ShrinkCharSequenceNormalizer (Apache OpenNLP Tools 2.1.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- opennlp.tools.util.normalizer.ShrinkCharSequenceNormalizer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, CharSequenceNormalizer
```
public class ShrinkCharSequenceNormalizer
extends Object
implements CharSequenceNormalizer
```
A ShrinkCharSequenceNormalizer implementation that shrinks repeated spaces / chars in text.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ShrinkCharSequenceNormalizer()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static ShrinkCharSequenceNormalizer`	`getInstance()`
`CharSequence`	`normalize(CharSequence text)`	Normalizes a sequence of characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ShrinkCharSequenceNormalizer
```
public ShrinkCharSequenceNormalizer()
```
- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
public static ShrinkCharSequenceNormalizer getInstance()
```
  - normalize
```
public CharSequence normalize(CharSequence text)
```
    Description copied from interface: CharSequenceNormalizer
    
    Normalizes a sequence of characters.
    
    Specified by:
    
    normalize in interface CharSequenceNormalizer
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - The CharSequence to normalize.
    
    Returns:
    
    The normalized CharSequence.