/**
* Checks to see if the specifier can be raised and then raises it. In order
* to be raised the specifier must be the same on all coordinates. For
* example, <em>the cat and the dog</em> will be realised as
* <em>the cat and dog</em> while <em>the cat and any dog</em> will remain
* <em>the cat and any dog</em>.
*
* @param children
* the <code>List</code> of coordinates in the
* <code>CoordinatedPhraseElement</code>
*/
private static void raiseSpecifier(IList <NLGElement> children)
{
bool allMatch = true;
NLGElement child = children[0];
NLGElement specifier = null;
string test = null;
if (child != null)
{
specifier = child.getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.SPECIFIER);
if (specifier != null)
{
// AG: this assumes the specifier is an InflectedWordElement or
// phrase.
// it could be a Wordelement, in which case, we want the
// baseform
test = (specifier is WordElement) ? ((WordElement)specifier).BaseForm : specifier.getFeatureAsString(LexicalFeature.BASE_FORM);
}
if (!ReferenceEquals(test, null))
{
int index = 1;
while (index < children.Count && allMatch)
{
child = children[index];
if (child == null)
{
allMatch = false;
}
else
{
specifier = child.getFeatureAsElement(InternalFeature.SPECIFIER);
string childForm = (specifier is WordElement) ? ((WordElement)specifier).BaseForm : specifier.getFeatureAsString(LexicalFeature.BASE_FORM);
if (!test.Equals(childForm))
{
allMatch = false;
}
}
index++;
}
if (allMatch)
{
for (int eachChild = 1; eachChild < children.Count; eachChild++)
{
child = children[eachChild];
child.setFeature(InternalFeature.RAISED, true);
}
}
}
}
}