ORG.oclc.qnorm
Class NewtonDbBaseTermNormalizer

java.lang.Object
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public class NewtonDbBaseTermNormalizer

extends BaseTermNormalizer

implements TermNormalizer

The NewtonDbBaseTermNormalizer class is the default query term filter class for locally mounted newton databases.

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:
.,;:<>{}=!()+%$\"@[]`|~/'^

trimTerm

a flag indicating whether to trim trailing spaces from the input term where the default is true

See Also:

Map

Field Summary

protected String	collapseChars String of characters to collapse from the input.
protected String	delimitChars String of characters to that delimit words.

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

NewtonDbBaseTermNormalizer()
Constructs a NewtonDbBaseTermNormalizer object

Method Summary

String[]	filterit(String query) Filters the incoming query for characters that the newton search engine 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.

delimitChars

protected String delimitChars

String of characters to that delimit words.

Constructor Detail

NewtonDbBaseTermNormalizer

public NewtonDbBaseTermNormalizer()

Constructs a NewtonDbBaseTermNormalizer 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 newton search engine will not recognize in query terms.

Specified by:

filterit in interface TermNormalizer

Parameters:

query - the incoming query term

Returns:

String[] containing the filtered term.