org.apache.lucene.search
Class Hits

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.lucene.search.Hits

public final class Hits

extends Object

A ranked list of documents, used to hold search results.

Method Summary

Document	doc(int n) Returns the nth document in this set.
int	length() Returns the total number of hits available in this set.
float	score(int n) Returns the score for the nth document in this set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

length

public final int length()

Returns the total number of hits available in this set.

doc

public final Document doc(int n)
                   throws IOException

Returns the nth document in this set.

Documents are cached, so that repeated requests for the same element may return the same Document object.

score

public final float score(int n)
                  throws IOException

Returns the score for the nth document in this set.