## org.egothor.stemmer
Class Optimizer

    java.lang.Object
      org.egothor.stemmer.Reduce
          org.egothor.stemmer.Optimizer

Direct Known Subclasses:
  Optimizer2

    public class Optimizer

extends Reduce

The Optimizer class is a Trie that will be reduced (have empty rows removed).

The reduction will be made by joining two rows where the first is a subset of the second.

Constructor Summary
`Optimizer()` Constructor for the Optimizer object.

Method Summary
`org.egothor.stemmer.Cell` `merge(org.egothor.stemmer.Cell m, org.egothor.stemmer.Cell e)` Merge the given Cells and return the resulting Cell.
`Row` `merge(Row master, Row existing)` Merge the given rows and return the resulting Row.
`Trie` `optimize(Trie orig)` Optimize (remove empty rows) from the given Trie and return the resulting Trie.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### Optimizer

    public Optimizer()

  Constructor for the Optimizer object.

Method Detail

### optimize

    public Trie optimize(Trie orig)

  Optimize (remove empty rows) from the given Trie and return the resulting Trie.

  Overrides:
    `optimize` in class `Reduce`
  Parameters:
    `orig` - the Trie to consolidate
  Returns:
    the newly consolidated Trie

### merge

    public Row merge(Row master,
                     Row existing)

  Merge the given rows and return the resulting Row.

  Parameters:
    `master` - the master Row
    `existing` - the existing Row
  Returns:
    the resulting Row, or `null` if the operation cannot be realized

### merge

    public org.egothor.stemmer.Cell merge(org.egothor.stemmer.Cell m,
                                          org.egothor.stemmer.Cell e)

  Merge the given Cells and return the resulting Cell.

  Parameters:
    `m` - the master Cell
    `e` - the existing Cell
  Returns:
    the resulting Cell, or `null` if the operation cannot be realized