ORG.oclc.qnorm
Class GovDocTermNormalizer

java.lang.Object
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public class GovDocTermNormalizer

extends Object

implements TermNormalizer

The GovDocTermNormalizer class is the query term normalizer for Government Document Numbers. It retains only alphanumerics and collapses any data within parenthesis. For example: 124.abc(xyz) returns 124abc.

See Also:

Map

Constructor Summary

GovDocTermNormalizer()
Constructs a GovDocTermNormalizer object

Method Summary

String[]	filterit(String query) Filters the incoming query term and retains only alphanumeric characters and collapses any characters withing parenthesis.
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

GovDocTermNormalizer

public GovDocTermNormalizer()

Constructs a GovDocTermNormalizer 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 alphanumeric characters and collapses any characters withing parenthesis.

Specified by:

filterit in interface TermNormalizer

Parameters:

query - the incoming query term

Returns:

String array object containing the filtered term.