Package org.apache.lucene.index

Class LeafMetaData

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, boolean hasBlocks)	Expert: Sole constructor.

Method Summary

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.
boolean	hasBlocks()	Returns true iff this index contains blocks created with IndexWriter.addDocument(Iterable) or it's corresponding update methods with at least 2 or more documents per call.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

LeafMetaData

public LeafMetaData(int createdVersionMajor,
 Version minVersion,
 Sort sort,
 boolean hasBlocks)

Expert: Sole constructor. Public for use by custom LeafReader impls.

Method Details

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.

hasBlocks

public boolean hasBlocks()

Returns true iff this index contains blocks created with IndexWriter.addDocument(Iterable) or it's corresponding update methods with at least 2 or more documents per call. Note: This property was not recorded before Version.LUCENE_9_9_0 this method will return false for all leaves written before Version.LUCENE_9_9_0

See Also:

• IndexWriter.updateDocuments(Term, Iterable)
• IndexWriter.updateDocuments(Query, Iterable)
• IndexWriter.softUpdateDocuments(Term, Iterable, Field...)
• IndexWriter.addDocuments(Iterable)