Interface Normalizer

All Superinterfaces:

Function<String,String>, UnaryOperator<String>

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleNormalizer

public interface Normalizer
extends UnaryOperator<String>

Normalization transforms text into a canonical form by removing unwanted variations. Normalization may range from light textual cleanup such as compressing whitespace to more aggressive and knowledge-intensive forms like standardizing date formats or expanding abbreviations. The nature and extent of normalization, as well as whether it is most appropriate to apply on the document, sentence, or token level, must be determined in the context of a specific application.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default String	apply(String text)
String	normalize(String text)	Normalize the given string.

Methods inherited from interface Function

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Method Details

normalize

String normalize(String text)

Normalize the given string.

Parameters:

text - the text.

Returns:

the normalized text.

apply

default String apply(String text)

Specified by:

apply in interface Function<String,String>