IndexDictionary.Browser (Lucene 9.0.0 codecs API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

FSTDictionary.Browser

Enclosing interface:

IndexDictionary
```
public static interface IndexDictionary.Browser
```
Stateful IndexDictionary.Browser to seek a term in this IndexDictionary and get its corresponding block file pointer in the block file.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`seekBlock(BytesRef term)`	Seeks the given term in the `IndexDictionary` and returns its corresponding block file pointer.

- Method Detail
  - seekBlock
```
long seekBlock(BytesRef term)
        throws IOException
```
    Seeks the given term in the IndexDictionary and returns its corresponding block file pointer.
    
    Returns:
    
    The block file pointer corresponding to the term if it matches exactly a block key in the dictionary. Otherwise the floor block key, which is the greatest block key present in the dictionary that is alphabetically preceding the searched term. Otherwise -1 if there is no floor block key because the searched term precedes alphabetically the first block key of the dictionary.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException