Terrier Information Retrieval Platform 4.1 API

Packages 
Package Description
org.terrier  
org.terrier.applications
Provides application-level code that use the Terrier platform to perform indexing and retrieval from either standard test collections, interactive querying of a indexed collection, or desktop search.
org.terrier.applications.batchquerying
Contains application-level programs for performing batch-based query operations, such as generating runs for TREC.
org.terrier.applications.desktop
Provides an Java Swing application, based on Terrier, that can be used for searching the desktop of a user.
org.terrier.applications.desktop.filehandling
Provides the functionality of opening arbitrary files from the Java Swing-based desktop search application.
org.terrier.compression.bit
Provides implementation of a random access and input and output streams where gamma, unary and binary, delta Golomb encoded integers can be read or written.
org.terrier.compression.integer
Provides implementations of a random access and input and output streams with byte-level compression.
org.terrier.compression.integer.codec
Provides implementations of byte-level compression codecs for use when compressing index structures.
org.terrier.compression.integer.codec.util
Contains low-level utility classes for working with byte-level compression.
org.terrier.evaluation
Provides an interface and the classes to process relevance assessments and perform standard evaluation of retrieval results.
org.terrier.indexing
Provides classes and interfaces related to the indexing of documents.
org.terrier.indexing.tokenisation
Provides classes related to the tokenisation of documents.
org.terrier.learning
Provides interfaces for Terrier 'Fat' ResultSets that contain features and decorators that add new features to those result sets.
org.terrier.matching
Provides the classes and interfaces used for matching documents to queries.
org.terrier.matching.daat
Provides classes that implement a document-at-a-time (DAAT) matching strategy.
org.terrier.matching.dsms
Provides the interface and the classes for modifying the scores of documents after an score has been assigned to documents, or implementing the combination of evidence.
org.terrier.matching.models
Provides the classes that implement various weighting models.
org.terrier.matching.models.aftereffect
Provides the interface and the classes for implementing the term frequency normalisation component in the DFR framework.
org.terrier.matching.models.basicmodel
Provides the interface and the classes for implementing the basic models for randomness in the DFR framework.
org.terrier.matching.models.normalisation
Provides the interface and the classes for implementing the basic models for randomness in the DFR framework.
org.terrier.matching.models.queryexpansion
Provides the classes that implement various query expansion models.
org.terrier.matching.taat
Provides classes that implement a term-at-a-time (TAAT) matching strategy.
org.terrier.matching.tsms
Provides the interface and classes that implement the term score modifiers, which modify the scores assigned to documents for a particular term.
org.terrier.querying
Provides the interfaces and classes for the querying API of the Terrier platform, the controls, post processors and filters.
org.terrier.querying.parser
Provides the parser specification and the classes that implement the query language of the Terrier platform.
org.terrier.querying.summarisation
Package for summarisation algorithms.
org.terrier.realtime
Provides index structures that support updating and real-time retrieval.
org.terrier.realtime.incremental
Provides incremental indexing functionality.
org.terrier.realtime.matching
Provides additional matching implementations specifically for real-time index structures.
org.terrier.realtime.memory
Provides MemoryIndex structures.
org.terrier.realtime.memory.fields
Provides MemoryIndex structures that support field search.
org.terrier.realtime.multi
Provides MultiIndex structures.
org.terrier.realtime.restructure
Provides methods to alter the structure of a real-time index.
org.terrier.services.websitesearch
Provides UI access services for the website search demo.
org.terrier.services.websitesearch.crawler4j
Provides classes for crawling websites on the fly by linking into Crawler4J.
org.terrier.services.websitesearch.crawlers
Provides crawling functionality for websites.
org.terrier.sorting
Provides the classes that implement the sorting of various arrays for the Terrier platform.
org.terrier.statistics
Provides the implementations of various statistical routines.
org.terrier.structures
Provides the classes that implement the data structures used for retrieval with the Terrier platform.
org.terrier.structures.bit
Provides on-disk index structures that support the older bit-level compression scheme.
org.terrier.structures.cache
Provides caching of search results when performing batch querying operations.
org.terrier.structures.collections
Provides data structures various data structures.
org.terrier.structures.indexing
Provides the classes used for creating the data structures of the Terrier platform.
org.terrier.structures.indexing.classical
Provides functionality for creating on-disk indices via indexer classes.
org.terrier.structures.indexing.singlepass
Provides implementation of the structures needed for performing a single pass indexing
org.terrier.structures.indexing.singlepass.hadoop
Provides classes implemeting the Hadoop MapReduce indexing in Terrier.
org.terrier.structures.integer
Provides generic posting index classes that support byte-level compression.
org.terrier.structures.merging
Provides classes for merging two sets of data structures, created by Terrier, into one set of data structures.
org.terrier.structures.outputformat
Provides functionality for writing Terrier ResultSets to disk as .res files, e.g.
org.terrier.structures.postings
Provides classes representing single postings and atreams of postings in a posting list (e.g.
org.terrier.structures.postings.bit
Provides bit-level IterablePosting implementations.
org.terrier.structures.postings.integer
Provides byte-level IterablePosting implementations.
org.terrier.structures.seralization
Provides classes for things that can be serializaed to disk.
org.terrier.terms
Provides the interface and classes for the term pipeline, a set of objects that process the terms during indexing and processing of queries.
org.terrier.utility
This package includes classes that are used in various part of the Terrier Platform.
org.terrier.utility.io
This package includes classes that are used for various IO duties within Terrier.
org.terrier.utility.restructure
Provides functionality to convert legacy Terrier indices into current indices.

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