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