ORG.oclc.qnorm
Class NotisPhraseNormalizer

java.lang.Object
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  +--ORG.oclc.qnorm.BaseTermNormalizer
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        +--ORG.oclc.qnorm.RemoteZTermNormalizer
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              +--ORG.oclc.qnorm.NotisPhraseNormalizer

public class NotisPhraseNormalizer

extends RemoteZTermNormalizer

implements TermNormalizer

The NotisPhraseNormalizer class is used to filter incoming phrase searches for a NOTIS database. It runs the logic in the RemoteZTermNormalizer and then it converts any " -- " strings to "--" so that the searches will work on the target.

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

Fields inherited from class ORG.oclc.qnorm.RemoteZTermNormalizer

collapseChars

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

NotisPhraseNormalizer()
Constructs a NotisPhraseNormalizer object

Method Summary

String[]

filterit(String query) Filters the incoming query for characters that the remote-Z target engine will not recognize in query terms and changes " -- " to "--".

Methods inherited from class ORG.oclc.qnorm.RemoteZTermNormalizer

initNormalizer

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

Constructor Detail

NotisPhraseNormalizer

public NotisPhraseNormalizer()

Constructs a NotisPhraseNormalizer object

Method Detail

filterit

public String[] filterit(String query)

Filters the incoming query for characters that the remote-Z target engine will not recognize in query terms and changes " -- " to "--".

Specified by:

filterit in interface TermNormalizer

Parameters:

query - the incoming query term

Returns:

String[] containing the filtered term.

Overrides:

filterit in class RemoteZTermNormalizer