Package opennlp.tools.util.normalizer

Interface CharSequenceNormalizer

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

OffsetAwareNormalizer

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	Description
CharSequence	normalize(CharSequence text)	Normalizes a sequence of characters.

Method Details

normalize

CharSequence normalize(CharSequence text)

Normalizes a sequence of characters.

Parameters:

text - The CharSequence to normalize. Must not be null.

Returns:

The normalized CharSequence.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if text is null.