private boolean isNoiseWord ( String term ) { int len = term . length ( ) ; if ( minWordLen > 0 && len < minWordLen ) { return true ; } if ( maxWordLen > 0 && len > maxWordLen ) { return true ; } if ( stopWords != null && stopWords . contains ( term ) ) { return true ; } return false ; }
determines if the passed term is likely to be of interest in more like comparisons