ir.utilities
Class Porter

java.lang.Object
  ir.utilities.Porter

public class Porter
extends java.lang.Object

The Porter stemmer for reducing words to their base stem form.

Constructor Summary

Porter()

Method Summary

static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) For testing, print the stemmed version of a word
java.lang.String	stripAffixes(java.lang.String str) Takes a String as input and returns its stem as a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Porter

public Porter()

Method Detail

stripAffixes

public java.lang.String stripAffixes(java.lang.String str)

Takes a String as input and returns its stem as a String.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.io.IOException

For testing, print the stemmed version of a word

Throws:

java.io.IOException