org.apache.lucene.analysis
Class TokenStream

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream

Direct Known Subclasses:

TokenFilter, Tokenizer

public abstract class TokenStream

extends Object

A TokenStream enumerates the sequence of tokens, either from fields of a document or from query text.

This is an abstract class. Concrete subclasses are:

• Tokenizer, a TokenStream whose input is a Reader; and
• TokenFilter, a TokenStream whose input is another TokenStream.

Constructor Summary

TokenStream()

Method Summary

void	close() Releases resources associated with this stream.
abstract Token	next() Returns the next token in the stream, or null at EOS.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TokenStream

public TokenStream()

Method Detail

next

public abstract Token next()
                    throws IOException

Returns the next token in the stream, or null at EOS.

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Releases resources associated with this stream.