edu.ucla.sspace.text

Interface Stemmer

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnglishStemmer, GermanStemmer, ItalianStemmer, PorterStemmer, SnowballPorterStemmer

public interface Stemmer

An interface for classes that stem tokens.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	stem(String token) Converts the token to its root form, or if it is already in root form, returns the token.

Method Detail

stem

String stem(String token)

Converts the token to its root form, or if it is already in root form, returns the token.