org.apache.lucene.sandbox.queries.regex
Interface RegexCapabilities.RegexMatcher

Enclosing interface:

RegexCapabilities

public static interface RegexCapabilities.RegexMatcher

Interface for basic regex matching.

Implementations return true for match(org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef) if the term matches the regex.

Implementing prefix() can restrict the TermsEnum to only a subset of terms when the regular expression matches a constant prefix.

NOTE: implementations cannot seek.

Method Summary

boolean	match(BytesRef term)
String	prefix() A wise prefix implementation can reduce the term enumeration (and thus increase performance) of RegexQuery dramatically!

Method Detail

match

boolean match(BytesRef term)

Parameters:

term - The term in bytes.

Returns:

true if string matches the pattern last passed to RegexCapabilities.compile(java.lang.String).

prefix

String prefix()

A wise prefix implementation can reduce the term enumeration (and thus increase performance) of RegexQuery dramatically!

Returns:

static non-regex prefix of the pattern last passed to RegexCapabilities.compile(java.lang.String). May return null.