normalizeSpace

This rule removes leading and trailing white space from a string and changes multiple spaces in the middle of a string to a single space. The syntax for normalizeSpace is:

<normalizeSpace/>

Example 4 Sample normalizeSpace Rule

The following sample removes the leading and trailing white space from a last name field prior to checking the input value against the surnames.txt file.

<matcher>
   <preProcessing>
     <normalizeSpace/>
   </preProcessing>
   <lexicon resource="surnames.txt"/>
</matcher>