ORG.oclc.qnorm
Class DDCTermNormalizer

java.lang.Object
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public class DDCTermNormalizer

extends Object

implements TermNormalizer

The DDCTermNormalizer class is the query term normalizer for Dewey Decimal Numbers. It retains only alphanumerics and periods(.) in the filtered term.

See Also:

Map

Constructor Summary

DDCTermNormalizer()
Constructs a DDCTermNormalizer object

Method Summary

String[]	filterit(String query) Filters the incoming query term and retains only periods and alpha-numerics.
void	initNormalizer(IniFile ini, String section, Map indexInfo) The normalizer initialization method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DDCTermNormalizer

public DDCTermNormalizer()

Constructs a DDCTermNormalizer object

Method Detail

initNormalizer

public void initNormalizer(IniFile ini,
                           String section,
                           Map indexInfo)

The normalizer initialization method.

Specified by:

initNormalizer in interface TermNormalizer

Parameters:

ini - the IniFile containing configuration information

section - the section name for the inifile

indexInfo - the Map object associated with the index.

filterit

public String[] filterit(String query)

Filters the incoming query term and retains only periods and alpha-numerics.

Specified by:

filterit in interface TermNormalizer

Parameters:

query - the incoming query term

Returns:

String array object containing the filtered term.