org.apache.lucene.store
Class IndexOutput

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.lucene.store.DataOutput
      org.apache.lucene.store.IndexOutput

All Implemented Interfaces:

Closeable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BufferedIndexOutput, ChecksumIndexOutput, MockIndexOutputWrapper, RAMOutputStream, ThrottledIndexOutput

public abstract class IndexOutput
extends DataOutput
implements Closeable

Abstract base class for output to a file in a Directory. A random-access output stream. Used for all Lucene index output operations.

See Also:

Directory, IndexInput

Constructor Summary

IndexOutput()

Method Summary

abstract void	close() Closes this stream to further operations.
abstract void	flush() Forces any buffered output to be written.
abstract long	getFilePointer() Returns the current position in this file, where the next write will occur.
abstract long	length() The number of bytes in the file.
abstract void	seek(long pos) Sets current position in this file, where the next write will occur.
void	setLength(long length) Set the file length.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.store.DataOutput

copyBytes, writeByte, writeBytes, writeBytes, writeChars, writeChars, writeInt, writeLong, writeShort, writeString, writeStringStringMap, writeVInt, writeVLong

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

IndexOutput

public IndexOutput()

Method Detail

flush

public abstract void flush()
                    throws IOException

Forces any buffered output to be written.

Throws:

IOException

close

public abstract void close()
                    throws IOException

Closes this stream to further operations.

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

Throws:

IOException

getFilePointer

public abstract long getFilePointer()

Returns the current position in this file, where the next write will occur.

See Also:

seek(long)

seek

public abstract void seek(long pos)
                   throws IOException

Sets current position in this file, where the next write will occur.

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

getFilePointer()

length

public abstract long length()
                     throws IOException

The number of bytes in the file.

Throws:

IOException

setLength

public void setLength(long length)
               throws IOException

Set the file length. By default, this method does nothing (it's optional for a Directory to implement it). But, certain Directory implementations (for example @see FSDirectory) can use this to inform the underlying IO system to pre-allocate the file to the specified size. If the length is longer than the current file length, the bytes added to the file are undefined. Otherwise the file is truncated.

Parameters:

length - file length

Throws:

IOException