org.apache.lucene.search
Class WildcardTermEnum

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.lucene.index.TermEnum
      org.apache.lucene.search.FilteredTermEnum
          org.apache.lucene.search.WildcardTermEnum

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable

public class WildcardTermEnum
extends FilteredTermEnum

Subclass of FilteredTermEnum for enumerating all terms that match the specified wildcard filter term.

Term enumerations are always ordered by Term.compareTo(). Each term in the enumeration is greater than all that precede it.

Field Summary

static char	WILDCARD_CHAR
static char	WILDCARD_STRING String equality with support for wildcards

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

actualEnum, currentTerm

Constructor Summary

WildcardTermEnum(IndexReader reader, Term term)
Creates a new WildcardTermEnum.

Method Summary

float	difference() Equality measure on the term
boolean	endEnum() Indicates the end of the enumeration has been reached
protected boolean	termCompare(Term term) Equality compare on the term
static boolean	wildcardEquals(String pattern, int patternIdx, String string, int stringIdx) Determines if a word matches a wildcard pattern.

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

close, docFreq, next, setEnum, term

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

WILDCARD_STRING

public static final char WILDCARD_STRING

String equality with support for wildcards

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Constant Field Values

WILDCARD_CHAR

public static final char WILDCARD_CHAR

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

WildcardTermEnum

public WildcardTermEnum(IndexReader reader,
                        Term term)
                 throws IOException

Creates a new WildcardTermEnum.

After calling the constructor the enumeration is already pointing to the first valid term if such a term exists.

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

termCompare

protected final boolean termCompare(Term term)

Description copied from class: FilteredTermEnum

Equality compare on the term

Specified by:

termCompare in class FilteredTermEnum

difference

public float difference()

Description copied from class: FilteredTermEnum

Equality measure on the term

Specified by:

difference in class FilteredTermEnum

endEnum

public final boolean endEnum()

Description copied from class: FilteredTermEnum

Indicates the end of the enumeration has been reached

Specified by:

endEnum in class FilteredTermEnum

wildcardEquals

public static final boolean wildcardEquals(String pattern,
                                           int patternIdx,
                                           String string,
                                           int stringIdx)

Determines if a word matches a wildcard pattern. Work released by Granta Design Ltd after originally being done on company time.