ch.epfl.bbp.uima.utils

Class SnowballStemmer

java.lang.Object

ch.epfl.bbp.uima.utils.SnowballStemmer

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.uima.conceptMapper.support.stemmer.Stemmer

public class SnowballStemmer
extends Object
implements org.apache.uima.conceptMapper.support.stemmer.Stemmer

Stems strings, using Snowball/Porter's algorithm.

Author:

renaud.richardet@epfl.ch

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SnowballStemmer()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	initialize(String dictionary)
String	stem(String token)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SnowballStemmer

public SnowballStemmer()

Method Detail

stem

public String stem(String token)

Specified by:

stem in interface org.apache.uima.conceptMapper.support.stemmer.Stemmer

initialize

public void initialize(String dictionary)
                throws FileNotFoundException,
                       ParseException

Specified by:

initialize in interface org.apache.uima.conceptMapper.support.stemmer.Stemmer

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

ParseException