uk.ac.gla.terrier.structures.indexing
Class DocumentPostingList

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.gla.terrier.structures.indexing.DocumentPostingList

Direct Known Subclasses:

BlockDocumentPostingList

public class DocumentPostingList
extends java.lang.Object

Represents the postings of one document. Uses HashMaps internally.

Properties:

• indexing.avg.unique.terms.per.doc - number of unique terms per doc on average, used to tune the initial size of the haashmaps used in this class.

Constructor Summary

DocumentPostingList()
Make a new postings list for a document.

DocumentPostingList(int fieldCount)
Make a new postings list for a document, with the specified number of fields

Method Summary

void	clear() Removes all postings from this document
int	getDocumentLength() Returns the total number of tokens in this document
int	getNumberOfPointers() Returns the number of unique terms in this document.
int[][]	getPostings() returns the postings suitable to be written into the direct index
void	insert(java.lang.String term) Insert a term into the posting list of this document
void	insert(java.lang.String term, int fieldNum) Insert a term into the posting list of this document, in the given field
void	insert(java.lang.String term, int[] fieldNums) Insert a term into the posting list of this document, in the given field

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DocumentPostingList

public DocumentPostingList()

Make a new postings list for a document. No fields

DocumentPostingList

public DocumentPostingList(int fieldCount)

Make a new postings list for a document, with the specified number of fields

Parameters:

fieldCount - number of fields marked in this index

Method Detail

clear

public void clear()

Removes all postings from this document

getDocumentLength

public int getDocumentLength()

Returns the total number of tokens in this document

getNumberOfPointers

public int getNumberOfPointers()

Returns the number of unique terms in this document.

insert

public void insert(java.lang.String term)

Insert a term into the posting list of this document

Parameters:

term - the Term being inserted

insert

public void insert(java.lang.String term,
                   int fieldNum)

Insert a term into the posting list of this document, in the given field

Parameters:

term - the Term being inserted

fieldNum - the id of the field that the term was found in

insert

public void insert(java.lang.String term,
                   int[] fieldNums)

Insert a term into the posting list of this document, in the given field

Parameters:

term - the Term being inserted

fieldNums - the ids of the fields that the term was found in

getPostings

public int[][] getPostings()

returns the postings suitable to be written into the direct index