weka.deduping.metrics
Class Porter

java.lang.Object
  extended byweka.deduping.metrics.Porter
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable

public class Porter
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

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

See Also:
Serialized 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