uk.ac.gla.terrier.structures.merging
Class LexiconMerger

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.gla.terrier.structures.merging.LexiconMerger

public class LexiconMerger
extends java.lang.Object

Merges many lexicons, termids and offsets are not kept.

Author:

vassilis

Constructor Summary

LexiconMerger(Index src1, Index src2, Index dest)
A constructor that sets the filenames of the lexicon files to merge

Method Summary

static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
void	mergeLexicons() Merges the two lexicons into one.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

LexiconMerger

public LexiconMerger(Index src1,
                     Index src2,
                     Index 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)