TRECQuery (Terrier Information Retrieval Platform 4.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.terrier.applications.batchquerying.TRECQuery

All Implemented Interfaces:

Iterator<String>, QuerySource

Direct Known Subclasses:

SingleLineTRECQuery, TRECQuery
```
public class TRECQuery
extends Object
implements QuerySource
```
This class is used for reading the queries from TREC topic files.
Properties:
- trecquery.ignore.desc.narr.name.tokens - should the token DESCRIPTION and NARRATIVE in the desc and narr fields be ignored? Defaluts to true
- tokeniser - name of the Tokeniser class to use to tokenise topics. Defaults to EnglishTokeniser.
- trec.encoding - use to set the encoding of TREC topic files. Defaults to the systems default encoding.
Author:

Ben He & Craig Macdonald

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`protected static String`	`desiredEncoding` Encoding to be used to open all files.
`protected static boolean`	`IGNORE_DESC_NARR_NAME_TOKENS` Value of `trecquery.ignore.desc.narr.name.tokens` - should the token DESCRIPTION and NARRATIVE in the desc and narr fields be ignored? Defaluts to true?
`protected int`	`index` The index of the queries.
`protected static org.slf4j.Logger`	`logger` The logger used for this class
`protected String[]`	`queries` The queries in the topic files.
`protected String[]`	`query_ids` The query identifiers in the topic files.
`protected String[]`	`topicFiles` The topic files used in this object

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`TRECQuery()` Constructs an instance of TRECQuery, that reads and stores all the queries from the files defined in the trec.topics property.
`TRECQuery(File queryfile)` Constructs an instance of TRECQuery that reads and stores all the queries from a the specified query file.
`TRECQuery(File[] queryfiles)` Constructs an instance of TRECQuery that reads and stores all the queries from the specified query files.
`TRECQuery(String queryfilename)` Constructs an instance of TRECQuery that reads and stores all the queries from a file with the specified filename.
`TRECQuery(String[] queryfilenames)` Constructs an instance of TRECQuery that reads and stores all the queries from files with the specified filename.

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`boolean`	`extractQuery(String[] queryfilenames, Vector<String> vecStringQueries, Vector<String> vecStringIds)` Extracts and stores all the queries from query files.
`boolean`	`extractQuery(String queryfilename, Vector<String> vecStringQueries, Vector<String> vecStringIds)` Extracts and stores all the queries from a query file.
`int`	`getIndexOfCurrentQuery()` Returns the index of the last obtained query.
`String[]`	`getInfo()` Returns the filenames of the topic files from which the queries were extracted
`int`	`getNumberOfQueries()` Returns the number of the queries read from the processed topic files.
`String`	`getQuery(String queryNo)` Return the query for the given query number.
`String`	`getQueryId()` Returns the query identifier of the last query fetched, or the first one, if none has been fetched yet.
`String[]`	`getQueryIds()` Returns the query ids
`String[]`	`getTopicFilenames()` Deprecated.
`boolean`	`hasMoreQueries()` Deprecated.
`boolean`	`hasNext()`
`static void`	`main(String[] args)` main
`String`	`next()`
`String`	`nextQuery()` Deprecated.
`void`	`remove()`
`void`	`reset()` Resets the query source back to the first query.
`String[]`	`toArray()` Returns the queries in an array of strings

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

- Field Detail
  - logger
```
protected static final org.slf4j.Logger logger
```
    The logger used for this class
  - IGNORE_DESC_NARR_NAME_TOKENS
```
protected static final boolean IGNORE_DESC_NARR_NAME_TOKENS
```
    Value of trecquery.ignore.desc.narr.name.tokens - should the token DESCRIPTION and NARRATIVE in the desc and narr fields be ignored? Defaluts to true?
  - desiredEncoding
```
protected static String desiredEncoding
```
    Encoding to be used to open all files.
  - topicFiles
```
protected String[] topicFiles
```
    The topic files used in this object
  - queries
```
protected String[] queries
```
    The queries in the topic files.
  - query_ids
```
protected String[] query_ids
```
    The query identifiers in the topic files.
  - index
```
protected int index
```
    The index of the queries.
- Constructor Detail
  - TRECQuery
```
public TRECQuery()
```
    Constructs an instance of TRECQuery, that reads and stores all the queries from the files defined in the trec.topics property.
  - TRECQuery
```
public TRECQuery(File queryfile)
```
    Constructs an instance of TRECQuery that reads and stores all the queries from a the specified query file.
    
