Package morfologik.stemming
Interface IStemmer
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- All Known Implementing Classes:
DictionaryLookup
,PolishStemmer
public interface IStemmer
A generic "stemmer" interface in Morfologik.
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description java.util.List<WordData>
lookup(java.lang.CharSequence word)
Returns a list ofWordData
entries for a given word.
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Method Detail
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lookup
java.util.List<WordData> lookup(java.lang.CharSequence word)
Returns a list ofWordData
entries for a given word. The returned list is nevernull
. Depending on the stemmer's implementation theWordData
may carry the stem and additional information (tag) or just the stem.The returned list and any object it contains are not usable after a subsequent call to this method. Any data that should be stored in between must be copied by the caller.
- Parameters:
word
- The word (typically inflected) to look up base forms for.- Returns:
- A list of
WordData
entries (possibly empty).
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