com.sun.speech.freetts
Class Age

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.speech.freetts.Age

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

public class Age

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Comparable

Provides an enumeration of Age, following JSAPI style. (http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/speech/forDevelopers/jsapi-doc/) This is intended for use to define properties about FreeTTS voices.

See Also:

Voice

Field Summary

static Age	CHILD Age roughly up to 12 years.
static Age	DONT_CARE Matches against any Age.
static Age	MIDDLE_ADULT Age roughly 40 to 60 years.
static Age	NEUTRAL An Age that is indeterminate.
static Age	OLDER_ADULT Age roughly 60 years and up.
static Age	TEENAGER Age roughly 13 to 19 years.
static Age	YOUNGER_ADULT Age roughly 20 to 40 years.

Method Summary

int	compareTo(java.lang.Object o) Compare two ages.
java.lang.String	toString() Provide a human readable string that describes the age.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CHILD

public static final Age CHILD

Age roughly up to 12 years.

TEENAGER

public static final Age TEENAGER

Age roughly 13 to 19 years.

YOUNGER_ADULT

public static final Age YOUNGER_ADULT

Age roughly 20 to 40 years.

MIDDLE_ADULT

public static final Age MIDDLE_ADULT

Age roughly 40 to 60 years.

OLDER_ADULT

public static final Age OLDER_ADULT

Age roughly 60 years and up.

NEUTRAL

public static final Age NEUTRAL

An Age that is indeterminate.

DONT_CARE

public static final Age DONT_CARE

Matches against any Age.

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Provide a human readable string that describes the age.

Returns:

the name of the age

compareTo

public int compareTo(java.lang.Object o)

Compare two ages. CHILD is less than TEENAGER, and so on. If either age is DONT_CARE, then they are equal.

Specified by:

compareTo in interface java.lang.Comparable