org.apache.lucene.search

## Class Weight

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.lucene.search.Weight

- Direct Known Subclasses:
    ConstantScoreWeight, DisjunctionMaxQuery.DisjunctionMaxWeight, FilterWeight, SpanWeight

      public abstract class Weight
      extends Object

  Expert: Calculate query weights and build query scorers.

  The purpose of `Weight` is to ensure searching does not modify a `Query`, so that a `Query` instance can be reused.
  `IndexSearcher` dependent state of the query should reside in the `Weight`.
  `LeafReader` dependent state should reside in the `Scorer`.

  Since `Weight` creates `Scorer` instances for a given `LeafReaderContext` (`scorer(org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext)`) callers must maintain the relationship between the searcher's top-level `IndexReaderContext` and the context used to create a `Scorer`.

  A `Weight` is used in the following way:

  1. A `Weight` is constructed by a top-level query, given a `IndexSearcher` (`Query.createWeight(IndexSearcher, boolean)`).
  2. The `getValueForNormalization()` method is called on the `Weight` to compute the query normalization factor `Similarity.queryNorm(float)` of the query clauses contained in the query.
  3. The query normalization factor is passed to `normalize(float, float)`. At this point the weighting is complete.
  4. A `Scorer` is constructed by `scorer(org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext)`.
  Since:
    2.9

- - ### Nested Class Summary

    Nested Classes
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected static class` | `Weight.DefaultBulkScorer` Just wraps a Scorer and performs top scoring using it.

  - ### Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected Query` | `parentQuery`

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected` | `Weight(Query query)` Sole constructor, typically invoked by sub-classes.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `BulkScorer` | `bulkScorer(LeafReaderContext context)` Optional method, to return a `BulkScorer` to score the query and send hits to a `Collector`.
    `abstract Explanation` | `explain(LeafReaderContext context, int doc)` An explanation of the score computation for the named document.
    `abstract void` | `extractTerms(Set<Term> terms)` Expert: adds all terms occurring in this query to the terms set.
    `Query` | `getQuery()` The query that this concerns.
    `abstract float` | `getValueForNormalization()` The value for normalization of contained query clauses (e.g.
    `abstract void` | `normalize(float norm, float boost)` Assigns the query normalization factor and boost to this.
    `abstract Scorer` | `scorer(LeafReaderContext context)` Returns a `Scorer` which can iterate in order over all matching documents and assign them a score.
    `ScorerSupplier` | `scorerSupplier(LeafReaderContext context)` Optional method.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Field Detail

    - #### parentQuery

          protected final Query parentQuery

  - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### Weight

          protected Weight(Query query)

      Sole constructor, typically invoked by sub-classes.
      Parameters:
        `query` - the parent query

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### extractTerms

          public abstract void extractTerms(Set<Term> terms)

      Expert: adds all terms occurring in this query to the terms set. If the `Weight` was created with `needsScores == true` then this method will only extract terms which are used for scoring, otherwise it will extract all terms which are used for matching.

    - #### explain

          public abstract Explanation explain(LeafReaderContext context,
                                              int doc)
                                       throws IOException

      An explanation of the score computation for the named document.
      Parameters:
        `context` - the readers context to create the `Explanation` for.
        `doc` - the document's id relative to the given context's reader
      Returns:
        an Explanation for the score
      Throws:
        `IOException` - if an `IOException` occurs

    - #### getQuery

          public final Query getQuery()

      The query that this concerns.

    - #### getValueForNormalization

          public abstract float getValueForNormalization()
                                                  throws IOException

      The value for normalization of contained query clauses (e.g. sum of squared weights).
      Throws:
        `IOException`

    - #### normalize

          public abstract void normalize(float norm,
                                         float boost)

      Assigns the query normalization factor and boost to this.

    - #### scorer

          public abstract Scorer scorer(LeafReaderContext context)
                                 throws IOException

      Returns a `Scorer` which can iterate in order over all matching documents and assign them a score.

      NOTE: null can be returned if no documents will be scored by this query.

      NOTE: The returned `Scorer` does not have `LeafReader.getLiveDocs()` applied, they need to be checked on top.

      Parameters:
        `context` - the `LeafReaderContext` for which to return the `Scorer`.
      Returns:
        a `Scorer` which scores documents in/out-of order.
      Throws:
        `IOException` - if there is a low-level I/O error

    - #### scorerSupplier

          public ScorerSupplier scorerSupplier(LeafReaderContext context)
                                        throws IOException

      Optional method. Get a `ScorerSupplier`, which allows to know the cost of the `Scorer` before building it. The default implementation calls `scorer(org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext)` and builds a `ScorerSupplier` wrapper around it.
      Throws:
        `IOException`
      See Also:
        `scorer(org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext)`

    - #### bulkScorer

          public BulkScorer bulkScorer(LeafReaderContext context)
                                throws IOException

      Optional method, to return a `BulkScorer` to score the query and send hits to a `Collector`. Only queries that have a different top-level approach need to override this; the default implementation pulls a normal `Scorer` and iterates and collects the resulting hits which are not marked as deleted.
      Parameters:
        `context` - the `LeafReaderContext` for which to return the `Scorer`.
      Returns:
        a `BulkScorer` which scores documents and passes them to a collector.
      Throws:
        `IOException` - if there is a low-level I/O error

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