org.terrier.realtime

Interface WritableIndex

All Known Implementing Classes:

MemoryFields, MemoryFieldsIndex, MemoryIndex

public interface WritableIndex

Interface that defines the methods that an index should have if it has the ability to write itself to disk once it has been loaded/altered.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Richard McCreadie

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	collectProperties(Index memory, Index newIndex, CompressionFactory.CompressionConfiguration compressionConfig) Write the index properties to the .properties file.
Index	write(String path, String prefix) Write all of the index structures to disk at the specified location

Method Detail

write

Index write(String path,
            String prefix)
     throws IOException

Write all of the index structures to disk at the specified location

Throws:

IOException

collectProperties

void collectProperties(Index memory,
                       Index newIndex,
                       CompressionFactory.CompressionConfiguration compressionConfig)

Write the index properties to the .properties file.