Deprecated API

Contents

• Deprecated Interfaces
• Deprecated Classes
• Deprecated Enums
• Deprecated Fields
• Deprecated Methods
• Deprecated Constructors
• Deprecated Enum Constants

Deprecated Interfaces

Interface and Description
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.ByteParser
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.ShortParser

Deprecated Classes

Class and Description
org.apache.lucene.document.ByteDocValuesField use NumericDocValuesField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.DerefBytesDocValuesField Use BinaryDocValuesField instead.
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldComparator.ByteComparator
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldComparator.ShortComparator
org.apache.lucene.util.IndexableBinaryStringTools Implement TermToBytesRefAttribute and store bytes directly instead. This class will be removed in Lucene 5.0
org.apache.lucene.document.IntDocValuesField use NumericDocValuesField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.LongDocValuesField use NumericDocValuesField instead.
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene3x.Lucene3xCodec Only for reading existing 3.x indexes
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene3x.Lucene3xSegmentInfoFormat (4.0) This is only used to read indexes created before 4.0.
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene3x.Lucene3xSegmentInfoReader Only for reading existing 3.x indexes
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40Codec Only for reading old 4.0 segments
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40DocValuesFormat Only for reading old 4.0 and 4.1 segments
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40FieldInfosFormat Only for reading old 4.0 and 4.1 segments
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40NormsFormat Only for reading old 4.0 and 4.1 segments
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40PostingsBaseFormat Only for reading old 4.0 segments
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40PostingsFormat Only for reading old 4.0 segments
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40PostingsReader Only for reading old 4.0 segments
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40.Lucene40SkipListReader Only for reading old 4.0 segments
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene41.Lucene41Codec Only for reading old 4.0 segments
org.apache.lucene.document.PackedLongDocValuesField use NumericDocValuesField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.ShortDocValuesField use NumericDocValuesField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.SortedBytesDocValuesField Use SortedDocValuesField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.StraightBytesDocValuesField Use BinaryDocValuesField instead.

Deprecated Enums

Enum and Description
org.apache.lucene.document.Field.Index This is here only to ease transition from the pre-4.0 APIs.
org.apache.lucene.document.Field.TermVector This is here only to ease transition from the pre-4.0 APIs.

Deprecated Fields

Field and Description
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.DEFAULT_BYTE_PARSER
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.DEFAULT_DOUBLE_PARSER
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.DEFAULT_FLOAT_PARSER
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.DEFAULT_INT_PARSER
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.DEFAULT_LONG_PARSER
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.DEFAULT_SHORT_PARSER
org.apache.lucene.search.FuzzyQuery.defaultMinSimilarity pass integer edit distances instead.
org.apache.lucene.util.Constants.JRE_IS_MINIMUM_JAVA6 With Lucene 4.0, we are always on Java 6

Deprecated Methods

Method and Description
org.apache.lucene.search.IndexSearcher.document(int, Set) Use IndexSearcher.doc(int, Set) instead.
org.apache.lucene.search.FuzzyQuery.floatToEdits(float, int) pass integer edit distances instead.
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.getBytes(AtomicReader, String, boolean) (4.4) Index as a numeric field using IntField and then use FieldCache.getInts(AtomicReader, String, boolean) instead.
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.getBytes(AtomicReader, String, FieldCache.ByteParser, boolean) (4.4) Index as a numeric field using IntField and then use FieldCache.getInts(AtomicReader, String, boolean) instead.
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.getShorts(AtomicReader, String, boolean) (4.4) Index as a numeric field using IntField and then use FieldCache.getInts(AtomicReader, String, boolean) instead.
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache.getShorts(AtomicReader, String, FieldCache.ShortParser, boolean) (4.4) Index as a numeric field using IntField and then use FieldCache.getInts(AtomicReader, String, boolean) instead.
org.apache.lucene.index.Fields.getUniqueTermCount() iterate fields and add their size() instead. this method is only provided as a transition mechanism to access this statistic for 3.x indexes, which do not have this statistic per-field.
org.apache.lucene.util.CharsRef.getUTF16SortedAsUTF8Comparator() This comparator is only a transition mechanism
org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef.getUTF8SortedAsUTF16Comparator() This comparator is only a transition mechanism
org.apache.lucene.index.AtomicReader.hasNorms(String) (4.0) use AtomicReader.getFieldInfos() and check FieldInfo.hasNorms() for the field instead.
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCacheRangeFilter.newByteRange(String, Byte, Byte, boolean, boolean)
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCacheRangeFilter.newByteRange(String, FieldCache.ByteParser, Byte, Byte, boolean, boolean)
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCacheRangeFilter.newShortRange(String, FieldCache.ShortParser, Short, Short, boolean, boolean)
org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCacheRangeFilter.newShortRange(String, Short, Short, boolean, boolean)
org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader.open(Directory) Use DirectoryReader.open(Directory)
org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader.open(Directory, int) Use DirectoryReader.open(Directory,int)
org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader.open(IndexCommit) Use DirectoryReader.open(IndexCommit)
org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader.open(IndexCommit, int) Use DirectoryReader.open(IndexCommit,int)
org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader.open(IndexWriter, boolean) Use DirectoryReader.open(IndexWriter,boolean)
org.apache.lucene.store.Directory.IndexInputSlicer.openFullSlice() Only for reading CFS files from 3.x indexes.
org.apache.lucene.store.IndexOutput.seek(long) (4.1) This method will be removed in Lucene 5.0
org.apache.lucene.document.Field.translateFieldType(Field.Store, Field.Index, Field.TermVector) This is here only to ease transition from the pre-4.0 APIs.
org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentInfos.write3xInfo(Directory, SegmentInfo, IOContext)

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor and Description
org.apache.lucene.document.Field(String, byte[]) Use StoredField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.Field(String, byte[], int, int) Use StoredField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.Field(String, Reader) Use TextField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.Field(String, Reader, Field.TermVector) Use TextField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.Field(String, String, Field.Store, Field.Index) Use StringField, TextField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.Field(String, String, Field.Store, Field.Index, Field.TermVector) Use StringField, TextField instead.
org.apache.lucene.document.Field(String, TokenStream) Use TextField instead
org.apache.lucene.document.Field(String, TokenStream, Field.TermVector) Use TextField instead

Deprecated Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
org.apache.lucene.search.SortField.Type.BYTE
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_30 (4.0) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_31 (4.0) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_32 (4.0) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_33 (4.0) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_34 (4.0) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_35 (4.0) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_36 (4.0) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_40 (4.1) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_41 (4.2) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_42 (4.3) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_43 (4.4) Use latest
org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_CURRENT Use an actual version instead.
org.apache.lucene.search.SortField.Type.SHORT