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

void	initialize(String dictionary) Initialize the stemmer with a dictionary
String	stem(String token) Take a single token in as a String, stem the token, and return the stemmed token as a String.

Method Detail

stem

String stem(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(String dictionary)
                throws FileNotFoundException,
                       ParseException

Initialize the stemmer with a dictionary

Throws:

FileNotFoundException

ParseException