Package org.apache.lucene.index

# Interface IndexSorter

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `IndexSorter.DoubleSorter`, `IndexSorter.FloatSorter`, `IndexSorter.IntSorter`, `IndexSorter.LongSorter`, `IndexSorter.StringSorter`

public interface IndexSorter
Handles how documents should be sorted in an index, both within a segment and between segments.

Implementers must provide the following methods: `getDocComparator(LeafReader,int)` - an object that determines how documents within a segment are to be sorted `getComparableProviders(List)` - an array of objects that return a sortable long value per document and segment `getProviderName()` - the SPI-registered name of a `SortFieldProvider` to serialize the sort

The companion `SortFieldProvider` should be registered with SPI via `META-INF/services`

## Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type
Interface
Description
`static interface`
`IndexSorter.ComparableProvider`
Used for sorting documents across segments
`static interface`
`IndexSorter.DocComparator`
A comparator of doc IDs, used for sorting documents within a segment
`static final class`
`IndexSorter.DoubleSorter`
Sorts documents based on double values from a NumericDocValues instance
`static final class`
`IndexSorter.FloatSorter`
Sorts documents based on float values from a NumericDocValues instance
`static final class`
`IndexSorter.IntSorter`
Sorts documents based on integer values from a NumericDocValues instance
`static final class`
`IndexSorter.LongSorter`
Sorts documents based on long values from a NumericDocValues instance
`static interface`
`IndexSorter.NumericDocValuesProvider`
Provide a NumericDocValues instance for a LeafReader
`static interface`
`IndexSorter.SortedDocValuesProvider`
Provide a SortedDocValues instance for a LeafReader
`static final class`
`IndexSorter.StringSorter`
Sorts documents based on terms from a SortedDocValues instance

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`IndexSorter.ComparableProvider[]`
`getComparableProviders(List<? extends LeafReader> readers)`
Get an array of `IndexSorter.ComparableProvider`, one per segment, for merge sorting documents in different segments
`IndexSorter.DocComparator`
`getDocComparator(LeafReader reader, int maxDoc)`
Get a comparator that determines the sort order of docs within a single Reader.
`String`
`getProviderName()`
The SPI-registered name of a `SortFieldProvider` that will deserialize the parent SortField

## Method Details

### getComparableProviders

IndexSorter.ComparableProvider[] getComparableProviders(List<? extends LeafReader> readers) throws IOException
Get an array of `IndexSorter.ComparableProvider`, one per segment, for merge sorting documents in different segments

Parameters:
  `readers` - the readers to be merged
Throws:
  `IOException`

### getDocComparator

IndexSorter.DocComparator getDocComparator(LeafReader reader, int maxDoc) throws IOException
Get a comparator that determines the sort order of docs within a single Reader.

NB We cannot simply use the `FieldComparator` API because it requires docIDs to be sent in-order. The default implementations allocate array[maxDoc] to hold native values for comparison, but 1) they are transient (only alive while sorting this one segment) and 2) in the typical index sorting case, they are only used to sort newly flushed segments, which will be smaller than merged segments

Parameters:
  `reader` - the Reader to sort
  `maxDoc` - the number of documents in the Reader
Throws:
  `IOException`

### getProviderName

String getProviderName()
The SPI-registered name of a `SortFieldProvider` that will deserialize the parent SortField