gov.nist.nlpir.irf.de.normalize
Class Stemmer

java.lang.Object
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  +--gov.nist.nlpir.irf.de.normalize.Stemmer
Direct Known Subclasses:
PorterStemmer

public abstract class Stemmer
extends java.lang.Object

Abstract class in order to implement any kind of Stemmer. Currently does nothing and provides no function, but constrains Stemmers to expose the stemWord() method.

Version:
$Revision: 1.1 $
Author:
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Constructor Summary
Stemmer()
           
 
Method Summary
abstract  java.lang.String stemWord(java.lang.String word)
          Stems a word.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Stemmer

public Stemmer()
Method Detail

stemWord

public abstract java.lang.String stemWord(java.lang.String word)
Stems a word.
Parameters:
word - the word to be stemmed
Returns:
stemmed version of word