org.apache.lucene.analysis.de
Class GermanStemmer

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.lucene.analysis.de.GermanStemmer

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 at isst.fhg.de).


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


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