org.apache.lucene.analysis.hi
Class HindiNormalizer

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.lucene.analysis.hi.HindiNormalizer

public class HindiNormalizer
extends Object

Normalizer for Hindi.

Normalizes text to remove some differences in spelling variations.

Implements the Hindi-language specific algorithm specified in: Word normalization in Indian languages Prasad Pingali and Vasudeva Varma. http://web2py.iiit.ac.in/publications/default/download/inproceedings.pdf.3fe5b38c-02ee-41ce-9a8f-3e745670be32.pdf

with the following additions from Hindi CLIR in Thirty Days Leah S. Larkey, Margaret E. Connell, and Nasreen AbdulJaleel. http://maroo.cs.umass.edu/pub/web/getpdf.php?id=454:

• Internal Zero-width joiner and Zero-width non-joiners are removed
• In addition to chandrabindu, NA+halant is normalized to anusvara

Constructor Summary

HindiNormalizer()

Method Summary

int	normalize(char[] s, int len) Normalize an input buffer of Hindi text

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HindiNormalizer

public HindiNormalizer()

Method Detail

normalize

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

Normalize an input buffer of Hindi text

Parameters:

s - input buffer

len - length of input buffer

Returns:

length of input buffer after normalization