org.apache.lucene.analysis.br

## Class BrazilianStemmer

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.lucene.analysis.br.BrazilianStemmer

    public class BrazilianStemmer
    extends Object

A stemmer for Brazilian Portuguese words.

### Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`BrazilianStemmer()`

### Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
`String` `log()` For log and debug purpose
`protected String` `stem(String term)` Stems the given term to an unique `discriminator`.

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

### Constructor Detail

#### BrazilianStemmer

    public BrazilianStemmer()

### Method Detail

#### stem

    protected String stem(String term)

Stems the given term to an unique `discriminator`.

Parameters:
  `term` - The term that should be stemmed.
Returns:
  Discriminator for `term`

#### log

    public String log()

For log and debug purpose

Returns:
  TERM, CT, RV, R1 and R2