## org.apache.lucene.analysis.hi
Class HindiNormalizer

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.lucene.analysis.hi.HindiNormalizer

    public class HindiNormalizer

extends Object

Normalizer for Hindi.

Normalizes text to remove some differences in spelling variations.

Implements the Hindi-language specific algorithm specified in: Word normalization in Indian languages Prasad Pingali and Vasudeva Varma. http://web2py.iiit.ac.in/publications/default/download/inproceedings.pdf.3fe5b38c-02ee-41ce-9a8f-3e745670be32.pdf

with the following additions from Hindi CLIR in Thirty Days Leah S. Larkey, Margaret E. Connell, and Nasreen AbdulJaleel. http://maroo.cs.umass.edu/pub/web/getpdf.php?id=454:

- Internal Zero-width joiner and Zero-width non-joiners are removed
- In addition to chandrabindu, NA+halant is normalized to anusvara

Constructor Summary
`HindiNormalizer()`

Method Summary
`int` `normalize(char[] s, int len)` Normalize an input buffer of Hindi text

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

Constructor Detail

### HindiNormalizer

    public HindiNormalizer()

Method Detail

### normalize

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

  Normalize an input buffer of Hindi text

  Parameters:
    `s` - input buffer
    `len` - length of input buffer
  Returns:
    length of input buffer after normalization

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