org.apache.lucene.search

## Interface CollectorManager<C extends Collector,T>

- All Known Implementing Classes:
    MultiCollectorManager

      public interface CollectorManager<C extends Collector,T>

  A manager of collectors. This class is useful to parallelize execution of search requests and has two main methods:
  - `newCollector()` which must return a NEW collector which will be used to collect a certain set of leaves.
  - `reduce(Collection)` which will be used to reduce the results of individual collections into a meaningful result. This method is only called after all leaves have been fully collected.
  See Also:
    `IndexSearcher.search(Query, CollectorManager)`
  WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `C` | `newCollector()` Return a new `Collector`.
    `T` | `reduce(Collection<C> collectors)` Reduce the results of individual collectors into a meaningful result.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### newCollector

          C newCollector()
                  throws IOException

      Return a new `Collector`. This must return a different instance on each call.
      Throws:
        `IOException`

    - #### reduce

          T reduce(Collection<C> collectors)
            throws IOException

      Reduce the results of individual collectors into a meaningful result. For instance a `TopDocsCollector` would compute the `top docs` of each collector and then merge them using `TopDocs.merge(int, TopDocs[])`. This method must be called after collection is finished on all provided collectors.
      Throws:
        `IOException`

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