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Class PortugueseContractionUtility

java.lang.Object

opennlp.tools.formats.ad.PortugueseContractionUtility

public class PortugueseContractionUtility
extends Object

Utility class to handle Portuguese contractions.

Some Corpora splits contractions in its parts, for example, "da" > "de" + "a", but according to the fase of language processing, NER for instance, we can't decide if to split a contraction or not, specially because contractions inside names are not separated, but outside are.

Note: Do not use this class, internal use only!

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PortugueseContractionUtility()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	toContraction(String left, String right) Merges a contraction

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PortugueseContractionUtility

public PortugueseContractionUtility()

Method Detail

toContraction

public static String toContraction(String left,
                   String right)

Merges a contraction

Parameters:

left - the left component

right - the right component

Returns:

the merged contraction