Class Stemmer

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable
Direct Known Subclasses:
GermanStemmer, LovinsStemmer

public abstract class Stemmer
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Abstract class for stemmers.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
Stemmer()
           
 
Method Summary
abstract  java.lang.String stem(java.lang.String str)
          Iterated stemming of the given word.
 java.lang.String stemString(java.lang.String str)
          Stems everything in the given string.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

Stemmer

public Stemmer()
Method Detail

stem

public abstract java.lang.String stem(java.lang.String str)
Iterated stemming of the given word.


stemString

public java.lang.String stemString(java.lang.String str)
Stems everything in the given string.