content: /**
   * Copyright 2010 DFKI GmbH.
   * All Rights Reserved.  Use is subject to license terms.
   * <p/>
   * This file is part of MARY TTS.
   * <p/>
   * MARY TTS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
   * the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
   * <p/>
   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
   * <p/>
   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
   * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
   */
  
  package marytts.modules.acoustic;
  
  /**
   * List of known model types as constants; can be extended but needs to mesh with Classes extending {@link Model} and switch statement in
   * {@linkplain marytts.modules.synthesis.Voice#Voice(String, java.util.Locale, javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat, marytts.modules.synthesis.WaveformSynthesizer, marytts.modules.synthesis.Voice.Gender)
   * <code>Voice()</code>}:
   *
   * @author steiner
   */
  public enum ModelType {
      // enumerate model types here:
      CART, SOP, HMM;
  
      // get the appropriate model type from a string (which can be lower or mixed case):
      // adapted from http://www.xefer.com/2006/12/switchonstring
      public static ModelType fromString(String string) {
          try {
              ModelType modelString = valueOf(string.toUpperCase());
              return modelString;
          } catch (Exception e) {
              return null;
          }
      }
  }
  