private boolean isNoiseWord(String term){
  int len=term.length();
  if (minWordLen > 0 && len < minWordLen) {
    return true;
  }
  if (maxWordLen > 0 && len > maxWordLen) {
    return true;
  }
  return stopWords != null && stopWords.contains(term);
}

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