LeafMetaData (Lucene 9.4.2 core API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.lucene.index.LeafMetaData

```
public final class LeafMetaData
extends Object
```
Provides read-only metadata about a leaf.

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

LeafMetaData(int createdVersionMajor, Version minVersion, Sort sort)
Expert: Sole constructor.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getCreatedVersionMajor()`	Get the Lucene version that created this index.
`Version`	`getMinVersion()`	Return the minimum Lucene version that contributed documents to this index, or `null` if this information is not available.
`Sort`	`getSort()`	Return the order in which documents from this index are sorted, or `null` if documents are in no particular order.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - LeafMetaData
```
public LeafMetaData(int createdVersionMajor,
                    Version minVersion,
                    Sort sort)
```
    Expert: Sole constructor. Public for use by custom LeafReader impls.
- Method Detail
  - getCreatedVersionMajor
```
public int getCreatedVersionMajor()
```
    Get the Lucene version that created this index. This can be used to implement backward compatibility on top of the codec API. A return value of 6 indicates that the created version is unknown.
  - getMinVersion
```
public Version getMinVersion()
```
    Return the minimum Lucene version that contributed documents to this index, or null if this information is not available.
  - getSort
```
public Sort getSort()
```
    Return the order in which documents from this index are sorted, or null if documents are in no particular order.