org.terrier.terms
Class TRv2WeakPorterStemmer

java.lang.Object
  org.terrier.terms.StemmerTermPipeline
      org.terrier.terms.TRv2PorterStemmer
          org.terrier.terms.TRv2WeakPorterStemmer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Stemmer, TermPipeline

public class TRv2WeakPorterStemmer
extends TRv2PorterStemmer

An implementation of the Porter stemming algorithm that uses only the first step of the algorithm.

Author:

Craig Macdonald & Gianni Amati & Vassilis Plachouras

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.terrier.terms.TRv2PorterStemmer

b, j, k, k0

Fields inherited from class org.terrier.terms.StemmerTermPipeline

next

Constructor Summary

TRv2WeakPorterStemmer(TermPipeline next)
Constructs an instance of the TRv2WeakPorterStemmer.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

stem(java.lang.String s) Returns the stem of a given term, after applying the first step of Porter's stemming algorithm.

Methods inherited from class org.terrier.terms.TRv2PorterStemmer

cons, consonantinstem, cvc, defineBuffer, doublec, ends, m, main, setto, step1ab, step1c, step2, step3, step4, step5, 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, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TRv2WeakPorterStemmer

public TRv2WeakPorterStemmer(TermPipeline next)

Constructs an instance of the TRv2WeakPorterStemmer.

Parameters:

next -

Method Detail

stem

public java.lang.String stem(java.lang.String s)

Returns the stem of a given term, after applying the first step of Porter's stemming algorithm.

Specified by:

stem in interface Stemmer

Overrides:

stem in class TRv2PorterStemmer

Parameters:

s - String the term to be stemmed.

Returns:

String the stem of a given term.