Package org.apache.lucene.index

Interface IndexReader.CacheHelper

All Known Implementing Classes:
FilterDirectoryReader.DelegatingCacheHelper
Enclosing class:
IndexReader
public static interface IndexReader.CacheHelper
A utility class that gives hooks in order to help build a cache based on the data that is contained in this index.

Example: cache the number of documents that match a query per reader. 

 public class QueryCountCache {

   private final Query query;
   private final Map<IndexReader.CacheKey, Integer> counts = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();

   // Create a cache of query counts for the given query
   public QueryCountCache(Query query) {
     this.query = query;
   }

   // Count the number of matches of the query on the given IndexSearcher
   public int count(IndexSearcher searcher) throws IOException {
     IndexReader.CacheHelper cacheHelper = searcher.getIndexReader().getReaderCacheHelper();
     if (cacheHelper == null) {
       // reader doesn't support caching
       return searcher.count(query);
     } else {
       // make sure the cache entry is cleared when the reader is closed
       cacheHelper.addClosedListener(counts::remove);
       return counts.computeIfAbsent(cacheHelper.getKey(), cacheKey -> {
         try {
           return searcher.count(query);
         } catch (IOException e) {
           throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
         }
       });
     }
   }

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