1 
2 /* Make header file work when included from C++ */
3 #ifdef __cplusplus
4 extern "C" {
5 #endif
6 
7 struct sb_stemmer;
8 typedef unsigned char sb_symbol;
9 
10 /* FIXME - should be able to get a version number for each stemming
11  * algorithm (which will be incremented each time the output changes). */
12 
13 /** Returns an array of the names of the available stemming algorithms.
14  *  Note that these are the canonical names - aliases (ie, other names for
15  *  the same algorithm) will not be included in the list.
16  *  The list is terminated with a null pointer.
17  *
18  *  The list must not be modified in any way.
19  */
20 const char ** sb_stemmer_list(void);
21 
22 /** Create a new stemmer object, using the specified algorithm, for the
23  *  specified character encoding.
24  *
25  *  All algorithms will usually be available in UTF-8, but may also be
26  *  available in other character encodings.
27  *
28  *  @param algorithm The algorithm name.  This is either the english
29  *  name of the algorithm, or the 2 or 3 letter ISO 639 codes for the
30  *  language.  Note that case is significant in this parameter - the
31  *  value should be supplied in lower case.
32  *
33  *  @param charenc The character encoding.  NULL may be passed as
34  *  this value, in which case UTF-8 encoding will be assumed. Otherwise,
35  *  the argument may be one of "UTF_8", "ISO_8859_1" (ie, Latin 1),
36  *  "CP850" (ie, MS-DOS Latin 1) or "KOI8_R" (Russian).  Note that
37  *  case is significant in this parameter.
38  *
39  *  @return NULL if the specified algorithm is not recognised, or the
40  *  algorithm is not available for the requested encoding.  Otherwise,
41  *  returns a pointer to a newly created stemmer for the requested algorithm.
42  *  The returned pointer must be deleted by calling sb_stemmer_delete().
43  *
44  *  @note NULL will also be returned if an out of memory error occurs.
45  */
46 struct sb_stemmer * sb_stemmer_new(const char * algorithm, const char * charenc);
47 
48 /** Delete a stemmer object.
49  *
50  *  This frees all resources allocated for the stemmer.  After calling
51  *  this function, the supplied stemmer may no longer be used in any way.
52  *
53  *  It is safe to pass a null pointer to this function - this will have
54  *  no effect.
55  */
56 void                sb_stemmer_delete(struct sb_stemmer * stemmer);
57 
58 /** Stem a word.
59  *
60  *  The return value is owned by the stemmer - it must not be freed or
61  *  modified, and it will become invalid when the stemmer is called again,
62  *  or if the stemmer is freed.
63  *
64  *  The length of the return value can be obtained using sb_stemmer_length().
65  *
66  *  If an out-of-memory error occurs, this will return NULL.
67  */
68 const sb_symbol *   sb_stemmer_stem(struct sb_stemmer * stemmer,
69 				    const sb_symbol * word, int size);
70 
71 /** Get the length of the result of the last stemmed word.
72  *  This should not be called before sb_stemmer_stem() has been called.
73  */
74 int                 sb_stemmer_length(struct sb_stemmer * stemmer);
75 
76 #ifdef __cplusplus
77 }
78 #endif
79 
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