Class PorterStemmer

java.lang.Object
  Stemmer
      PorterStemmer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class PorterStemmer
extends Stemmer

PorterStemmer.java Programmer: John Keyes ([email protected]) Last Modified: January 3, 1998 This class implements the PORTER stemming algorithm, which is fully described in "An algorithm for suffix stripping", M.F. Porter (1980), _Program_, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 130-137

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Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

PorterStemmer()

Method Summary

boolean	isVowel(char c)
java.lang.String	stem(java.lang.String str) Iterated stemming of the given word.

Methods inherited from class Stemmer

stemString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PorterStemmer

public PorterStemmer()

Method Detail

stem

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

Description copied from class: Stemmer

Iterated stemming of the given word.

Specified by:

stem in class Stemmer

isVowel

public boolean isVowel(char c)