edu.northwestern.at.utils.corpuslinguistics.stemmer
Interface Stemmer

All Known Implementing Classes:

LancasterStemmer, PorterStemmer

public interface Stemmer

Defines an interface for retrieving the stem of a word.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

stem(java.lang.String word) Find stem of a single word.

Method Detail

stem

java.lang.String stem(java.lang.String word)

Find stem of a single word.

Parameters:

word - The word whose stem is desired.

Returns:

The word stem.