org.apache.lucene.codecs.uniformsplit

Interface IndexDictionary.Browser

All Known Implementing Classes:

FSTDictionary.Browser

Enclosing interface:

IndexDictionary

public static interface IndexDictionary.Browser

Stateful IndexDictionary.Browser to seek a term in this IndexDictionary and get its corresponding block file pointer in the block file.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	seekBlock(BytesRef term) Seeks the given term in the IndexDictionary and returns its corresponding block file pointer.

Method Detail

seekBlock

long seekBlock(BytesRef term)
        throws IOException

Seeks the given term in the IndexDictionary and returns its corresponding block file pointer.

Returns:

The block file pointer corresponding to the term if it matches exactly a block key in the dictionary. Otherwise the floor block key, which is the greatest block key present in the dictionary that is alphabetically preceding the searched term. Otherwise -1 if there is no floor block key because the searched term precedes alphabetically the first block key of the dictionary.

Throws:

IOException