Is it possible to see different forms of a word through the Word API?

Question

I'm wondering if it's possible to see a different form of a word through the Word API. I am in the process of making an Open Source tool that automatically adds documentation to properties and methods when saving the document. It'll only do it to methods that are public or protected.

The way I want it to work is that if you follow a specific naming convention and use (for instance) the method name AddPerson or add_person, the code takes these method names and converts them into an array of words. "Add" and "Person".

From these words, I would like to detect if it's a verb or a noun. For instance, in this example, "Add" is a verb and "Person" is a noun.

Once this has been detected, I would furthermore like to transform the words, to form the following documentation statement:

AddPerson(Person person)

Adds a person.

person: The person.

I hope you understand.

So in short, how can I convert "Add" into "Adds" in a smart way, and how can I detect if "Add" is a verb or a noun programmatically?

I assumed the Word API would be a good start. I just have no idea how.

Answer 1

I ended up using a System.Data.Entity.Design.PluralizationServices.PluralizationService from the Entity Framework which does the job perfectly fine.

The project can be found here:

http://todoc.codeplex.com/

Still working on it though.