lucene::index::SegmentMerger Class Reference

The SegmentMerger class combines two or more Segments, represented by an IndexReader (add, into a single Segment. More...

Inheritance diagram for lucene::index::SegmentMerger:

Public Member Functions
	SegmentMerger (IndexWriter writer, const char name)
	~SegmentMerger ()
void	add (IndexReader *reader)
	Add an IndexReader to the collection of readers that are to be merged.
IndexReader *	segmentReader (const int32_t i)
int32_t	merge ()
	Merges the readers specified by the add method into the directory passed to the constructor.
void	closeReaders ()
	close all IndexReaders that have been added.
Friends
class	IndexWriter

Detailed Description

The SegmentMerger class combines two or more Segments, represented by an IndexReader (add, into a single Segment.

After adding the appropriate readers, call the merge method to combine the segments.

If the compoundFile flag is set, then the segments will be merged into a compound file.

lucene::index::SegmentMerger::SegmentMerger	(	IndexWriter *	writer,
		const char *	name
	)

Parameters:

	dir	The Directory to merge the other segments into
	name	The name of the new segment
	compoundFile	true if the new segment should use a compoundFile

lucene::index::SegmentMerger::~SegmentMerger ( )

void lucene::index::SegmentMerger::add ( IndexReader * reader )

Add an IndexReader to the collection of readers that are to be merged.

Parameters:

reader

void lucene::index::SegmentMerger::closeReaders ( )

close all IndexReaders that have been added.

Should not be called before merge().

Exceptions:

IOException

int32_t lucene::index::SegmentMerger::merge ( )

Merges the readers specified by the add method into the directory passed to the constructor.

Exceptions:

IOException

IndexReader* lucene::index::SegmentMerger::segmentReader ( const int32_t i )

Parameters:

i

The index of the reader to return

friend class IndexWriter [friend]

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