org.terrier.structures.cache

Interface QueryResultCache

All Known Implementing Classes:

GrowingMapQueryResultCache, GrowingMapQueryStringResultCache, NullQueryResultCache

public interface QueryResultCache

Interface for introducing caching strategies into TRECQuerying

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(SearchRequest q) Add the results for the specified query to the cache
ResultSet	checkCache(SearchRequest q) Returns the ResultSet for the specified query, or null if that query has no cached results.
void	reset() Clears the cache

Method Detail

checkCache

ResultSet checkCache(SearchRequest q)

Returns the ResultSet for the specified query, or null if that query has no cached results.

add

void add(SearchRequest q)

Add the results for the specified query to the cache

reset

void reset()

Clears the cache