Stemmer (linguistics 7.509.14 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

StemmerImpl
```
public interface Stemmer
```
Interface providing stemming of single words.

Author:

Mathias Mølster Lidal

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`List<StemList>`	`stem(String input, StemMode mode, Language language)`	Stem input according to specified stemming mode.

- Method Detail
  - stem
```
List<StemList> stem(String input,
                    StemMode mode,
                    Language language)
```
    Stem input according to specified stemming mode.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the string to stem.
    
    mode - the stemming mode
    
    language - the language to use for stemming
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of possible stems. Empty if none.
    
    Throws:
    
    ProcessingException - thrown if there is an exception stemming this input