KinoSearch::Search::Matcher - Match a set of document ids.

    # abstract base class

A Matcher iterates over a set of ascending document ids. Some Matchers implement score() and can assign relevance scores to the docs that they match. Other implementations may be match-only.

    my $matcher = MyMatcher->SUPER::new;

Abstract constructor.

Proceed to the next doc id.

Returns: A positive doc id, or 0 once the iterator is exhausted.

Return the current doc id. Valid only after a successful call to next() or advance() and must not be called otherwise.

Return the score of the current document.

Only Matchers which are used for scored search need implement score().

Advance the iterator to the first doc id greater than or equal to target. The default implementation simply calls next() over and over, but subclasses have the option of doing something more efficient.

• target - A positive doc id, which must be greater than the current doc id once the iterator has been initialized.

Returns: A positive doc id, or 0 once the iterator is exhausted.

KinoSearch::Search::Matcher isa KinoSearch::Object::Obj.

Copyright 2005-2011 Marvin Humphrey

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.