Lucy::Search::Searcher

Name

Lucy::Search::Searcher – Base class for searching collections of documents.

Description

Abstract base class for objects which search. Core subclasses include IndexSearcher and PolySearcher.

Functions

init

lucy_Searcher*
lucy_Searcher_init(
    lucy_Searcher *self,
    lucy_Schema *schema
);

Abstract initializer.

schema

A Schema.

Methods

Doc_Max (abstract)

int32_t
lucy_Searcher_Doc_Max(
    lucy_Searcher *self
);

Return the maximum number of docs in the collection represented by the Searcher, which is also the highest possible internal doc id. Documents which have been marked as deleted but not yet purged are included in this count.

Doc_Freq (abstract)

uint32_t
lucy_Searcher_Doc_Freq(
    lucy_Searcher *self,
    cfish_String *field,
    cfish_Obj *term
);

Return the number of documents which contain the term in the given field.

field

Field name.

term

The term to look up.

Glean_Query

lucy_Query* // incremented
lucy_Searcher_Glean_Query(
    lucy_Searcher *self,
    cfish_Obj *query
);

If the supplied object is a Query, return it; if it’s a query string, create a QueryParser and parse it to produce a query against all indexed fields.

Hits

lucy_Hits* // incremented
lucy_Searcher_Hits(
    lucy_Searcher *self,
    cfish_Obj *query,
    uint32_t offset,
    uint32_t num_wanted,
    lucy_SortSpec *sort_spec
);

Return a Hits object containing the top results.

query

Either a Query object or a query string.

offset

The number of most-relevant hits to discard, typically used when “paging” through hits N at a time. Setting offset to 20 and num_wanted to 10 retrieves hits 21-30, assuming that 30 hits can be found.

num_wanted

The number of hits you would like to see after offset is taken into account.

sort_spec

A SortSpec, which will affect how results are ranked and returned.

Collect (abstract)

void
lucy_Searcher_Collect(
    lucy_Searcher *self,
    lucy_Query *query,
    lucy_Collector *collector
);

Iterate over hits, feeding them into a Collector.

query

A Query.

collector

A Collector.

Fetch_Doc (abstract)

lucy_HitDoc* // incremented
lucy_Searcher_Fetch_Doc(
    lucy_Searcher *self,
    int32_t doc_id
);

Retrieve a document. Throws an error if the doc id is out of range.

doc_id

A document id.

Get_Schema

lucy_Schema*
lucy_Searcher_Get_Schema(
    lucy_Searcher *self
);

Accessor for the object’s schema member.

Inheritance

Lucy::Search::Searcher is a Clownfish::Obj.