standup.utils
Class PhonemeTools

java.lang.Object
  extended by standup.utils.PhonemeTools

public class PhonemeTools
extends Object

Provides a few methods that deal with STANDUP phonetic spellings.

Author:
Ruli Manurung

Field Summary
private static List<String> vowelTokens
           
 
Constructor Summary
PhonemeTools()
           
 
Method Summary
static boolean startsWithVowel(String phon)
          Returns true if the given phonetic spelling string starts with a vowel, and false otherwise.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

vowelTokens

private static List<String> vowelTokens
Constructor Detail

PhonemeTools

public PhonemeTools()
Method Detail

startsWithVowel

public static boolean startsWithVowel(String phon)
Returns true if the given phonetic spelling string starts with a vowel, and false otherwise.

Parameters:
phon -
Returns: