org.apache.lucene.analysis.in
Class IndicNormalizer

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.lucene.analysis.in.IndicNormalizer

public class IndicNormalizer
extends Object

Normalizes the Unicode representation of text in Indian languages.

Follows guidelines from Unicode 5.2, chapter 6, South Asian Scripts I and graphical decompositions from http://ldc.upenn.edu/myl/IndianScriptsUnicode.html

Constructor Summary

IndicNormalizer()

Method Summary

int	normalize(char[] text, int len) Normalizes input text, and returns the new length.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IndicNormalizer

public IndicNormalizer()

Method Detail

normalize

public int normalize(char[] text,
                     int len)

Normalizes input text, and returns the new length. The length will always be less than or equal to the existing length.

Parameters:

text - input text

len - valid length

Returns:

normalized length