Package smile.nlp.stemmer

Interface Stemmer

All Known Implementing Classes:
LancasterStemmer, PorterStemmer
public interface Stemmer
A Stemmer transforms a word into its root form. The stemming is a process for removing the commoner morphological and inflexional endings from words (in English). Its main use is as part of a term normalisation process.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    String
    stem(String word)
    Transforms a word into its root form.

  • Method Details

    • stem

      String stem(String word)
      Transforms a word into its root form.
      Parameters:
      word - the word.
      Returns:
      the stem.