PortugueseContractionUtility (Apache OpenNLP Tools 2.1.0 API)

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 Description
  
  PortugueseContractionUtility()
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method 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