Class PortugueseContractionUtility

java.lang.Object
opennlp.tools.formats.ad.PortugueseContractionUtility

@Internal public class PortugueseContractionUtility extends Object
Utility class to handle Portuguese contractions.

Some Corpora split contractions in its parts, for example, "da" > "de" + "a", but according to the phase 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!

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    • PortugueseContractionUtility Link icon

      public PortugueseContractionUtility()
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    • toContraction Link icon

      public static String toContraction(String left, String right)
      Merges a contraction.
      Parameters:
      left - The left component.
      right - The right component.
      Returns:
      The merged contraction.