spider.util
Class Stemmer

java.lang.Object
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public class Stemmer

extends java.lang.Object

Stemmer, implementing the Porter Stemming Algorithm The Stemmer class transforms a word into its root form. The input word can be provided a character at time (by calling add()), or at once by calling one of the various stem(something) methods.

Constructor Summary

Stemmer()

Method Summary

void	add(char ch) Add a character to the word being stemmed.
void	add(char[] w, int wLen) Adds wLen characters to the word being stemmed contained in a portion of a char[] array.
char[]	getResultBuffer() Returns a reference to a character buffer containing the results of the stemming process.
int	getResultLength() Returns the length of the word resulting from the stemming process.
void	stem() Stem the word placed into the Stemmer buffer through calls to add().
java.lang.String	stem(java.lang.String str)
java.lang.String	toString() After a word has been stemmed, it can be retrieved by toString(), or a reference to the internal buffer can be retrieved by getResultBuffer and getResultLength (which is generally more efficient.)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Stemmer

public Stemmer()

Method Detail

add

public void add(char ch)

Add a character to the word being stemmed. When you are finished adding characters, you can call stem(void) to stem the word.

add

public void add(char[] w,
                int wLen)

Adds wLen characters to the word being stemmed contained in a portion of a char[] array. This is like repeated calls of add(char ch), but faster.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

After a word has been stemmed, it can be retrieved by toString(), or a reference to the internal buffer can be retrieved by getResultBuffer and getResultLength (which is generally more efficient.)

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getResultLength

public int getResultLength()

Returns the length of the word resulting from the stemming process.

getResultBuffer

public char[] getResultBuffer()

Returns a reference to a character buffer containing the results of the stemming process. You also need to consult getResultLength() to determine the length of the result.

stem

public void stem()

Stem the word placed into the Stemmer buffer through calls to add(). Returns true if the stemming process resulted in a word different from the input. You can retrieve the result with getResultLength()/getResultBuffer() or toString().

stem

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