datapreparation.stemming
Interface Stemmer

All Known Implementing Classes:
EnglishStemmer, NorwegianStemmer

public interface Stemmer

Interface for stemmers of different languages. All stemmers need to implement this interface to be successfully run in this application.

Author:
Kjell-Inge Skogstad and Trond Řivind Eriksen

Method Summary
 java.lang.String stem(java.lang.String word)
          Method for stemming a word.
 

Method Detail

stem

java.lang.String stem(java.lang.String word)
Method for stemming a word.

Parameters:
word - The word
Returns:
The new word