1. class
  2. Joomla
  3. CMS
  4. Language
  5. Stemmer
  6. Porteren

Porteren

class Porteren extends LanguageStemmer

Porter English stemmer class.

This class was adapted from one written by Richard Heyes. See copyright and link information above.

Methods

static  LanguageStemmer
getInstance( string $adapter)

Method to get a stemmer, creating it if necessary.

from LanguageStemmer
string
stem( string $token, string $lang)

Method to stem a token and return the root.

Details

static LanguageStemmer getInstance( string $adapter)

Method to get a stemmer, creating it if necessary.

Parameters

string $adapter The type of stemmer to load.

Return Value

LanguageStemmer A LanguageStemmer instance.

Exceptions

RuntimeException on invalid stemmer.

string stem( string $token, string $lang)

Method to stem a token and return the root.

Parameters

string $token The token to stem.
string $lang The language of the token.

Return Value

string The root token.