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*
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*/
/*
* Stemmer.java
* Copyright (C) 2005 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
*
*/
package weka.core.stemmers;
import weka.core.RevisionHandler;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Interface for all stemming algorithms.
*
* @author FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
* @version $Revision: 5953 $
*/
public interface Stemmer
extends Serializable, RevisionHandler {
/**
* Stems the given word and returns the stemmed version
*
* @param word the unstemmed word
* @return the stemmed word
*/
public String stem(String word);
}