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=head1 NAME

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

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    # Abstract base class.



=head1 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 (L<RegexTokenizer|Lucy::Analysis::RegexTokenizer>), or it might
perform case folding to facilitate case-insensitive search
(L<CaseFolder|Lucy::Analysis::CaseFolder>).







=head1 INHERITANCE

Lucy::Analysis::Analyzer isa L<Lucy::Object::Obj>.


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