Package org.apache.lucene.sandbox.search

# Class LargeNumHitsTopDocsCollector

java.lang.Object
org.apache.lucene.sandbox.search.LargeNumHitsTopDocsCollector

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Collector`

public final class LargeNumHitsTopDocsCollector extends Object implements Collector
Optimized collector for large number of hits. The collector maintains an ArrayList of hits until it accumulates the requested number of hits. Post that, it builds a Priority Queue and starts filtering further hits based on the minimum competitive score.

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`LargeNumHitsTopDocsCollector(int requestedHitCount)`

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`LeafCollector`
`getLeafCollector(LeafReaderContext context)`
`protected TopDocs`
`newTopDocs(ScoreDoc[] results)`
Returns a `TopDocs` instance containing the given results.
`protected void`
`populateResults(ScoreDoc[] results, int howMany)`
Populates the results array with the ScoreDoc instances.
`ScoreMode`
`scoreMode()`
`TopDocs`
`topDocs()`
Returns the top docs that were collected by this collector.
`TopDocs`
`topDocs(int howMany)`
Returns the top docs that were collected by this collector.

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

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

### Methods inherited from interface org.apache.lucene.search.Collector

`setWeight`

## Constructor Details

### LargeNumHitsTopDocsCollector

public LargeNumHitsTopDocsCollector(int requestedHitCount)

## Method Details

### scoreMode

public ScoreMode scoreMode()

Specified by:
  `scoreMode` in interface `Collector`

### getLeafCollector

public LeafCollector getLeafCollector(LeafReaderContext context)

Specified by:
  `getLeafCollector` in interface `Collector`

### topDocs

public TopDocs topDocs(int howMany)
Returns the top docs that were collected by this collector.

### populateResults

protected void populateResults(ScoreDoc[] results, int howMany)
Populates the results array with the ScoreDoc instances. This can be overridden in case a different ScoreDoc type should be returned.

### newTopDocs

protected TopDocs newTopDocs(ScoreDoc[] results)
Returns a `TopDocs` instance containing the given results. If `results` is null it means there are no results to return, either because there were 0 calls to collect() or because the arguments to topDocs were invalid.

### topDocs

public TopDocs topDocs()
Returns the top docs that were collected by this collector.