Package org.apache.lucene.search

Class MultiTermQuery

java.lang.Object

org.apache.lucene.search.Query

org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AutomatonQuery, FuzzyQuery, NumericRangeQuery, PrefixQuery, TermRangeQuery

public abstract class MultiTermQuery
extends Query

An abstract Query that matches documents containing a subset of terms provided by a FilteredTermsEnum enumeration.

This query cannot be used directly; you must subclass it and define getTermsEnum(Terms,AttributeSource) to provide a FilteredTermsEnum that iterates through the terms to be matched.

NOTE: if setRewriteMethod(org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod) is either CONSTANT_SCORE_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE or SCORING_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE, you may encounter a BooleanQuery.TooManyClauses exception during searching, which happens when the number of terms to be searched exceeds BooleanQuery.getMaxClauseCount(). Setting setRewriteMethod(org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod) to CONSTANT_SCORE_FILTER_REWRITE prevents this.

The recommended rewrite method is CONSTANT_SCORE_AUTO_REWRITE_DEFAULT: it doesn't spend CPU computing unhelpful scores, and it tries to pick the most performant rewrite method given the query. If you need scoring (like FuzzyQuery, use MultiTermQuery.TopTermsScoringBooleanQueryRewrite which uses a priority queue to only collect competitive terms and not hit this limitation. Note that org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.QueryParser produces MultiTermQueries using CONSTANT_SCORE_AUTO_REWRITE_DEFAULT by default.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	MultiTermQuery.ConstantScoreAutoRewrite	A rewrite method that tries to pick the best constant-score rewrite method based on term and document counts from the query.
static class	MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod	Abstract class that defines how the query is rewritten.
static final class	MultiTermQuery.TopTermsBoostOnlyBooleanQueryRewrite	A rewrite method that first translates each term into BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD clause in a BooleanQuery, but the scores are only computed as the boost.
static final class	MultiTermQuery.TopTermsScoringBooleanQueryRewrite	A rewrite method that first translates each term into BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD clause in a BooleanQuery, and keeps the scores as computed by the query.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod	CONSTANT_SCORE_AUTO_REWRITE_DEFAULT	Read-only default instance of MultiTermQuery.ConstantScoreAutoRewrite, with ConstantScoreAutoRewrite.setTermCountCutoff(int) set to ConstantScoreAutoRewrite.DEFAULT_TERM_COUNT_CUTOFF and ConstantScoreAutoRewrite.setDocCountPercent(double) set to ConstantScoreAutoRewrite.DEFAULT_DOC_COUNT_PERCENT.
static final MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod	CONSTANT_SCORE_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE	Like SCORING_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE except scores are not computed.
static final MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod	CONSTANT_SCORE_FILTER_REWRITE	A rewrite method that first creates a private Filter, by visiting each term in sequence and marking all docs for that term.
static final MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod	SCORING_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE	A rewrite method that first translates each term into BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD clause in a BooleanQuery, and keeps the scores as computed by the query.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MultiTermQuery(String field)	Constructs a query matching terms that cannot be represented with a single Term.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
final String	getField()	Returns the field name for this query
MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod	getRewriteMethod()
int	hashCode()
final Query	rewrite(IndexReader reader)	To rewrite to a simpler form, instead return a simpler enum from getTermsEnum(Terms, AttributeSource).
void	setRewriteMethod(MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod method)	Sets the rewrite method to be used when executing the query.

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

clone, createWeight, extractTerms, getBoost, setBoost, toString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

CONSTANT_SCORE_FILTER_REWRITE

public static final MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod CONSTANT_SCORE_FILTER_REWRITE

A rewrite method that first creates a private Filter, by visiting each term in sequence and marking all docs for that term. Matching documents are assigned a constant score equal to the query's boost.

This method is faster than the BooleanQuery rewrite methods when the number of matched terms or matched documents is non-trivial. Also, it will never hit an errant BooleanQuery.TooManyClauses exception.

See Also:

• setRewriteMethod(org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod)

SCORING_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE

public static final MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod SCORING_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE

A rewrite method that first translates each term into BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD clause in a BooleanQuery, and keeps the scores as computed by the query. Note that typically such scores are meaningless to the user, and require non-trivial CPU to compute, so it's almost always better to use CONSTANT_SCORE_AUTO_REWRITE_DEFAULT instead.

NOTE: This rewrite method will hit BooleanQuery.TooManyClauses if the number of terms exceeds BooleanQuery.getMaxClauseCount().

See Also:

• setRewriteMethod(org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod)

CONSTANT_SCORE_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE

public static final MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod CONSTANT_SCORE_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE

Like SCORING_BOOLEAN_QUERY_REWRITE except scores are not computed. Instead, each matching document receives a constant score equal to the query's boost.

NOTE: This rewrite method will hit BooleanQuery.TooManyClauses if the number of terms exceeds BooleanQuery.getMaxClauseCount().

See Also:

• setRewriteMethod(org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod)

CONSTANT_SCORE_AUTO_REWRITE_DEFAULT

public static final MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod CONSTANT_SCORE_AUTO_REWRITE_DEFAULT

Read-only default instance of MultiTermQuery.ConstantScoreAutoRewrite, with ConstantScoreAutoRewrite.setTermCountCutoff(int) set to ConstantScoreAutoRewrite.DEFAULT_TERM_COUNT_CUTOFF and ConstantScoreAutoRewrite.setDocCountPercent(double) set to ConstantScoreAutoRewrite.DEFAULT_DOC_COUNT_PERCENT. Note that you cannot alter the configuration of this instance; you'll need to create a private instance instead.

Constructor Details

MultiTermQuery

public MultiTermQuery(String field)

Constructs a query matching terms that cannot be represented with a single Term.

Method Details

getField

public final String getField()

Returns the field name for this query

rewrite

public final Query rewrite(IndexReader reader)
                    throws IOException

To rewrite to a simpler form, instead return a simpler enum from getTermsEnum(Terms, AttributeSource). For example, to rewrite to a single term, return a SingleTermsEnum

Overrides:

rewrite in class Query

Throws:

IOException

getRewriteMethod

public MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod getRewriteMethod()

See Also:

• setRewriteMethod(org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod)

setRewriteMethod

public void setRewriteMethod(MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod method)

Sets the rewrite method to be used when executing the query. You can use one of the four core methods, or implement your own subclass of MultiTermQuery.RewriteMethod.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Query

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Query