com.lucene.search
Class Searcher

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--com.lucene.search.Searcher

Direct Known Subclasses:

IndexSearcher, MultiSearcher

public abstract class Searcher

extends Object

The abstract base class for search implementations.

Subclasses implement search over a single index, over multiple indices, and over indices on remote servers.

Constructor Summary

Searcher()

Method Summary

abstract void	close() Frees resources associated with this Searcher.
Hits	search(Query query) Returns the documents matching query.
Hits	search(Query query, Filter filter) Returns the documents matching query and filter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Searcher

public Searcher()

Method Detail

search

public final Hits search(Query query)
                  throws IOException

Returns the documents matching query.

search

public final Hits search(Query query,
                         Filter filter)
                  throws IOException

Returns the documents matching query and filter.

close

public abstract void close()
                    throws IOException

Frees resources associated with this Searcher.