# Uses of Package
org.apache.lucene.codecs

- Packages that use org.apache.lucene.codecs
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  org.apache.lucene.codecs | Codecs API: API for customization of the encoding and structure of the index.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.blocktree | BlockTree terms dictionary.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.compressing | StoredFieldsFormat that allows cross-document and cross-field compression of stored fields.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene50 | Components from the Lucene 5.0 index format See `org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene80` for an overview of the index format.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene60 | Components from the Lucene 6.0 index format.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene80 | Components from the Lucene 8.0 index format See `org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene84` for an overview of the index format.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene84 | Components from the Lucene 8.4 index format.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene86 | Lucene 8.6 file format.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene87 | Lucene 8.7 file format.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield | Postings format that can delegate to different formats per-field.
  org.apache.lucene.index | Code to maintain and access indices.
  org.apache.lucene.util.bkd | Block KD-tree, implementing the generic spatial data structure described in this paper.

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.codecs
  Class and Description
  BlockTermState Holds all state required for `PostingsReaderBase` to produce a `PostingsEnum` without re-seeking the terms dict.
  Codec Encodes/decodes an inverted index segment.
  CompetitiveImpactAccumulator This class accumulates the (freq, norm) pairs that may produce competitive scores.
  CompoundDirectory A read-only `Directory` that consists of a view over a compound file.
  CompoundFormat Encodes/decodes compound files
  DocValuesConsumer Abstract API that consumes numeric, binary and sorted docvalues.
  DocValuesFormat Encodes/decodes per-document values.
  DocValuesProducer Abstract API that produces numeric, binary, sorted, sortedset, and sortednumeric docvalues.
  FieldInfosFormat Encodes/decodes `FieldInfos`
  FieldsConsumer Abstract API that consumes terms, doc, freq, prox, offset and payloads postings.
  FieldsProducer Abstract API that produces terms, doc, freq, prox, offset and payloads postings.
  LiveDocsFormat Format for live/deleted documents
  NormsConsumer Abstract API that consumes normalization values.
  NormsFormat Encodes/decodes per-document score normalization values.
  NormsProducer Abstract API that produces field normalization values
  PointsFormat Encodes/decodes indexed points.
  PointsReader Abstract API to visit point values.
  PointsWriter Abstract API to write points
  PostingsFormat Encodes/decodes terms, postings, and proximity data.
  PostingsWriterBase Class that plugs into term dictionaries, such as `BlockTreeTermsWriter`, and handles writing postings.
  SegmentInfoFormat Expert: Controls the format of the `SegmentInfo` (segment metadata file).
  StoredFieldsFormat Controls the format of stored fields
  StoredFieldsReader Codec API for reading stored fields.
  StoredFieldsWriter Codec API for writing stored fields: For every document, `StoredFieldsWriter.startDocument()` is called, informing the Codec that a new document has started.
  TermVectorsFormat Controls the format of term vectors
  TermVectorsReader Codec API for reading term vectors:
  TermVectorsWriter Codec API for writing term vectors: For every document, `TermVectorsWriter.startDocument(int)` is called, informing the Codec how many fields will be written.

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.codecs.blocktree
  Class and Description
  FieldsConsumer Abstract API that consumes terms, doc, freq, prox, offset and payloads postings.
  FieldsProducer Abstract API that produces terms, doc, freq, prox, offset and payloads postings.
  NormsProducer Abstract API that produces field normalization values
  PostingsReaderBase The core terms dictionaries (BlockTermsReader, BlockTreeTermsReader) interact with a single instance of this class to manage creation of `PostingsEnum` and `PostingsEnum` instances.
  PostingsWriterBase Class that plugs into term dictionaries, such as `BlockTreeTermsWriter`, and handles writing postings.

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.codecs.compressing
  Class and Description
  StoredFieldsFormat Controls the format of stored fields
  StoredFieldsReader Codec API for reading stored fields.
  StoredFieldsWriter Codec API for writing stored fields: For every document, `StoredFieldsWriter.startDocument()` is called, informing the Codec that a new document has started.
  TermVectorsFormat Controls the format of term vectors
  TermVectorsReader Codec API for reading term vectors:
  TermVectorsWriter Codec API for writing term vectors: For every document, `TermVectorsWriter.startDocument(int)` is called, informing the Codec how many fields will be written.

