Package squidpony

Class ProceduralMessaging.AssociatedName

java.lang.Object

squidpony.ProceduralMessaging.AssociatedName

Enclosing class:

ProceduralMessaging

public static class ProceduralMessaging.AssociatedName
extends Object

Data class that stores a name String and one or more Strings that may be used as part of a title with that name, typically using categories from Thesaurus to add variety.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
String	name
Messaging.NounTrait	pronoun
StatefulRNG	srng
GapShuffler<String>	themes
GapShuffler<String>	titles

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AssociatedName(String name, boolean cipherName, String[] themes, String... titles)	Creates an AssociatedName with the being's name as a String and any associated themes and titles as String arrays, with a boolean after the name that determines whether the name should be "translated" using a NaturalLanguageCipher to some other form.
AssociatedName(String name, boolean cipherName, Messaging.NounTrait pronoun, String[] themes, String... titles)	Creates an AssociatedName with the being's name as a String and any associated themes and titles as String arrays, with a boolean after the name that determines whether the name should be "translated" using a NaturalLanguageCipher to some other form.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

name

public String name

pronoun

public Messaging.NounTrait pronoun

themes

public GapShuffler<String> themes

titles

public GapShuffler<String> titles

srng

public StatefulRNG srng

Constructor Details

AssociatedName

public AssociatedName(String name, boolean cipherName, String[] themes, String... titles)

Creates an AssociatedName with the being's name as a String and any associated themes and titles as String arrays, with a boolean after the name that determines whether the name should be "translated" using a NaturalLanguageCipher to some other form. If you gave this: "Brunhilda", true, new String[]{"ice`noun`"}, "Goddess`noun` of Ice`nouns`", "Winter-Empress`noun`", "Heroine`noun` of the North", it could use any of the terms in Thesaurus associated with the category "ice`noun` as themes, could generate titles like "Mother of Blizzards", "Winter-Queen", and "Maiden of the North", and would not actually show the name "Brunhilda" in use, instead producing some similar-length name using the NaturalLanguageCipher that a ProceduralMessaging is created with (defaulting to generic fantasy names). This overload always treats the being as if it is being addressed directly, in second-person singular form.

Parameters:

name - the String name for the being, which will be changed if cipherName is true

cipherName - if true, the name will be changed using a NaturalLanguageCipher before being shown

themes - a String array (which may be null) of words that may appear more often regarding this being

titles - a String array or vararg (which should probably not be null) of special titles for the being

AssociatedName

public AssociatedName(String name, boolean cipherName, Messaging.NounTrait pronoun, String[] themes, String... titles)

Creates an AssociatedName with the being's name as a String and any associated themes and titles as String arrays, with a boolean after the name that determines whether the name should be "translated" using a NaturalLanguageCipher to some other form. If you gave this: "Brunhilda", true, new String[]{"ice`noun`"}, "Goddess`noun` of Ice`nouns`", "Winter-Empress`noun`", "Heroine`noun` of the North", it could use any of the terms in Thesaurus associated with the category "ice`noun` as themes, could generate titles like "Mother of Blizzards", "Winter-Queen", and "Maiden of the North", and would not actually show the name "Brunhilda" in use, instead producing some similar-length name using the NaturalLanguageCipher that a ProceduralMessaging is created with (defaulting to generic fantasy names). This overload allows the Messaging.NounTrait to be specified, which allows various ways of addressing the being (first person, second person, or third person; singular or plural; various gender options in the third person).

Parameters:

name - the String name for the being, which will be changed if cipherName is true

cipherName - if true, the name will be changed using a NaturalLanguageCipher before being shown

pronoun - a NounTrait enum that designates how this being should be addressed (often second person singular, but not always)

themes - a String array (which may be null) of words that may appear more often regarding this being

titles - a String array or vararg (which should probably not be null) of special titles for the being