Package org.apache.lucene.codecs

Class SegmentInfoReader

java.lang.Object

org.apache.lucene.codecs.SegmentInfoReader

Direct Known Subclasses:

Lucene3xSegmentInfoReader, Lucene40SegmentInfoReader, Lucene46SegmentInfoReader

public abstract class SegmentInfoReader
extends java.lang.Object

Specifies an API for classes that can read SegmentInfo information.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract SegmentInfo	read(Directory directory, java.lang.String segmentName, IOContext context)	Read SegmentInfo data from a directory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

read

public abstract SegmentInfo read(Directory directory,
                                 java.lang.String segmentName,
                                 IOContext context)
                          throws java.io.IOException

Read SegmentInfo data from a directory.

Parameters:

directory - directory to read from

segmentName - name of the segment to read

Returns:

infos instance to be populated with data

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an I/O error occurs