Package org.apache.lucene.index

# Interface IndexSorter.ComparableProvider

Enclosing interface:
  `IndexSorter`

public static interface IndexSorter.ComparableProvider
Used for sorting documents across segments

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`long`
`getAsComparableLong(int docID)`
Returns a long so that the natural ordering of long values matches the ordering of doc IDs for the given comparator

## Method Details

### getAsComparableLong

long getAsComparableLong(int docID) throws IOException
Returns a long so that the natural ordering of long values matches the ordering of doc IDs for the given comparator

Throws:
  `IOException`