org.apache.lucene.search

Class WildcardTermEnum

java.lang.Object

org.apache.lucene.index.TermEnum

org.apache.lucene.search.FilteredTermEnum

org.apache.lucene.search.WildcardTermEnum

public class WildcardTermEnum
extends FilteredTermEnum

Subclass of FilteredTermEnum for enumerating all terms that match the specified wildcard filter term.

Term enumerations are always ordered by Term.compareTo(). Each term in the enumeration is greater than all that precede it.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static char	WILDCARD_CHAR
static char	WILDCARD_STRING String equality with support for wildcards

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
WildcardTermEnum(IndexReader reader, Term term) Creates a new WildcardTermEnum.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes the enumeration to further activity, freeing resources.
float	difference() Equality measure on the term
boolean	endEnum() Indicates the end of the enumeration has been reached
static boolean	wildcardEquals(java.lang.String pattern, int patternIdx, java.lang.String string, int stringIdx) Determines if a word matches a wildcard pattern.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.search.FilteredTermEnum

docFreq, next, term

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.index.TermEnum

skipTo

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

WILDCARD_STRING

public static final char WILDCARD_STRING

String equality with support for wildcards

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Constant Field Values

WILDCARD_CHAR

public static final char WILDCARD_CHAR

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

WildcardTermEnum

public WildcardTermEnum(IndexReader reader,
                        Term term)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Creates a new WildcardTermEnum. Passing in a Term that does not contain a WILDCARD_CHAR will cause an exception to be thrown.

After calling the constructor the enumeration is already pointing to the first valid term if such a term exists.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

difference

public final float difference()

Description copied from class: FilteredTermEnum

Equality measure on the term

Specified by:

difference in class FilteredTermEnum

endEnum

public final boolean endEnum()

Description copied from class: FilteredTermEnum

Indicates the end of the enumeration has been reached

wildcardEquals

public static final boolean wildcardEquals(java.lang.String pattern,
                                           int patternIdx,
                                           java.lang.String string,
                                           int stringIdx)

Determines if a word matches a wildcard pattern. Work released by Granta Design Ltd after originally being done on company time.

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from class: FilteredTermEnum

Closes the enumeration to further activity, freeing resources.

Overrides:

close in class FilteredTermEnum

Throws:

java.io.IOException