org.apache.lucene.codecs

Class PointsReader

java.lang.Object

org.apache.lucene.codecs.PointsReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable, Accountable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Lucene60PointsReader

public abstract class PointsReader
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Closeable, Accountable

Abstract API to visit point values.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	PointsReader() Sole constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	checkIntegrity() Checks consistency of this reader.
PointsReader	getMergeInstance() Returns an instance optimized for merging.
abstract PointValues	getValues(java.lang.String field) Return PointValues for the given field.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.lucene.util.Accountable

getChildResources, ramBytesUsed

Constructor Detail

PointsReader

protected PointsReader()

Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

Method Detail

checkIntegrity

public abstract void checkIntegrity()
                             throws java.io.IOException

Checks consistency of this reader.

Note that this may be costly in terms of I/O, e.g. may involve computing a checksum value against large data files.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getValues

public abstract PointValues getValues(java.lang.String field)
                               throws java.io.IOException

Return PointValues for the given field.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getMergeInstance

public PointsReader getMergeInstance()
                              throws java.io.IOException

Returns an instance optimized for merging.

The default implementation returns this

Throws:

java.io.IOException