PluralizationService.IsSingular(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Data.Entity.Design.PluralizationServices

Assembly:: System.Data.Entity.Design.dll

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Determines whether the specified word is singular.

public:
 abstract bool IsSingular(System::String ^ word);

public abstract bool IsSingular (string word);

abstract member IsSingular : string -> bool

Public MustOverride Function IsSingular (word As String) As Boolean

Parameters

word: String

The value to be analyzed.

Returns

Boolean

true if the word is singular; otherwise, false.

Remarks

The PluralizationService class applies English rules for constructing plural and singular forms of words. To extend the service to other languages, use the PluralizationService on the EntityModelSchemaGenerator class.

Both the IsSingular and IsPlural methods can return true for the same word. For example, both methods will return true for the word "fish".

Applies to