org.apache.lucene.util
Interface BytesRefIterator

All Known Subinterfaces:

TermFreqIterator

All Known Implementing Classes:

BufferingTermFreqIteratorWrapper, SortedTermFreqIteratorWrapper, TermFreqIterator.TermFreqIteratorWrapper, UnsortedTermFreqIteratorWrapper

public interface BytesRefIterator

A simple iterator interface for BytesRef iteration.

Field Summary

static BytesRefIterator

EMPTY Singleton BytesRefIterator that iterates over 0 BytesRefs.

Method Summary

Comparator<BytesRef>	getComparator() Return the BytesRef Comparator used to sort terms provided by the iterator.
BytesRef	next() Increments the iteration to the next BytesRef in the iterator.

Field Detail

EMPTY

static final BytesRefIterator EMPTY

Singleton BytesRefIterator that iterates over 0 BytesRefs.

Method Detail

next

BytesRef next()
              throws IOException

Increments the iteration to the next BytesRef in the iterator. Returns the resulting BytesRef or null if the end of the iterator is reached. The returned BytesRef may be re-used across calls to next. After this method returns null, do not call it again: the results are undefined.

Returns:

the next BytesRef in the iterator or null if the end of the iterator is reached.

Throws:

IOException

getComparator

Comparator<BytesRef> getComparator()

Return the BytesRef Comparator used to sort terms provided by the iterator. This may return null if there are no items or the iterator is not sorted. Callers may invoke this method many times, so it's best to cache a single instance & reuse it.