org.apache.lucene.search
Class DocIdSetIterator

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.lucene.search.DocIdSetIterator
Direct Known Subclasses:
FilteredDocIdSetIterator, OpenBitSetIterator, Scorer

public abstract class DocIdSetIterator
extends Object

This abstract class defines methods to iterate over a set of non-decreasing doc ids. Note that this class assumes it iterates on doc Ids, and therefore NO_MORE_DOCS is set to 2147483647 in order to be used as a sentinel object. Implementations of this class are expected to consider Integer.MAX_VALUE as an invalid value.


Field Summary
static int NO_MORE_DOCS
          When returned by nextDoc(), advance(int) and docID() it means there are no more docs in the iterator.
 
Constructor Summary
DocIdSetIterator()
           
 
Method Summary
abstract  int advance(int target)
          Advances to the first beyond (see NOTE below) the current whose document number is greater than or equal to target.
abstract  int docID()
          Returns the following: -1 or NO_MORE_DOCS if nextDoc() or advance(int) were not called yet.
abstract  int nextDoc()
          Advances to the next document in the set and returns the doc it is currently on, or NO_MORE_DOCS if there are no more docs in the set.
NOTE: after the iterator has exhausted you should not call this method, as it may result in unpredicted behavior.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

NO_MORE_DOCS

public static final int NO_MORE_DOCS
When returned by nextDoc(), advance(int) and docID() it means there are no more docs in the iterator.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

DocIdSetIterator

public DocIdSetIterator()
Method Detail

docID

public abstract int docID()
Returns the following:

Since:
2.9

nextDoc

public abstract int nextDoc()
                     throws IOException
Advances to the next document in the set and returns the doc it is currently on, or NO_MORE_DOCS if there are no more docs in the set.
NOTE: after the iterator has exhausted you should not call this method, as it may result in unpredicted behavior.

Throws:
IOException
Since:
2.9

advance

public abstract int advance(int target)
                     throws IOException
Advances to the first beyond (see NOTE below) the current whose document number is greater than or equal to target. Returns the current document number or NO_MORE_DOCS if there are no more docs in the set.

Behaves as if written:

 int advance(int target) {
   int doc;
   while ((doc = nextDoc()) < target) {
   }
   return doc;
 }
 
Some implementations are considerably more efficient than that.

NOTE: when target ≤ current implementations may opt not to advance beyond their current docID().

NOTE: this method may be called with NO_MORE_DOCS for efficiency by some Scorers. If your implementation cannot efficiently determine that it should exhaust, it is recommended that you check for that value in each call to this method.

NOTE: after the iterator has exhausted you should not call this method, as it may result in unpredicted behavior.

Throws:
IOException
Since:
2.9