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package org.apache.lucene.analysis.util;


import java.io.IOException;

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

Removes elisions from a TokenStream. For example, "l'avion" (the plane) will be tokenized as "avion" (plane).
See Also:
/** * Removes elisions from a {@link TokenStream}. For example, "l'avion" (the plane) will be * tokenized as "avion" (plane). * * @see <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lision">Elision in Wikipedia</a> */
public final class ElisionFilter extends TokenFilter { private final CharArraySet articles; private final CharTermAttribute termAtt = addAttribute(CharTermAttribute.class);
Constructs an elision filter with a Set of stop words
Params:
  • input – the source TokenStream
  • articles – a set of stopword articles
/** * Constructs an elision filter with a Set of stop words * @param input the source {@link TokenStream} * @param articles a set of stopword articles */
public ElisionFilter(TokenStream input, CharArraySet articles) { super(input); this.articles = articles; }
Increments the TokenStream with a CharTermAttribute without elisioned start
/** * Increments the {@link TokenStream} with a {@link CharTermAttribute} without elisioned start */
@Override public final boolean incrementToken() throws IOException { if (input.incrementToken()) { char[] termBuffer = termAtt.buffer(); int termLength = termAtt.length(); int index = -1; for (int i = 0; i < termLength; i++) { char ch = termBuffer[i]; if (ch == '\'' || ch == '\u2019') { index = i; break; } } // An apostrophe has been found. If the prefix is an article strip it off. if (index >= 0 && articles.contains(termBuffer, 0, index)) { termAtt.copyBuffer(termBuffer, index + 1, termLength - (index + 1)); } return true; } else { return false; } } }