diff --git a/src/analyzer/mod.rs b/src/analyzer/mod.rs
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+++ b/src/analyzer/mod.rs
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+extern crate regex;
+
+use std::str::Chars;
+
+pub struct TokenIter<'a> {
+    chars: Chars<'a>,
+    term_buffer: String,
+}
+
+fn append_char_lowercase(c: char, term_buffer: &mut String) {
+    for c_lower in c.to_lowercase() {
+        term_buffer.push(c_lower);
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait StreamingIterator<'a, T> {
+    fn next(&'a mut self) -> Option<T>;
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'b> TokenIter<'b> {
+    fn consume_token(&'a mut self) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        loop {
+            match self.chars.next() {
+                Some(c) => {
+                    if c.is_alphanumeric() {
+                        append_char_lowercase(c, &mut self.term_buffer);
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                },
+                None => {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return Some(&self.term_buffer);
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl<'a, 'b> StreamingIterator<'a, &'a str> for TokenIter<'b> {
+
+    fn next(&'a mut self,) -> Option<&'a str> {
+        self.term_buffer.clear();
+        // skipping non-letter characters.
+        loop {
+            match self.chars.next() {
+                Some(c) => {
+                    if c.is_alphanumeric() {
+                        append_char_lowercase(c, &mut self.term_buffer);
+                        return self.consume_token();
+                    }
+                }
+                None => { return None; }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct SimpleTokenizer;
+
+
+impl SimpleTokenizer {
+    pub fn new() -> SimpleTokenizer {
+        SimpleTokenizer
+    }
+
+    pub fn tokenize<'a>(&self, text: &'a str) -> TokenIter<'a> {
+        TokenIter {
+           term_buffer: String::new(),
+           chars: text.chars(),
+        }
+   }
+}
+
+
+#[test]
+fn test_tokenizer() {
+    let simple_tokenizer = SimpleTokenizer::new();
+    let mut term_reader = simple_tokenizer.tokenize("hello, happy tax payer!");
+    assert_eq!(term_reader.next().unwrap(), "hello");
+    assert_eq!(term_reader.next().unwrap(), "happy");
+    assert_eq!(term_reader.next().unwrap(), "tax");
+    assert_eq!(term_reader.next().unwrap(), "payer");
+    assert_eq!(term_reader.next(), None);
+}
+
+
+#[test]
+fn test_tokenizer_empty() {
+    let simple_tokenizer = SimpleTokenizer::new();
+    let mut term_reader = simple_tokenizer.tokenize("");
+    assert_eq!(term_reader.next(), None);
+}