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package org.apache.lucene.analysis.ar;



import static org.apache.lucene.analysis.util.StemmerUtil.*;

Stemmer for Arabic.

Stemming is done in-place for efficiency, operating on a termbuffer.

Stemming is defined as:

  • Removal of attached definite article, conjunction, and prepositions.
  • Stemming of common suffixes.
/** * Stemmer for Arabic. * <p> * Stemming is done in-place for efficiency, operating on a termbuffer. * <p> * Stemming is defined as: * <ul> * <li> Removal of attached definite article, conjunction, and prepositions. * <li> Stemming of common suffixes. * </ul> * */
public class ArabicStemmer { public static final char ALEF = '\u0627'; public static final char BEH = '\u0628'; public static final char TEH_MARBUTA = '\u0629'; public static final char TEH = '\u062A'; public static final char FEH = '\u0641'; public static final char KAF = '\u0643'; public static final char LAM = '\u0644'; public static final char NOON = '\u0646'; public static final char HEH = '\u0647'; public static final char WAW = '\u0648'; public static final char YEH = '\u064A'; public static final char prefixes[][] = { ("" + ALEF + LAM).toCharArray(), ("" + WAW + ALEF + LAM).toCharArray(), ("" + BEH + ALEF + LAM).toCharArray(), ("" + KAF + ALEF + LAM).toCharArray(), ("" + FEH + ALEF + LAM).toCharArray(), ("" + LAM + LAM).toCharArray(), ("" + WAW).toCharArray(), }; public static final char suffixes[][] = { ("" + HEH + ALEF).toCharArray(), ("" + ALEF + NOON).toCharArray(), ("" + ALEF + TEH).toCharArray(), ("" + WAW + NOON).toCharArray(), ("" + YEH + NOON).toCharArray(), ("" + YEH + HEH).toCharArray(), ("" + YEH + TEH_MARBUTA).toCharArray(), ("" + HEH).toCharArray(), ("" + TEH_MARBUTA).toCharArray(), ("" + YEH).toCharArray(), };
Stem an input buffer of Arabic text.
Params:
  • s – input buffer
  • len – length of input buffer
Returns:length of input buffer after normalization
/** * Stem an input buffer of Arabic text. * * @param s input buffer * @param len length of input buffer * @return length of input buffer after normalization */
public int stem(char s[], int len) { len = stemPrefix(s, len); len = stemSuffix(s, len); return len; }
Stem a prefix off an Arabic word.
Params:
  • s – input buffer
  • len – length of input buffer
Returns:new length of input buffer after stemming.
/** * Stem a prefix off an Arabic word. * @param s input buffer * @param len length of input buffer * @return new length of input buffer after stemming. */
public int stemPrefix(char s[], int len) { for (int i = 0; i < prefixes.length; i++) if (startsWithCheckLength(s, len, prefixes[i])) return deleteN(s, 0, len, prefixes[i].length); return len; }
Stem suffix(es) off an Arabic word.
Params:
  • s – input buffer
  • len – length of input buffer
Returns:new length of input buffer after stemming
/** * Stem suffix(es) off an Arabic word. * @param s input buffer * @param len length of input buffer * @return new length of input buffer after stemming */
public int stemSuffix(char s[], int len) { for (int i = 0; i < suffixes.length; i++) if (endsWithCheckLength(s, len, suffixes[i])) len = deleteN(s, len - suffixes[i].length, len, suffixes[i].length); return len; }
Returns true if the prefix matches and can be stemmed
Params:
  • s – input buffer
  • len – length of input buffer
  • prefix – prefix to check
Returns:true if the prefix matches and can be stemmed
/** * Returns true if the prefix matches and can be stemmed * @param s input buffer * @param len length of input buffer * @param prefix prefix to check * @return true if the prefix matches and can be stemmed */
boolean startsWithCheckLength(char s[], int len, char prefix[]) { if (prefix.length == 1 && len < 4) { // wa- prefix requires at least 3 characters return false; } else if (len < prefix.length + 2) { // other prefixes require only 2. return false; } else { for (int i = 0; i < prefix.length; i++) if (s[i] != prefix[i]) return false; return true; } }
Returns true if the suffix matches and can be stemmed
Params:
  • s – input buffer
  • len – length of input buffer
  • suffix – suffix to check
Returns:true if the suffix matches and can be stemmed
/** * Returns true if the suffix matches and can be stemmed * @param s input buffer * @param len length of input buffer * @param suffix suffix to check * @return true if the suffix matches and can be stemmed */
boolean endsWithCheckLength(char s[], int len, char suffix[]) { if (len < suffix.length + 2) { // all suffixes require at least 2 characters after stemming return false; } else { for (int i = 0; i < suffix.length; i++) if (s[len - suffix.length + i] != suffix[i]) return false; return true; } } }