    Parameters:
    queryfile - File the file containing the queries.
  - TRECQuery
```
public TRECQuery(File[] queryfiles)
```
    Constructs an instance of TRECQuery that reads and stores all the queries from the specified query files.
    
    Parameters:
    queryfiles - File the file containing the queries.
  - TRECQuery
```
public TRECQuery(String queryfilename)
```
    Constructs an instance of TRECQuery that reads and stores all the queries from a file with the specified filename.
    
    Parameters:
    queryfilename - String the name of the file containing all the queries.
  - TRECQuery
```
public TRECQuery(String[] queryfilenames)
```
    Constructs an instance of TRECQuery that reads and stores all the queries from files with the specified filename.
    
    Parameters:
    queryfilenames - String[] the name of the files containing all the queries.
- Method Detail
  - extractQuery
```
public boolean extractQuery(String[] queryfilenames,
                   Vector<String> vecStringQueries,
                   Vector<String> vecStringIds)
```
    Extracts and stores all the queries from query files.
    
    Parameters:
    queryfilenames - String the name of files containing topics.
    vecStringQueries - Vector a vector containing the queries as strings.
    vecStringIds - Vector a vector containing the query identifiers as strings.
    
    Returns:
    boolean true if some queries were successfully extracted.
  - extractQuery
```
public boolean extractQuery(String queryfilename,
                   Vector<String> vecStringQueries,
                   Vector<String> vecStringIds)
```
    Extracts and stores all the queries from a query file.
    
    Parameters:
    queryfilename - String the name of a file containing topics.
    vecStringQueries - Vector a vector containing the queries as strings.
    vecStringIds - Vector a vector containing the query identifiers as strings.
    
    Returns:
    boolean true if some queries were successfully extracted.
  - getIndexOfCurrentQuery
```
public int getIndexOfCurrentQuery()
```
    Returns the index of the last obtained query.
    
    Returns:
    int the index of the last obtained query.
  - getNumberOfQueries
```
public int getNumberOfQueries()
```
    Returns the number of the queries read from the processed topic files.
    
    Returns:
    int the number of topics contained in the processed topic files.
  - getInfo
```
public String[] getInfo()
```
    Returns the filenames of the topic files from which the queries were extracted
    
    Specified by:
    
    getInfo in interface QuerySource
  - getTopicFilenames
```
public String[] getTopicFilenames()
```
    Deprecated.
  - getQuery
```
public String getQuery(String queryNo)
```
    Return the query for the given query number.
    
    Parameters:
    queryNo - String The number of a query.
    
    Returns:
    String the string representing the query.
  - hasMoreQueries
```
public boolean hasMoreQueries()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Test if there are more queries to process.
    
    Returns:
    boolean true if there are more queries to process, otherwise returns false.
  - hasNext
```
public boolean hasNext()
```
    Specified by:
    
    hasNext in interface Iterator<String>
  - nextQuery
```
public String nextQuery()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Returns a query.
    
    Returns:
    String the next query.
  - next
```
public String next()
```
    Specified by:
    
    next in interface Iterator<String>
  - getQueryId
```
public String getQueryId()
```
    Returns the query identifier of the last query fetched, or the first one, if none has been fetched yet.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getQueryId in interface QuerySource
    
    Returns:
    String the query number of a query.
  - getQueryIds
```
public String[] getQueryIds()
```
    Returns the query ids
    
    Returns:
    String array containing the query ids.
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - toArray
```
public String[] toArray()
```
    Returns the queries in an array of strings
    
    Returns:
    String[] an array containing the strings that represent the queries.
  - reset
```
public void reset()
```
    Resets the query source back to the first query.
    
    Specified by:
    
    reset in interface QuerySource
  - remove
```
public void remove()
```
    Specified by:
    
    remove in interface Iterator<String>
  - main
```
public static void main(String[] args)
```
    main
    
    Parameters:
    args -

Class TRECQuery

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

logger

IGNORE_DESC_NARR_NAME_TOKENS

desiredEncoding

topicFiles

queries

query_ids

index

Constructor Detail

TRECQuery

TRECQuery

TRECQuery

TRECQuery

TRECQuery

Method Detail

extractQuery

extractQuery

getIndexOfCurrentQuery

getNumberOfQueries

getInfo

getTopicFilenames

getQuery

hasMoreQueries

hasNext

nextQuery

next

getQueryId

getQueryIds

toArray

reset

remove

main