IndexDescriptor (Hibernate Search Engine 6.0.0.Beta11 API)

```
public interface IndexDescriptor
```
A descriptor of an index, exposing in particular the available fields and their characteristics.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Optional<IndexFieldDescriptor>`	`field(String absolutePath)`	Get a field by its path.
`String`	`hibernateSearchName()`
`IndexCompositeElementDescriptor`	`root()`
`Collection<IndexFieldDescriptor>`	`staticFields()`	Get all statically-defined fields for this index.

- Method Detail
  - hibernateSearchName
```
String hibernateSearchName()
```
    Returns:
    
    The name that uniquely identifies this index within the backend. This is the Hibernate Search name; the name of the index on the filesystem or in Elasticsearch may be different (lowercased, with a suffix, ...). See the reference documentation of your backend for more information.
  - root
```
IndexCompositeElementDescriptor root()
```
    Returns:
    
    A descriptor of the root element of this index.
  - field
```
Optional<IndexFieldDescriptor> field(String absolutePath)
```
    Get a field by its path.
    This method can find static fields as well as dynamic fields, unlike staticFields().
    
    Parameters:
    
    absolutePath - An absolute, dot-separated path.
    
    Returns:
    
    The corresponding field, or Optional.empty() if no field exists with this path.
  - staticFields
```
Collection<IndexFieldDescriptor> staticFields()
```
    Get all statically-defined fields for this index.
    Only statically-defined fields are returned; fields created dynamically through templates are not included in the collection.
    
    Returns:
    
    A collection containing all fields.