshal the objects with org.jboss.invocation.MarshalledValue.



private TreeCacheMBean cache;





void put(String path, Object key, Object value) throws Exception {

  cache.put(path, key, getMarshalledValue(value));



Object get(String path, Object key) throws Exception {

  return getUnMarshalledValue(cache.get(path, key));

}



private Object getUnMarshalledValue(Object value) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {

  return ((MarshalledValue) value).get();

}

    

private Object getMarshalledValue(Object value) throws IOException {

  return new MarshalledValue(value);

}

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Java inflections

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