de.fh_mannheim.mm.dms.framework.linguistic
Class LovinsStemmer

java.lang.Object
  de.fh_mannheim.mm.dms.framework.linguistic.LovinsStemmer

All Implemented Interfaces:

IStemmer

Direct Known Subclasses:

IteratedLovinsStemmer

public class LovinsStemmer

extends java.lang.Object

implements IStemmer

Constructor Summary

LovinsStemmer()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	stem(java.lang.String strWord) Returns the stemmed version 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

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

Constructor Detail

LovinsStemmer

public LovinsStemmer()

Method Detail

stem

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

Returns the stemmed version of the given word. Word is converted to lower case before stemming.

Specified by:

stem in interface IStemmer

Parameters:

strWord - a string consisting of a single word

Returns:

stemmed word

stemString

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

Stems everything in the given string. String is converted to lower case before stemming.