NAME

       Lucy::Analysis::Analyzer - Tokenize/modify/filter text.

SYNOPSIS

           # Abstract base class.

DESCRIPTION

       An Analyzer is a filter which processes text, transforming it from one form into another.
       For instance, an analyzer might break up a long text into smaller pieces (RegexTokenizer),
       or it might perform case folding to facilitate case-insensitive search (CaseFolder).

INHERITANCE

       Lucy::Analysis::Analyzer isa Lucy::Object::Obj.