Package com.yahoo.language.process

Interface Tokenizer

All Known Implementing Classes:
SimpleTokenizer
public interface Tokenizer
Language-sensitive tokenization of a text string.
Author:
Mathias Mølster Lidal

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Iterable<Token>
    tokenize(String input, Language language, StemMode stemMode, boolean removeAccents)
    Returns the tokens produced from an input string under the rules of the given Language and additional options

  • Method Details

    • tokenize

      Iterable<Token> tokenize(String input, Language language, StemMode stemMode, boolean removeAccents)
      Returns the tokens produced from an input string under the rules of the given Language and additional options
      Parameters:
      input - the string to tokenize. May be arbitrarily large.
      language - the language of the input string.
      stemMode - the stem mode applied on the returned tokens
      removeAccents - if true accents and similar are removed from the returned tokens
      Returns:
      the tokens of the input String.
      Throws:
      ProcessingException - If the underlying library throws an Exception.