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14 
15 #ifndef ICING_EXPAND_STEMMING_STEMMER_H_
16 #define ICING_EXPAND_STEMMING_STEMMER_H_
17 
18 #include <string>
19 #include <string_view>
20 
21 namespace icing {
22 namespace lib {
23 
24 // Stems a given term to its root form.
25 //
26 // Example usage:
27 //   std::unique_ptr<Stemmer> stemmer = stemmer_factory::Create("en");
28 //   std::string stem = stemmer->Stem("running");
29 class Stemmer {
30  public:
31   virtual ~Stemmer() = default;
32 
33   // Returns the stem of a given term.
34   // This returns the same value if the term is already in its stem form.
35   virtual std::string Stem(std::string_view term) const = 0;
36 
37   // Returns the language code of the stemmer.
38   virtual const std::string& language_code() const = 0;
39 };
40 
41 }  // namespace lib
42 }  // namespace icing
43 
44 #endif  // ICING_EXPAND_STEMMING_STEMMER_H_
45