Class GermanStemmer

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class GermanStemmer

extends Stemmer

A stemmer for German words. The algorithm is based on the report "A Fast and Simple Stemming Algorithm for German Words" by J�rg Caumanns ([email protected]). Changed stem() from protected to public. Changed coding for umlaute to unicode.

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Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

GermanStemmer()

Method Summary

java.lang.String

stem(java.lang.String term) Stemms the given term to an unique discriminator.

Methods inherited from class Stemmer

stemString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GermanStemmer

public GermanStemmer()

Method Detail

stem

public java.lang.String stem(java.lang.String term)

Stemms the given term to an unique discriminator.

Specified by:

stem in class Stemmer

Parameters:

term - The term that should be stemmed.

Returns:

Discriminator for term