org.apache.uima.conceptMapper.support.stemmer

Interface Stemmer

All Known Implementing Classes:

JunkStemmer

public interface Stemmer

Interface for stemmer. Two methods are defined: stem(), which takes a single token in as a String and returns the stemmed token as a String. initialize (), which takes a dictionary path as a String loads it.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	initialize(java.lang.String dictionary) Initialize the stemmer with a dictionary
java.lang.String	stem(java.lang.String token) Take a single token in as a String, stem the token, and return the stemmed token as a String.

Method Detail

stem

java.lang.String stem(java.lang.String token)

Take a single token in as a String, stem the token, and return the stemmed token as a String.

Parameters:

token - the input token to stem

Returns:

the stemmed token

initialize

void initialize(java.lang.String dictionary)
                throws java.io.FileNotFoundException,
                       java.text.ParseException

Initialize the stemmer with a dictionary

Throws:

java.io.FileNotFoundException

java.text.ParseException