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  /*
   * Stemmer.java
   * Copyright (C) 2005 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
   *
   */
  
  package weka.core.stemmers;
  
  import weka.core.RevisionHandler;
  
  import java.io.Serializable;
  
  /**
   * Interface for all stemming algorithms.
   *
   * @author    FracPete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
   * @version   $Revision: 5953 $
   */
  public interface Stemmer 
    extends Serializable, RevisionHandler {
  
    /**
     * Stems the given word and returns the stemmed version
     *
     * @param word      the unstemmed word
     * @return          the stemmed word
     */
    public String stem(String word);
  }
  