module Bio::NeXML::Mapper::Inflections
String inflections. This module is mixed with the String class.
"targets".singular #=> "target" "target".plural #=> "targets" "Bio::NeXML::Otu".key #=> "otu"
Constants
- PLURALS
- SINGULARS
Public Instance Methods
key()
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For a module name as “Bio::NeXML” return “nexml”.
# File lib/bio/db/nexml/mapper/inflection.rb, line 85 def key result = self.dup if i = rindex( ':' ) result = self[ i + 1 .. -1 ] end result.downcase end
plural()
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Return the plural form of a string.
# File lib/bio/db/nexml/mapper/inflection.rb, line 74 def plural result = self.dup PLURALS.each do |match_exp, replacement_exp| unless match(Regexp.compile(match_exp)).nil? result = gsub(Regexp.compile(match_exp), replacement_exp) end end return result end
singular()
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Return the singular form of string.
# File lib/bio/db/nexml/mapper/inflection.rb, line 62 def singular result = self.dup SINGULARS.each do |match, replace| rule = Regexp.compile( match ) unless match( rule ).nil? result = gsub( rule, replace) end end return result end