org.apache.lucene.analysis.de
Class GermanStemmer

java.lang.Object
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public class GermanStemmer

extends Object

A stemmer for German words. The algorithm is based on the report "A Fast and Simple Stemming Algorithm for German Words" by Jörg Caumanns (joerg.caumanns@isst.fhg.de).

Version:

$Id: GermanStemmer.java,v 1.4 2002/04/19 19:09:36 otis Exp $

Author:

Gerhard Schwarz

Constructor Summary

GermanStemmer()

Method Summary

protected String

stem(String term) Stemms the given term to an unique discriminator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GermanStemmer

public GermanStemmer()

Method Detail

stem

protected String stem(String term)

Stemms the given term to an unique discriminator.

Parameters:

term - The term that should be stemmed.

Returns:

Discriminator for term