morfologik.stemming.IStemmer Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package morfologik.stemming;
import java.util.List;
/**
* A generic "stemmer" interface in Morfologik.
*/
public interface IStemmer {
/**
* Returns a list of {@link WordData} entries for a given word. The returned
* list is never null. Depending on the stemmer's
* implementation the {@link WordData} may carry the stem and additional
* information (tag) or just the stem.
*
* The returned list and any object it contains are not usable after a
* subsequent call to this method. Any data that should be stored in between
* must be copied by the caller.
*
* @param word The word (typically inflected) to look up base forms for.
* @return A list of {@link WordData} entries (possibly empty).
*/
public List lookup(CharSequence word);
}