opennlp.tools.util.normalizer

Interface CharSequenceNormalizer

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AggregateCharSequenceNormalizer, EmojiCharSequenceNormalizer, NumberCharSequenceNormalizer, ShrinkCharSequenceNormalizer, TwitterCharSequenceNormalizer, UrlCharSequenceNormalizer

public interface CharSequenceNormalizer
extends Serializable

A char sequence normalizer, used to adjusting (prune, substitute, add, etc.) characters in order to remove noise from text

See Also:

Text normalization

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CharSequence	normalize(CharSequence text) normalize a sequence of characters

Method Detail

normalize

CharSequence normalize(CharSequence text)

normalize a sequence of characters

Parameters:

text - the char sequence to normalize

Returns:

the normalized char sequence