package uniqifierorig;

public class WordNormalizer {
    // Returns a normalized version of the passed-in word.  Normalization
    // includes standardizing the casing and removing punctuation.
    public String Normalize(String word) {
        return word.toLowerCase()
                .replace(",", "")
                .replace("!", "")
                .replace(":", "")
                .replace(";", "")
                .replace("?", "")
                .replace("'", "")
                .replace("\"", "")
                .replace("(", "")
                .replace(")", "");
    }
}