LexiconMerger (Terrier Information Retrieval Platform 5.5 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.terrier.structures.merging.LexiconMerger

```
public class LexiconMerger
extends java.lang.Object
```
Merges many lexicons, termids and offsets are not kept.

Author:

Vassilis Plachouras

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected IndexOnDisk destIndex

protected IndexOnDisk srcIndex1

protected IndexOnDisk srcIndex2

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`LexiconMerger(IndexOnDisk src1, IndexOnDisk src2, IndexOnDisk dest)`	A constructor that sets the filenames of the lexicon files to merge

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static void`	`main(java.lang.String[] args)`	main
`void`	`mergeLexicons()`	Merges the two lexicons into one.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - srcIndex1
```
protected IndexOnDisk srcIndex1
```
  - srcIndex2
```
protected IndexOnDisk srcIndex2
```
  - destIndex
```
protected IndexOnDisk destIndex
```
- Constructor Detail
  - LexiconMerger
```
public LexiconMerger(IndexOnDisk src1,
                     IndexOnDisk src2,
                     IndexOnDisk dest)
```
    A constructor that sets the filenames of the lexicon files to merge
    
    Parameters:
    
    src1 - Source index 1
    
    src2 - Source index 2
    
    dest - Destination index
- Method Detail
  - mergeLexicons
```
public void mergeLexicons()
```
    Merges the two lexicons into one. After this stage, the offsets in the lexicon are not correct. They will be updated only after creating the inverted file.
  - main
```
public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception
```
    main
    
    Parameters:
    
    args -
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception