gate.creole.morph
Class MorphFunctions

java.lang.Object
  gate.creole.morph.MorphFunctions

public class MorphFunctions
extends Object

Title:

Description:

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2003

Company:

Version:

1.0

Author:

not attributable

Constructor Summary

MorphFunctions()
Default Constructor

Method Summary

String	getAffix() Method returns the found affix of the word provided to the program, for which the root and the affix has to be found
String	irreg_stem(String root, String affix) returns the "root" as result and sets "affix" as affix
String	null_stem() returns the input as the root word
String	semi_reg_stem(int del, String add) Deletes the "del" given number of characters from right, appends the "add" given string at the end and returns this new string
void	setInput(String input) Sets the input for which the roor entry has to be found in the program
String	stem(int del, String add, String affix) Deletes the "del" given number of characters from right, appends the "add" given string at the end and sets the affix as "affix" and returns this new string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MorphFunctions

public MorphFunctions()

Default Constructor

Method Detail

getAffix

public String getAffix()

Method returns the found affix of the word provided to the program, for which the root and the affix has to be found

Returns:

affix if found, " " otherwise

setInput

public void setInput(String input)

Sets the input for which the roor entry has to be found in the program

Parameters:

input -

stem

public String stem(int del,
                   String add,
                   String affix)

Deletes the "del" given number of characters from right,
appends the "add" given string at the end and
sets the affix as "affix"
and returns this new string

semi_reg_stem

public String semi_reg_stem(int del,
                            String add)

Deletes the "del" given number of characters from right,
appends the "add" given string at the end
and returns this new string

irreg_stem

public String irreg_stem(String root,
                         String affix)

returns the "root" as result and sets "affix" as affix

null_stem

public String null_stem()

returns the input as the root word