## org.apache.lucene.analysis.pt
Class RSLPStemmerBase.Rule

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.lucene.analysis.pt.RSLPStemmerBase.Rule

Direct Known Subclasses:
  RSLPStemmerBase.RuleWithSetExceptions, RSLPStemmerBase.RuleWithSuffixExceptions

Enclosing class:
  RSLPStemmerBase

    protected static class RSLPStemmerBase.Rule

extends Object

A basic rule, with no exceptions.

Field Summary
`protected int` `min`
`protected char[]` `replacement`
`protected char[]` `suffix`

Constructor Summary
`RSLPStemmerBase.Rule(String suffix, int min, String replacement)` Create a rule.

Method Summary
`boolean` `matches(char[] s, int len)`
`int` `replace(char[] s, int len)`

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

Field Detail

### suffix

    protected final char[] suffix

### replacement

    protected final char[] replacement

### min

    protected final int min

Constructor Detail

### RSLPStemmerBase.Rule

    public RSLPStemmerBase.Rule(String suffix,
                                int min,
                                String replacement)

  Create a rule.

  Parameters:
    `suffix` - suffix to remove
    `min` - minimum stem length
    `replacement` - replacement string

Method Detail

### matches

    public boolean matches(char[] s,
                           int len)

  Returns:
    true if the word matches this rule.

### replace

    public int replace(char[] s,
                       int len)

  Returns:
    new valid length of the string after firing this rule.