org.eml.sir.util
Class CompoundSplitter

java.lang.Object
  org.eml.sir.util.CompoundSplitter

public class CompoundSplitter

extends java.lang.Object

Class that provides methods for splitting compounds

Author:

Katja Niemann, Simone Eberhard (EML-R)

Constructor Summary

CompoundSplitter()
Create a new instance of CompoundSplitter, uses the SmesStemmmer

Method Summary

boolean	isCompound(java.lang.String possibleCompound) Test, if a word is a compound
java.util.ArrayList	split() Split possible compound
java.util.ArrayList	split(char pos) Split possible compound

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CompoundSplitter

public CompoundSplitter()

Create a new instance of CompoundSplitter, uses the SmesStemmmer

Method Detail

isCompound

public boolean isCompound(java.lang.String possibleCompound)

Test, if a word is a compound

Parameters:

possibleCompound - word, which could be a compound

Returns:

- true, if possibleCompound is a compound, - false, if possibleCompound is no compound

split

public java.util.ArrayList split(char pos)

Split possible compound

Returns:

ArrayList with compound components - POS like POS of compound

split

public java.util.ArrayList split()

Split possible compound

Returns:

ArrayList with compound components - POS not defined