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Stemmer Class Reference

#include <Stemmer.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for Stemmer:

List of all members.

Public Methods
	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 should support the TextHandler interface.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Stemmer::Stemmer (    )  [inline]

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Member Function Documentation

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

Handle a word, possibly transforming it. Reimplemented from TextHandler.

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

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

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Member Data Documentation

const string Stemmer::category = "Stemmer" [static]

Reimplemented from TextHandler.

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

Reimplemented from TextHandler. Reimplemented in ArabicStemmer, KStemmer, and PorterStemmer.

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

• Stemmer.hpp
• TextHandlerManager.cpp

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