Package org.apache.lucene.codecs.uniformsplit

Interface IndexDictionary

All Known Implementing Classes:

FSTDictionary

public interface IndexDictionary

Immutable stateless index dictionary kept in RAM.

Implementations must be immutable.

Use IndexDictionary.Builder to build the IndexDictionary.

Create a stateful IndexDictionary.Browser to seek a term in this IndexDictionary and get its corresponding block file pointer to the terms block file.

There is a single implementation of this interface, FSTDictionary. However this interface allows you to plug easily a new kind of index dictionary to experiment and improve the existing one.

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

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
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.
static interface	IndexDictionary.BrowserSupplier	Supplier for a new stateful IndexDictionary.Browser created on the immutable IndexDictionary.
static interface	IndexDictionary.Builder	Builds an immutable IndexDictionary.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IndexDictionary.Browser	browser()	Creates a new IndexDictionary.Browser.
void	write(DataOutput output, BlockEncoder blockEncoder)	Writes this dictionary to the provided output.

Method Details

write

void write(DataOutput output,
 BlockEncoder blockEncoder)
    throws IOException

Writes this dictionary to the provided output.

Parameters:

blockEncoder - The BlockEncoder for specific encoding of this index dictionary; or null if none.

Throws:

IOException

browser

IndexDictionary.Browser browser()
                         throws IOException

Creates a new IndexDictionary.Browser.

Throws:

IOException