WeakPorterStemmer (Terrier Information Retrieval Platform 5.5 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.terrier.terms.StemmerTermPipeline
- - org.terrier.terms.PorterStemmer
  - - org.terrier.terms.WeakPorterStemmer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Stemmer, TermPipeline
```
public class WeakPorterStemmer
extends PorterStemmer
```
Weak Porter Stemmer, using Porter's Java implementation as the base.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Craig Macdonald

- Field Summary
  - Fields inherited from class org.terrier.terms.PorterStemmer
    b, i, i_end, INC, j, k
  - Fields inherited from class org.terrier.terms.StemmerTermPipeline
    next
- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  
  WeakPorterStemmer()
  constructor
  
  WeakPorterStemmer(TermPipeline next)
  constructor
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  void stem()
  Stem the word placed into the Stemmer buffer through calls to add().
  - Methods inherited from class org.terrier.terms.PorterStemmer
    add, add, cons, cvc, doublec, ends, getResultBuffer, getResultLength, m, main, r, setto, stem, step1, step2, step3, step4, step5, step6, toString, vowelinstem
  - Methods inherited from class org.terrier.terms.StemmerTermPipeline
    processTerm, reset
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - WeakPorterStemmer
```
public WeakPorterStemmer()
```
    constructor
  - WeakPorterStemmer
```
public WeakPorterStemmer(TermPipeline next)
```
    constructor
    
    Parameters:
    
    next -
- Method Detail
  - stem
```
public void stem()
```
    Description copied from class: PorterStemmer
    
    Stem the word placed into the Stemmer buffer through calls to add(). Returns true if the stemming process resulted in a word different from the input. You can retrieve the result with getResultLength()/getResultBuffer() or toString().
    
    Overrides:
    
    stem in class PorterStemmer