org.apache.lucene.analysis.bg

Class BulgarianStemmer

java.lang.Object

org.apache.lucene.analysis.bg.BulgarianStemmer

public class BulgarianStemmer
extends java.lang.Object

Light Stemmer for Bulgarian.

Implements the algorithm described in: Searching Strategies for the Bulgarian Language http://members.unine.ch/jacques.savoy/Papers/BUIR.pdf

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BulgarianStemmer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
private int	removeArticle(char[] s, int len) Mainly remove the definite article
private int	removePlural(char[] s, int len)
int	stem(char[] s, int len) Stem an input buffer of Bulgarian text.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BulgarianStemmer

public BulgarianStemmer()

Method Detail

stem

public int stem(char[] s,
                int len)

Stem an input buffer of Bulgarian text.

Parameters:

s - input buffer

len - length of input buffer

Returns:

length of input buffer after normalization

removeArticle

private int removeArticle(char[] s,
                          int len)

Mainly remove the definite article

Parameters:

s - input buffer

len - length of input buffer

Returns:

new stemmed length

removePlural

private int removePlural(char[] s,
                         int len)