ORG.oclc.qnorm
Class RemoteZFSAuthorTermNormalizer

java.lang.Object
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public class RemoteZFSAuthorTermNormalizer

extends BaseTermNormalizer

implements TermNormalizer

The RemoteZFSAuthorTermNormalizer class is the query term filter class for processing queries that go to the remote FirstSerach Z39.50 Target for the Author phrase index which is indexed by retaining comma's in the name and has 2 blanks between the subfield 'a' and 'd'. The other special characters that are retained: slashes( converted to spaces) and ampersand(&).

The inifile parameters this method recognizes are:

collapse

The list of characters to collapse from the term, where the default list, if not specified is:
.;:<>{}=!()+%$\"[]`|~'^

See Also:

Map

Field Summary

protected String

collapseChars String of characters to collapse from the input.

Fields inherited from class ORG.oclc.qnorm.BaseTermNormalizer

ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, LC_AE, LC_OE, LC_THORN, UC_AE, UC_OE, UC_THORN

Constructor Summary

RemoteZFSAuthorTermNormalizer()
Constructs a RemoteZFSAuthorTermNormalizer object

Method Summary

String[]	filterit(String query) Filters the incoming query for characters that the remote FirstSearch Z-Target will not recognize in query terms.
void	initNormalizer(IniFile ini, String section, Map indexInfo) The normalizer initialization method

Methods inherited from class ORG.oclc.qnorm.BaseTermNormalizer

expandSpecial

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

collapseChars

protected String collapseChars

String of characters to collapse from the input.

Constructor Detail

RemoteZFSAuthorTermNormalizer

public RemoteZFSAuthorTermNormalizer()

Constructs a RemoteZFSAuthorTermNormalizer 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 for characters that the remote FirstSearch Z-Target will not recognize in query terms.

Specified by:

filterit in interface TermNormalizer

Parameters:

query - the incoming query term

Returns:

String[] containing the filtered term.