org.basex.util
Class Stemming

java.lang.Object
  org.basex.util.Stemming

public final class Stemming
extends java.lang.Object

Simple stemming algorithm, derived from Porter [1980], An algorithm for suffix stripping.

Author:

Workgroup DBIS, University of Konstanz 2005-08, ISC License, Christian Gruen

Constructor Summary

Stemming()

Method Summary

void	word() Stems the current word.
byte[]	word(byte[] str) Stems the specified word.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Stemming

public Stemming()

Method Detail

word

public byte[] word(byte[] str)

Stems the specified word.

Parameters:

str - word to be stemmed

Returns:

result

word

public void word()

Stems the current word.