lemur::api::Stemmer Class Reference

A generic interface for Stemmers. More...

#include <Stemmer.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for lemur::api::Stemmer:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Stemmer ()
virtual char *	handleWord (char *word)
	Handle a word, possibly transforming it.
virtual char *	stemWord (char *word)=0
Static Public Attributes
const string	category = "stemmer"
const string	identifier = "stemmer"

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Detailed Description

A generic interface for Stemmers.

They must implement the TextHandler interface.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

lemur::api::Stemmer::Stemmer (   )  [inline]

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Member Function Documentation

virtual char* lemur::api::Stemmer::handleWord (  char *  word  )  [inline, virtual]

Handle a word, possibly transforming it. Reimplemented from lemur::api::TextHandler.

virtual char* lemur::api::Stemmer::stemWord (  char *  word  )  [pure virtual]

Stem a word. May overwrite the char * passed in. Implemented in lemur::parse::ArabicStemmer, lemur::parse::KStemmer, and lemur::parse::PorterStemmer.

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Member Data Documentation

const string lemur::api::Stemmer::category = "stemmer" [static]

Reimplemented from lemur::api::TextHandler.

const string lemur::api::Stemmer::identifier = "stemmer" [static]

Reimplemented from lemur::api::TextHandler. Reimplemented in lemur::parse::ArabicStemmer, lemur::parse::KStemmer, and lemur::parse::PorterStemmer.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• Stemmer.hpp
• TextHandlerManager.cpp

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