Package org.apache.lucene.document

# Class Document

java.lang.Object
org.apache.lucene.document.Document

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Iterable<IndexableField>`

public final class Document extends Object implements Iterable<IndexableField>
Documents are the unit of indexing and search.

A Document is a set of fields. Each field has a name and a textual value. A field may be `stored` with the document, in which case it is returned with search hits on the document. Thus each document should typically contain one or more stored fields which uniquely identify it.

Note that fields which are not `stored` are not available in documents retrieved from the index, e.g. with `ScoreDoc.doc` or `StoredFields.document(int)`.

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`Document()`
Constructs a new document with no fields.

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`final void`
`add(IndexableField field)`
Adds a field to a document.
`void`
`clear()`
Removes all the fields from document.
`final String`
`get(String name)`
Returns the string value of the field with the given name if any exist in this document, or null.
`final BytesRef`
`getBinaryValue(String name)`
Returns an array of bytes for the first (or only) field that has the name specified as the method parameter.
`final BytesRef[]`
`getBinaryValues(String name)`
Returns an array of byte arrays for of the fields that have the name specified as the method parameter.
`final IndexableField`
`getField(String name)`
Returns a field with the given name if any exist in this document, or null.
`final List<IndexableField>`
`getFields()`
Returns a List of all the fields in a document.
`IndexableField[]`
`getFields(String name)`
Returns an array of `IndexableField`s with the given name.
`final String[]`
`getValues(String name)`
Returns an array of values of the field specified as the method parameter.
`Iterator<IndexableField>`
`iterator()`
`final void`
`removeField(String name)`
Removes field with the specified name from the document.
`final void`
`removeFields(String name)`
Removes all fields with the given name from the document.
`final String`
`toString()`
Prints the fields of a document for human consumption.

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

### Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

`forEach, spliterator`

## Constructor Details

### Document

public Document()
Constructs a new document with no fields.

## Method Details

### iterator

public Iterator<IndexableField> iterator()

Specified by:
  `iterator` in interface `Iterable<IndexableField>`

### add

public final void add(IndexableField field)
Adds a field to a document. Several fields may be added with the same name. In this case, if the fields are indexed, their text is treated as though appended for the purposes of search.

Note that add like the removeField(s) methods only makes sense prior to adding a document to an index. These methods cannot be used to change the content of an existing index! In order to achieve this, a document has to be deleted from an index and a new changed version of that document has to be added.

### removeField

public final void removeField(String name)
Removes field with the specified name from the document. If multiple fields exist with this name, this method removes the first field that has been added. If there is no field with the specified name, the document remains unchanged.

Note that the removeField(s) methods like the add method only make sense prior to adding a document to an index. These methods cannot be used to change the content of an existing index! In order to achieve this, a document has to be deleted from an index and a new changed version of that document has to be added.

### removeFields

public final void removeFields(String name)
Removes all fields with the given name from the document. If there is no field with the specified name, the document remains unchanged.

Note that the removeField(s) methods like the add method only make sense prior to adding a document to an index. These methods cannot be used to change the content of an existing index! In order to achieve this, a document has to be deleted from an index and a new changed version of that document has to be added.

### getBinaryValues

public final BytesRef[] getBinaryValues(String name)
Returns an array of byte arrays for of the fields that have the name specified as the method parameter. This method returns an empty array when there are no matching fields. It never returns null.

Parameters:
  `name` - the name of the field
Returns:
  a `BytesRef[]` of binary field values

### getBinaryValue

public final BytesRef getBinaryValue(String name)
Returns an array of bytes for the first (or only) field that has the name specified as the method parameter. This method will return `null` if no binary fields with the specified name are available. There may be non-binary fields with the same name.

Parameters:
  `name` - the name of the field.
Returns:
  a `BytesRef` containing the binary field value or `null`

### getField

public final IndexableField getField(String name)
Returns a field with the given name if any exist in this document, or null. If multiple fields exists with this name, this method returns the first value added.

### getFields

public IndexableField[] getFields(String name)
Returns an array of `IndexableField`s with the given name. This method returns an empty array when there are no matching fields. It never returns null.

Parameters:
  `name` - the name of the field
Returns:
  a `Field[]` array

### getFields

public final List<IndexableField> getFields()
Returns a List of all the fields in a document.

Note that fields which are not stored are not available in documents retrieved from the index, e.g. `StoredFields.document(int)`.

Returns:
  an immutable `List<Field>`

### getValues

public final String[] getValues(String name)
Returns an array of values of the field specified as the method parameter. This method returns an empty array when there are no matching fields. It never returns null. For a numeric `StoredField` it returns the string value of the number. If you want the actual numeric field instances back, use `getFields(java.lang.String)`.

Parameters:
  `name` - the name of the field
Returns:
  a `String[]` of field values

### get

public final String get(String name)
Returns the string value of the field with the given name if any exist in this document, or null. If multiple fields exist with this name, this method returns the first value added. If only binary fields with this name exist, returns null. For a numeric `StoredField` it returns the string value of the number. If you want the actual numeric field instance back, use `getField(java.lang.String)`.

### toString

public final String toString()
Prints the fields of a document for human consumption.

Overrides:
  `toString` in class `Object`

### clear

public void clear()
Removes all the fields from document.