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017
018package org.apache.commons.codec.language.bm;
019
020/**
021 * Supported types of names. Unless you are matching particular family names, use {@link #GENERIC}. The
022 * {@code GENERIC} NameType should work reasonably well for non-name words. The other encodings are
023 * specifically tuned to family names, and may not work well at all for general text.
024 *
025 * @since 1.6
026 */
027public enum NameType {
028
029    /**
030     * Ashkenazi family names.
031     */
032    ASHKENAZI("ash"),
033
034    /**
035     * Generic names and words.
036     */
037    GENERIC("gen"),
038
039    /**
040     * Sephardic family names.
041     */
042    SEPHARDIC("sep");
043
044    private final String name;
045
046    NameType(final String name) {
047        this.name = name;
048    }
049
050    /**
051     * Gets the short version of the name type.
052     *
053     * @return the NameType short string
054     */
055    public String getName() {
056        return this.name;
057    }
058}