PointWriter (Lucene 9.11.1 core API)

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

HeapPointWriter, OfflinePointWriter
```
public interface PointWriter
extends Closeable
```
Appends many points, and then at the end provides a PointReader to iterate those points. This abstracts away whether we write to disk, or use simple arrays in heap.

NOTE: This API is for internal purposes only and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`append(byte[] packedValue, int docID)`	Add a new point from the packed value and docId
`void`	`append(PointValue pointValue)`	Add a new point from a `PointValue`
`long`	`count()`	Return the number of points in this writer
`void`	`destroy()`	Removes any temp files behind this writer
`PointReader`	`getReader(long startPoint, long length)`	Returns a `PointReader` iterator to step through all previously added points

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable
close

- Method Detail
  - append
```
void append(byte[] packedValue,
            int docID)
     throws IOException
```
    Add a new point from the packed value and docId
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - append
```
void append(PointValue pointValue)
     throws IOException
```
    Add a new point from a PointValue
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - getReader
```
PointReader getReader(long startPoint,
                      long length)
               throws IOException
```
    Returns a PointReader iterator to step through all previously added points
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - count
```
long count()
```
    Return the number of points in this writer
  - destroy
```
void destroy()
      throws IOException
```
    Removes any temp files behind this writer
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException