NAME¶

Lucy::Analysis::Analyzer - Tokenize/modify/filter text.

SYNOPSIS¶

    # Abstract base class.

DESCRIPTION¶

An Analyzer is a filter which processes text, transforming it from one form into another. For instance, an analyzer might break up a long text into smaller pieces (RegexTokenizer), or it might perform case folding to facilitate case-insensitive search (CaseFolder).

INHERITANCE¶

Lucy::Analysis::Analyzer isa Lucy::Object::Obj.