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package org.apache.commons.codec.language.bm;

/**
 * Enumerates the supported types of names. Unless you are matching particular family names, use {@link #GENERIC}. The {@code GENERIC} NameType should work
 * reasonably well for non-name words. The other encodings are specifically tuned to family names, and may not work well at all for general text.
 *
 * @since 1.6
 */
public enum NameType {

    /**
     * Ashkenazi family names.
     */
    ASHKENAZI("ash"),

    /**
     * Generic names and words.
     */
    GENERIC("gen"),

    /**
     * Sephardic family names.
     */
    SEPHARDIC("sep");

    private final String name;

    NameType(final String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the short version of the name type.
     *
     * @return The NameType short string.
     */
    public String getName() {
        return this.name;
    }
}
