Class CharFilterFactory

java.lang.Object
org.apache.lucene.analysis.AbstractAnalysisFactory
org.apache.lucene.analysis.CharFilterFactory

public abstract class CharFilterFactory extends AbstractAnalysisFactory
Abstract parent class for analysis factories that create CharFilter instances.
Since:
3.1
  • Constructor Details

    • CharFilterFactory

      protected CharFilterFactory()
      Default ctor for compatibility with SPI
    • CharFilterFactory

      protected CharFilterFactory(Map<String,String> args)
      Initialize this factory via a set of key-value pairs.
  • Method Details

    • forName

      public static CharFilterFactory forName(String name, Map<String,String> args)
      looks up a charfilter by name from context classpath
    • lookupClass

      public static Class<? extends CharFilterFactory> lookupClass(String name)
      looks up a charfilter class by name from context classpath
    • availableCharFilters

      public static Set<String> availableCharFilters()
      returns a list of all available charfilter names
    • findSPIName

      public static String findSPIName(Class<? extends CharFilterFactory> serviceClass)
      looks up a SPI name for the specified char filter factory
    • reloadCharFilters

      public static void reloadCharFilters(ClassLoader classloader)
      Reloads the factory list from the given ClassLoader. Changes to the factories are visible after the method ends, all iterators (availableCharFilters(),...) stay consistent.

      NOTE: Only new factories are added, existing ones are never removed or replaced.

      This method is expensive and should only be called for discovery of new factories on the given classpath/classloader!

    • create

      public abstract Reader create(Reader input)
      Wraps the given Reader with a CharFilter.
    • normalize

      public Reader normalize(Reader input)
      Normalize the specified input Reader While the default implementation returns input unchanged, char filters that should be applied at normalization time can delegate to create method.