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1 package org.apache.mina.example.haiku;
2
3
7 public class PhraseUtilities {
8 static int countSyllablesInPhrase(String  phrase) {
9 int syllables = 0;
10
11 for (String word : phrase.split("[^\\w-]+")) {
12 if (word.length() > 0) {
13 syllables += countSyllablesInWord(word.toLowerCase());
14 }
15 }
16
17 return syllables;
18 }
19
20 static int countSyllablesInWord(String word) {
21 char[] chars = word.toCharArray();
22 int syllables = 0;
23 boolean lastWasVowel = false;
24
25 for (int i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) {
26 char c = chars[i];
27 if (isVowel(c)) {
28 if (!lastWasVowel
29 || (i > 0 && isE(chars, i - 1) && isO(chars, i))) {
30 ++syllables;
31 lastWasVowel = true;
32 }
33 } else {
34 lastWasVowel = false;
35 }
36 }
37
38 if (word.endsWith("oned") || word.endsWith("ne")
39 || word.endsWith("ide") || word.endsWith("ve")
40 || word.endsWith("fe") || word.endsWith("nes")
41 || word.endsWith("mes")) {
42 --syllables;
43 }
44
45 return syllables;
46 }
47
48 static boolean isE(char[] chars, int position) {
49 return isCharacter(chars, position, 'e');
50 }
51
52 static boolean isCharacter(char[] chars, int position, char c) {
53 return chars[position] == c;
54 }
55
56 static boolean isO(char[] chars, int position) {
57 return isCharacter(chars, position, 'o');
58 }
59
60 static boolean isVowel(char c) {
61 return c == 'a' || c == 'e' || c == 'i' || c == 'o' || c == 'u'
62 || c == 'y';
63 }
64 }
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