Person.java

package edu.stanford.nlp.quoteattribution;

import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Created by michaelf on 12/20/15.
 */
public class Person {
  public enum Gender {MALE, FEMALE, UNK};

  public String name;
  public Set<String> aliases;
  public Gender gender;

  public Person(String name, String gender, List<String> aliases)
  {
    this.name = name;
    if(gender.toLowerCase().startsWith("m"))
      this.gender = Gender.MALE;
    else if(gender.toLowerCase().startsWith("f"))
      this.gender = Gender.FEMALE;
    else
      this.gender = Gender.UNK;
    if(aliases != null)
      this.aliases = new HashSet<>(aliases);
    else
      this.aliases = new HashSet<>();
    this.aliases.add(name);
  }

  public boolean contains(String name)
  {
    return aliases.contains(name);
  }
}