org.apache.lucene.codecs
Class PostingsBaseFormat

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.PostingsBaseFormat

Direct Known Subclasses:

Lucene40PostingsBaseFormat

public abstract class PostingsBaseFormat
extends Object

Provides a PostingsReaderBase and PostingsWriterBase.

WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

Field Summary

String

name Unique name that's used to retrieve this codec when reading the index

Constructor Summary

protected

PostingsBaseFormat(String name) Sole constructor.

Method Summary

abstract PostingsReaderBase	postingsReaderBase(SegmentReadState state) Creates the PostingsReaderBase for this format.
abstract PostingsWriterBase	postingsWriterBase(SegmentWriteState state) Creates the PostingsWriterBase for this format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

name

public final String name

Unique name that's used to retrieve this codec when reading the index

Constructor Detail

PostingsBaseFormat

protected PostingsBaseFormat(String name)

Sole constructor.

Method Detail

postingsReaderBase

public abstract PostingsReaderBase postingsReaderBase(SegmentReadState state)
                                               throws IOException

Creates the PostingsReaderBase for this format.

Throws:

IOException

postingsWriterBase

public abstract PostingsWriterBase postingsWriterBase(SegmentWriteState state)
                                               throws IOException

Creates the PostingsWriterBase for this format.

Throws:

IOException