org.apache.lucene.search
FieldComparatorSource
instead.public abstract class SortComparator extends java.lang.Object implements SortComparatorSource
This class should only be used if the other SortField types (SCORE, DOC, STRING, INT, FLOAT) do not provide an adequate sorting. It maintains an internal cache of values which could be quite large. The cache is an array of Comparable, one for each document in the index. There is a distinct Comparable for each unique term in the field - if some documents have the same term in the field, the cache array will have entries which reference the same Comparable. This class will be used as part of a key to a FieldCache value. You must implement hashCode and equals to avoid an explosion in RAM usage if you use instances that are not the same instance. If you are searching using the Remote contrib, the same instance of this class on the client will be a new instance on every call to the server, so hashCode/equals is very important in that situation.
Created: Apr 21, 2004 5:08:38 PM
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SortComparator()
Deprecated.
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Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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protected abstract java.lang.Comparable |
getComparable(java.lang.String termtext)
Deprecated.
Returns an object which, when sorted according to natural order,
will order the Term values in the correct order.
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ScoreDocComparator |
newComparator(IndexReader reader,
java.lang.String fieldname)
Deprecated.
Creates a comparator for the field in the given index.
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public ScoreDocComparator newComparator(IndexReader reader, java.lang.String fieldname) throws java.io.IOException
SortComparatorSource
newComparator
in interface SortComparatorSource
reader
- Index to create comparator for.fieldname
- Name of the field to create comparator for.java.io.IOException
- If an error occurs reading the index.protected abstract java.lang.Comparable getComparable(java.lang.String termtext)
For example, if the Terms contained integer values, this method
would return new Integer(termtext)
. Note that this
might not always be the most efficient implementation - for this
particular example, a better implementation might be to make a
ScoreDocLookupComparator that uses an internal lookup table of int.
termtext
- The textual value of the term.termtext
that sorts according to the natural order of termtext
.Comparable
,
ScoreDocComparator
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