Package com.yahoo.language.simple

Class SimpleTransformer

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

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 Details

SimpleTransformer

public SimpleTransformer()

Method Details

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