org.apache.lucene.search.spans

Class SpanQuery

public abstract class SpanQuery extends Query

Base class for span-based queries.

Method Summary
protected Weight	createWeight(Searcher searcher)
abstract String	getField() Returns the name of the field matched by this query.
abstract Spans	getSpans(IndexReader reader) Expert: Returns the matches for this query in an index.
abstract Collection	getTerms() Returns a collection of all terms matched by this query.

Method Detail

protected Weight createWeight(Searcher searcher)

public abstract String getField()

Returns the name of the field matched by this query.

public abstract Spans getSpans(IndexReader reader)

Expert: Returns the matches for this query in an index. Used internally to search for spans.

public abstract Collection getTerms()

Returns a collection of all terms matched by this query.