/**
* Convenience method to return the string corresponding to the question
* word. Useful, since the types in this enum aren't all simply convertible
* to strings (e.g. <code>WHO_SUBJCT</code> and <code>WHO_OBJECT</code> both
* correspond to string <i>Who</i>)
*
* @return the string corresponding to the question word
*/
public static string getString(this InterrogativeType i)
{
var s = "";
switch (i)
{
case InterrogativeType.HOW:
case InterrogativeType.HOW_PREDICATE:
s = "how";
break;
case InterrogativeType.WHAT_OBJECT:
case InterrogativeType.WHAT_SUBJECT:
s = "what";
break;
case InterrogativeType.WHERE:
s = "where";
break;
case InterrogativeType.WHO_INDIRECT_OBJECT:
case InterrogativeType.WHO_OBJECT:
case InterrogativeType.WHO_SUBJECT:
s = "who";
break;
case InterrogativeType.WHY:
s = "why";
break;
case InterrogativeType.HOW_MANY:
s = "how many";
break;
case InterrogativeType.YES_NO:
s = "yes/no";
break;
}
return(s);
}
/**
* A method to determine if the {@code InterrogativeType} is a question
* concerning an element with the discourse function of an indirect object.
*
* @param type
* the interrogative type to be checked
* @return <code>true</code> if the type concerns an indirect object,
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
*/
public static bool isIndirectObject(this InterrogativeType type)
{
return(type == InterrogativeType.WHO_INDIRECT_OBJECT);
}
/**
* A method to determine if the {@code InterrogativeType} is a question
* concerning an element with the discourse function of an object.
*
* @param type
* the interrogative type to be checked
* @return <code>true</code> if the type concerns an object,
* <code>false</code> otherwise.
*/
public static bool isObject(this InterrogativeType type)
{
return(type == InterrogativeType.WHO_OBJECT || type == InterrogativeType.WHAT_OBJECT);
}
