org.apache.lucene.analysis.de

Class GermanStemmer

java.lang.Object

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

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GermanStemmer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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