Enum Class Sentence.Purpose

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Sentence.Purpose>

org.episteme.social.linguistics.Sentence.Purpose

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Sentence.Purpose>, Constable

Enclosing class:

Sentence

public static enum Sentence.Purpose
extends Enum<Sentence.Purpose>

Communicative intent (illocutionary force) of the sentence.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
DECLARATIVE	Statement of fact.
EXCLAMATORY	Expression of strong emotion.
IMPERATIVE	Command or request.
INTERROGATIVE	Question.
RHETORICAL	Stylistic question without expected answer.
UNKNOWN

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Sentence.Purpose	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static Sentence.Purpose[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

DECLARATIVE

public static final Sentence.Purpose DECLARATIVE

Statement of fact.

INTERROGATIVE

public static final Sentence.Purpose INTERROGATIVE

Question.

RHETORICAL

public static final Sentence.Purpose RHETORICAL

Stylistic question without expected answer.

EXCLAMATORY

public static final Sentence.Purpose EXCLAMATORY

Expression of strong emotion.

IMPERATIVE

public static final Sentence.Purpose IMPERATIVE

Command or request.

UNKNOWN

public static final Sentence.Purpose UNKNOWN

Method Details

values

public static Sentence.Purpose[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static Sentence.Purpose valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null