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package org.apache.lucene.analysis.en;


import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenFilter;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.tokenattributes.CharTermAttribute;

TokenFilter that removes possessives (trailing 's) from words.
/** * TokenFilter that removes possessives (trailing 's) from words. */
public final class EnglishPossessiveFilter extends TokenFilter { private final CharTermAttribute termAtt = addAttribute(CharTermAttribute.class); public EnglishPossessiveFilter(TokenStream input) { super(input); } @Override public boolean incrementToken() throws IOException { if (!input.incrementToken()) { return false; } final char[] buffer = termAtt.buffer(); final int bufferLength = termAtt.length(); if (bufferLength >= 2 && (buffer[bufferLength-2] == '\'' || buffer[bufferLength-2] == '\u2019' || buffer[bufferLength-2] == '\uFF07') && (buffer[bufferLength-1] == 's' || buffer[bufferLength-1] == 'S')) { termAtt.setLength(bufferLength - 2); // Strip last 2 characters off } return true; } }