net.ontopia.topicmaps.classify.JunkNormalizer.java Source code

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/*
 * #!
 * Ontopia Classify
 * #-
 * Copyright (C) 2001 - 2013 The Ontopia Project
 * #-
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 */

package net.ontopia.topicmaps.classify;

import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;

/**
 * INTERNAL: 
 */
public class JunkNormalizer implements TermNormalizerIF {

    @Override
    public String normalize(String term) {
        // strip out repeated whitespace characters
        term = StringUtils.normalizeSpace(term);
        // drop 's endings
        if (term.length() >= 2 && term.endsWith("'s")) {
            term = term.substring(0, term.length() - 2);
        }
        return term;
    }

}