IteratedLovinsStemmer

java.lang.Object
- weka.core.stemmers.LovinsStemmer
- - weka.core.stemmers.IteratedLovinsStemmer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, RevisionHandler, Stemmer, TechnicalInformationHandler
```
public class IteratedLovinsStemmer
extends LovinsStemmer
```
An iterated version of the Lovins stemmer. It stems the word (in case it's longer than 2 characters) until it no further changes.

For more information about the Lovins stemmer see:

Julie Beth Lovins (1968). Development of a stemming algorithm. Mechanical Translation and Computational Linguistics. 11:22-31.
BibTeX:
```
 @article{Lovins1968,
    author = {Julie Beth Lovins},
    journal = {Mechanical Translation and Computational Linguistics},
    pages = {22-31},
    title = {Development of a stemming algorithm},
    volume = {11},
    year = {1968}
 }
 
```
Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Eibe Frank (eibe at cs dot waikato dot ac dot nz)

See Also:

LovinsStemmer, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

IteratedLovinsStemmer()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getRevision()`	Returns the revision string.
`java.lang.String`	`globalInfo()`	Returns a string describing the stemmer
`static void`	`main(java.lang.String[] args)`	Runs the stemmer with the given options
`java.lang.String`	`stem(java.lang.String str)`	Iterated stemming of the given word.

Methods inherited from class weka.core.stemmers.LovinsStemmer
getTechnicalInformation, stemString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - IteratedLovinsStemmer
```
public IteratedLovinsStemmer()
```
- Method Detail
  - globalInfo
```
public java.lang.String globalInfo()
```
    Returns a string describing the stemmer
    
    Overrides:
    
    globalInfo in class LovinsStemmer
    
    Returns:
    
    a description suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui
  - stem
```
public java.lang.String stem(java.lang.String str)
```
    Iterated stemming of the given word. Word is converted to lower case.
    
    Specified by:
    
    stem in interface Stemmer
    
    Overrides:
    
    stem in class LovinsStemmer
    
    Parameters:
    
    str - the word to stem
    
    Returns:
    
    the stemmed word
  - getRevision
```
public java.lang.String getRevision()
```
    Returns the revision string.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getRevision in interface RevisionHandler
    
    Overrides:
    
    getRevision in class LovinsStemmer
    
    Returns:
    
    the revision
  - main
```
public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
```
    Runs the stemmer with the given options
    
    Parameters:
    
    args - the options