org.jasen.core.token
Class StopWordList

java.lang.Object
  org.jasen.core.token.StopWordList

public final class StopWordList

extends Object

Maintains a hard-coded list of English stopwords.

Author:

Jason Polites

Field Summary

static String[]

STOP_WORDS

Method Summary

static boolean

isStopWord(String str) Determines if the given word is a recognizable stop word

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

STOP_WORDS

public static final String[] STOP_WORDS

Method Detail

isStopWord

public static final boolean isStopWord(String str)

Determines if the given word is a recognizable stop word

Parameters:

str - The string to test. It is converted to lower case in this method to perform the test

Returns:

True if the word is a stop word, false otherwise