org.egothor.stemmer

Class Optimizer2

java.lang.Object

org.egothor.stemmer.Reduce

org.egothor.stemmer.Optimizer

org.egothor.stemmer.Optimizer2

public class Optimizer2
extends Optimizer

The Optimizer class is a Trie that will be reduced (have empty rows removed). This is the result of allowing a joining of rows when there is no collision between non-null values in the rows. Information loss, resulting in the stemmer not being able to recognize words (as in Optimizer), is curtailed, allowing the stemmer to recognize words for which the original trie was built. Use of this class allows the stemmer to be self-teaching.

Author:

Leo Galambos

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Optimizer2() Constructor for the Optimizer2 object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.egothor.stemmer.Cell	merge(org.egothor.stemmer.Cell m, org.egothor.stemmer.Cell e) Merge the given Cells and return the resulting Cell.

Methods inherited from class org.egothor.stemmer.Optimizer

merge, optimize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Optimizer2

public Optimizer2()

Constructor for the Optimizer2 object.

Method Detail

merge

public org.egothor.stemmer.Cell merge(org.egothor.stemmer.Cell m,
                                      org.egothor.stemmer.Cell e)

Merge the given Cells and return the resulting Cell.

Overrides:

merge in class Optimizer

Parameters:

m - the master Cell

e - the existing Cell

Returns:

the resulting Cell, or null if the operation cannot be realized