#26 Create GrammaticalCategory interface

src/main/java/org/tendiwa/inflectible/GrammaticalCategory.java

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+/**
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 Georgy Vlasov
+ *
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+ */
+package org.tendiwa.inflectible;
+
+/**
+ * A set of mutually exclusive grammemes.
+ * <p>For example, in English, the grammatical category of Number consists of
+ * Singular and Plural grammemes.
+ * A word form can't be both singular and plural at the same time.
+ * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_category>Grammatical
+ *  category article on Wikipedia</a>
+ * @author Georgy Vlasov ([email protected])
+ * @version $Id$
+ * @since 0.2.0
+ */
+public interface GrammaticalCategory {
+    /**
+     * Default grammeme to be used when it is not specified which grammeme to
+     * use for this grammatical category. Default grammemes are the ones that
+     * are used in headwords in dictionaries. For example, the default
+     * grammeme for the English grammatical category of number is Singular.
+     * @return Default grammeme
+     */
+    Grammeme defaultGrammeme();
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this grammatical category contains a particular grammeme.
+     * @param grammeme Grammeme
+     * @return True iff this grammatical category contains a particular grammeme
+     */
+    boolean containsGrammeme(Grammeme grammeme);
+}