Animacy.java

//Dstl (c) Crown Copyright 2017
package uk.gov.dstl.baleen.annotators.coreference.impl.data;

/**
 * Animacy - is the item animate (alive) or not.
 */
public enum Animacy {
	ANIMATE, INANIMATE, UNKNOWN;

	/**
	 * Checks if is compatible that is the are both the same.
	 *
	 * @param a
	 *            the a
	 * @param b
	 *            the b
	 * @return true, if is compatible
	 */
	public static boolean strictEquals(Animacy a, Animacy b) {
		return a == b;
	}

	/**
	 * Checks if is compatible, that is if one they are the same or one is unknown.
	 *
	 * @param a
	 *            the a
	 * @param b
	 *            the b
	 * @return true, if is compatible
	 */
	public static boolean lenientEquals(Animacy a, Animacy b) {
		return a == Animacy.UNKNOWN || b == Animacy.UNKNOWN || a == b;
	}
}