org.terrier.realtime

Interface UpdatableIndex

All Known Implementing Classes:

IncrementalIndex, MemoryFields, MemoryFieldsIndex, MemoryIndex

public interface UpdatableIndex

Interface describing an index that can be updated

Since:

4.0

Author:

Richard McCreadie

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	addToDocument(int docid, Document doc) Adds specified content contents to the named document id.
boolean	addToDocument(int docid, DocumentPostingList docContents) Adds relevant terms to the named document id.
void	indexDocument(Document doc) Add a new document to the index.
void	indexDocument(Map<String,String> docProperties, DocumentPostingList docContents) Add a new pre-parsed document to the index.
boolean	removeDocument(int docid) Removes a document from the index.

Method Detail

indexDocument

void indexDocument(Document doc)
                   throws Exception

Add a new document to the index.

Throws:

Exception

indexDocument

void indexDocument(Map<String,String> docProperties,
                 DocumentPostingList docContents)
                   throws Exception

Add a new pre-parsed document to the index.

Throws:

Exception

removeDocument

boolean removeDocument(int docid)

Removes a document from the index. Returns true if successful. No known operable implementations at this time.

addToDocument

boolean addToDocument(int docid,
                    Document doc)
                      throws Exception

Adds specified content contents to the named document id. Returns true if supported & successful.

Throws:

Exception

addToDocument

boolean addToDocument(int docid,
                    DocumentPostingList docContents)
                      throws Exception

Adds relevant terms to the named document id. Returns true if supported & successful.

Throws:

Exception