org.apache.lucene.search
Class PrefixQuery

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.lucene.search.Query
      org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery
          org.apache.lucene.search.PrefixQuery

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

public class PrefixQuery
extends MultiTermQuery

A Query that matches documents containing terms with a specified prefix. A PrefixQuery is built by QueryParser for input like app*.

This query uses the MultiTermQuery.CONSTANT_SCORE_AUTO_REWRITE_DEFAULT rewrite method.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery

MultiTermQuery.ConstantScoreAutoRewrite, MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod, MultiTermQuery.TopTermsBoostOnlyBooleanQueryRewrite, MultiTermQuery.TopTermsScoringBooleanQueryRewrite

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery

CONSTANT_SCORE_AUTO_REWRITE_DEFAULT, CONSTANT_SCORE_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE, CONSTANT_SCORE_FILTER_REWRITE, rewriteMethod, SCORING_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE

Constructor Summary

PrefixQuery(Term prefix)
Constructs a query for terms starting with prefix.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
protected FilteredTermEnum	getEnum(IndexReader reader) Construct the enumeration to be used, expanding the pattern term.
Term	getPrefix() Returns the prefix of this query.
int	hashCode()
String	toString(String field) Prints a user-readable version of this query.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery

clearTotalNumberOfTerms, getRewriteMethod, getTotalNumberOfTerms, incTotalNumberOfTerms, rewrite, setRewriteMethod

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.search.Query

clone, combine, createWeight, extractTerms, getBoost, getSimilarity, mergeBooleanQueries, setBoost, toString, weight

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PrefixQuery

public PrefixQuery(Term prefix)

Constructs a query for terms starting with prefix.

Method Detail

getPrefix

public Term getPrefix()

Returns the prefix of this query.

getEnum

protected FilteredTermEnum getEnum(IndexReader reader)
                            throws IOException

Description copied from class: MultiTermQuery

Construct the enumeration to be used, expanding the pattern term.

Specified by:

getEnum in class MultiTermQuery

Throws:

IOException

toString

public String toString(String field)

Prints a user-readable version of this query.

Specified by:

toString in class Query

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class MultiTermQuery

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class MultiTermQuery