//******************************************************************** // PigLatinTranslator.java Author: Lewis/Loftus // // Represents a translation system from English to Pig Latin. // Demonstrates method decomposition and the use of StringTokenizer. //******************************************************************** import java.util.StringTokenizer; public class PigLatinTranslator { //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Translates a sentence of words into Pig Latin. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public String translate (String sentence) { String result = ""; sentence = sentence.toLowerCase(); StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer (sentence); while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) { result += translateWord (tokenizer.nextToken()); result += " "; } return result; } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Translates one word into Pig Latin. If the word begins with a // vowel, the suffix "yay" is appended to the word. Otherwise, // the first letter or two are moved to the end of the word, // and "ay" is appended. //----------------------------------------------------------------- private String translateWord (String word) { String result = ""; if (beginsWithVowel(word)) result = word + "yay"; else if (beginsWithBlend(word)) result = word.substring(2) + word.substring(0,2) + "ay"; else result = word.substring(1) + word.charAt(0) + "ay"; return result; } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Determines if the specified word begins with a vowel. //----------------------------------------------------------------- private boolean beginsWithVowel (String word) { String vowels = "aeiou"; char letter = word.charAt(0); return (vowels.indexOf(letter) != -1); } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Determines if the specified word begins with a particular // two-character consonant blend. //----------------------------------------------------------------- private boolean beginsWithBlend (String word) { return ( word.startsWith ("bl") || word.startsWith ("sc") || word.startsWith ("br") || word.startsWith ("sh") || word.startsWith ("ch") || word.startsWith ("sk") || word.startsWith ("cl") || word.startsWith ("sl") || word.startsWith ("cr") || word.startsWith ("sn") || word.startsWith ("dr") || word.startsWith ("sm") || word.startsWith ("dw") || word.startsWith ("sp") || word.startsWith ("fl") || word.startsWith ("sq") || word.startsWith ("fr") || word.startsWith ("st") || word.startsWith ("gl") || word.startsWith ("sw") || word.startsWith ("gr") || word.startsWith ("th") || word.startsWith ("kl") || word.startsWith ("tr") || word.startsWith ("ph") || word.startsWith ("tw") || word.startsWith ("pl") || word.startsWith ("wh") || word.startsWith ("pr") || word.startsWith ("wr") ); } }