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/* Make header file work when included from C++ */
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typedef char sb_symbol;
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/* FIXME - should be able to get a version number for each stemming
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* algorithm (which will be incremented each time the output changes). */
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/** Returns an array of the names of the available stemming algorithms.
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* Note that these are the canonical names - aliases (ie, other names for
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* the same algorithm) will not be included in the list.
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* The list is terminated with a null pointer.
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* The list must not be modified in any way.
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const char ** sb_stemmer_list(void);
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/** Create a new stemmer object, using the specified algorithm.
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* @return If the specified algorithm is not recognised, 0 will be
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* returned; otherwise a pointer to a newly created stemmer for that
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* algorithm will be returned.
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struct sb_stemmer * sb_stemmer_new(const char * algorithm);
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/** Delete a stemmer object.
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* This frees all resources allocated for the stemmer. After calling
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* this function, the supplied stemmer may no longer be used in any way.
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* It is safe to pass a null pointer to this function - this will have
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void sb_stemmer_delete(struct sb_stemmer * stemmer);
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* The return value is owned by the stemmer - it must not be freed or
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* modified, and it will become invalid when the stemmer is called again,
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* or if the stemmer is freed.
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* The length of the return value can be obtained using sb_stemmer_length()
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const sb_symbol * sb_stemmer_stem(struct sb_stemmer * stemmer,
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const sb_symbol * word, int size);
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/** Get the length of the result of the last stemmed word.
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* This should not be called before sb_stemmer_stem() has been called.
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int sb_stemmer_length(struct sb_stemmer * stemmer);
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