org.apache.lucene.codecs

Class CompoundFormat

java.lang.Object

org.apache.lucene.codecs.CompoundFormat

Direct Known Subclasses:

Lucene50CompoundFormat

public abstract class CompoundFormat
extends Object

Encodes/decodes compound files

WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CompoundFormat() Sole constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Directory	getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context) Returns a Directory view (read-only) for the compound files in this segment
abstract void	write(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context) Packs the provided segment's files into a compound format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CompoundFormat

public CompoundFormat()

Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

Method Detail

getCompoundReader

public abstract Directory getCompoundReader(Directory dir,
                                            SegmentInfo si,
                                            IOContext context)
                                     throws IOException

Returns a Directory view (read-only) for the compound files in this segment

Throws:

IOException

write

public abstract void write(Directory dir,
                           SegmentInfo si,
                           IOContext context)
                    throws IOException

Packs the provided segment's files into a compound format. All files referenced by the provided SegmentInfo must have CodecUtil.writeIndexHeader(org.apache.lucene.store.DataOutput, java.lang.String, int, byte[], java.lang.String) and CodecUtil.writeFooter(org.apache.lucene.store.IndexOutput).

Throws:

IOException