morfologik.stemming

Interface IStemmer

All Known Implementing Classes:

DictionaryLookup, PolishStemmer

public interface IStemmer

A generic "stemmer" interface in Morfologik.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List<WordData>	lookup(java.lang.CharSequence word) Returns a list of WordData entries for a given word.

Method Detail

lookup

java.util.List<WordData> lookup(java.lang.CharSequence word)

Returns a list of WordData entries for a given word. The returned list is never null. Depending on the stemmer's implementation the WordData may carry the stem and additional information (tag) or just the stem.

The returned list and any object it contains are not usable after a subsequent call to this method. Any data that should be stored in between must be copied by the caller.

Parameters:

word - The word (typically inflected) to look up base forms for.

Returns:

A list of WordData entries (possibly empty).