SimpleTransformer (linguistics 7.518.53 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.yahoo.language.simple.SimpleTransformer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Transformer
```
public class SimpleTransformer
extends Object
implements Transformer
```
Converts all accented characters into their de-accented counterparts followed by their combining diacritics, then strips off the diacritics using a regex.

Author:

Simon Thoresen Hult

- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  
  SimpleTransformer()
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  String accentDrop(String input, Language language)
  Remove accents from input text.
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - SimpleTransformer
```
public SimpleTransformer()
```
- Method Detail
  - accentDrop
```
public String accentDrop(String input,
                         Language language)
```
    Description copied from interface: Transformer
    
    Remove accents from input text.
    
    Specified by:
    
    accentDrop in interface Transformer
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - text to transform
    
    language - language of input text
    
    Returns:
    
    text with accents removed, or input-text if the feature is unavailable