## Uses of Class
org.apache.lucene.search.SortField

- Packages that use SortField
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  org.apache.lucene.search | Code to search indices.

- - ### Uses of SortField in org.apache.lucene.search

    Subclasses of SortField in org.apache.lucene.search
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `SortedNumericSortField` SortField for `SortedNumericDocValues`.
    `class` | `SortedSetSortField` SortField for `SortedSetDocValues`.

    Fields in org.apache.lucene.search declared as SortField
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `static SortField` | SortField.`FIELD_DOC` Represents sorting by document number (index order).
    `static SortField` | SortField.`FIELD_SCORE` Represents sorting by document score (relevance).
    `SortField[]` | TopFieldDocs.`fields` The fields which were used to sort results by.
    `protected SortField[]` | FieldValueHitQueue.`fields` Stores the sort criteria being used.

    Methods in org.apache.lucene.search that return SortField
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `SortField[]` | Sort.`getSort()` Representation of the sort criteria.
    `SortField` | SortField.`rewrite(IndexSearcher searcher)` Rewrites this SortField, returning a new SortField if a change is made.

    Methods in org.apache.lucene.search with parameters of type SortField
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static <T extends FieldValueHitQueue.Entry> FieldValueHitQueue<T>` | FieldValueHitQueue.`create(SortField[] fields, int size)` Creates a hit queue sorted by the given list of fields.
    `void` | Sort.`setSort(SortField... fields)` Sets the sort to the given criteria in succession: the first SortField is checked first, but if it produces a tie, then the second SortField is used to break the tie, etc.
    `void` | Sort.`setSort(SortField field)` Sets the sort to the given criteria.

    Constructors in org.apache.lucene.search with parameters of type SortField
    Constructor and Description
    `Sort(SortField... fields)` Sets the sort to the given criteria in succession: the first SortField is checked first, but if it produces a tie, then the second SortField is used to break the tie, etc.
    `Sort(SortField field)` Sorts by the criteria in the given SortField.
    `TopFieldDocs(int totalHits, ScoreDoc[] scoreDocs, SortField[] fields, float maxScore)` Creates one of these objects.

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