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene50
  Class and Description
  CompoundDirectory A read-only `Directory` that consists of a view over a compound file.
  CompoundFormat Encodes/decodes compound files
  FieldInfosFormat Encodes/decodes `FieldInfos`
  LiveDocsFormat Format for live/deleted documents
  TermVectorsFormat Controls the format of term vectors

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene60
  Class and Description
  FieldInfosFormat Encodes/decodes `FieldInfos`

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene80
  Class and Description
  DocValuesConsumer Abstract API that consumes numeric, binary and sorted docvalues.
  DocValuesFormat Encodes/decodes per-document values.
  DocValuesProducer Abstract API that produces numeric, binary, sorted, sortedset, and sortednumeric docvalues.
  NormsConsumer Abstract API that consumes normalization values.
  NormsFormat Encodes/decodes per-document score normalization values.
  NormsProducer Abstract API that produces field normalization values

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene84
  Class and Description
  BlockTermState Holds all state required for `PostingsReaderBase` to produce a `PostingsEnum` without re-seeking the terms dict.
  FieldsConsumer Abstract API that consumes terms, doc, freq, prox, offset and payloads postings.
  FieldsProducer Abstract API that produces terms, doc, freq, prox, offset and payloads postings.
  PostingsFormat Encodes/decodes terms, postings, and proximity data.
  PostingsReaderBase The core terms dictionaries (BlockTermsReader, BlockTreeTermsReader) interact with a single instance of this class to manage creation of `PostingsEnum` and `PostingsEnum` instances.
  PostingsWriterBase Class that plugs into term dictionaries, such as `BlockTreeTermsWriter`, and handles writing postings.
  PushPostingsWriterBase Extension of `PostingsWriterBase`, adding a push API for writing each element of the postings.

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene86
  Class and Description
  PointsFormat Encodes/decodes indexed points.
  PointsReader Abstract API to visit point values.
  PointsWriter Abstract API to write points
  SegmentInfoFormat Expert: Controls the format of the `SegmentInfo` (segment metadata file).

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene87
  Class and Description
  Codec Encodes/decodes an inverted index segment.
  CompoundFormat Encodes/decodes compound files
  DocValuesFormat Encodes/decodes per-document values.
  FieldInfosFormat Encodes/decodes `FieldInfos`
  LiveDocsFormat Format for live/deleted documents
  NormsFormat Encodes/decodes per-document score normalization values.
  PointsFormat Encodes/decodes indexed points.
  PostingsFormat Encodes/decodes terms, postings, and proximity data.
  SegmentInfoFormat Expert: Controls the format of the `SegmentInfo` (segment metadata file).
  StoredFieldsFormat Controls the format of stored fields
  StoredFieldsReader Codec API for reading stored fields.
  StoredFieldsWriter Codec API for writing stored fields: For every document, `StoredFieldsWriter.startDocument()` is called, informing the Codec that a new document has started.
  TermVectorsFormat Controls the format of term vectors

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield
  Class and Description
  DocValuesConsumer Abstract API that consumes numeric, binary and sorted docvalues.
  DocValuesFormat Encodes/decodes per-document values.
  DocValuesProducer Abstract API that produces numeric, binary, sorted, sortedset, and sortednumeric docvalues.
  FieldsConsumer Abstract API that consumes terms, doc, freq, prox, offset and payloads postings.
  FieldsProducer Abstract API that produces terms, doc, freq, prox, offset and payloads postings.
  PostingsFormat Encodes/decodes terms, postings, and proximity data.

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.index
  Class and Description
  Codec Encodes/decodes an inverted index segment.
  DocValuesProducer Abstract API that produces numeric, binary, sorted, sortedset, and sortednumeric docvalues.
  FieldsProducer Abstract API that produces terms, doc, freq, prox, offset and payloads postings.
  NormsProducer Abstract API that produces field normalization values
  PointsReader Abstract API to visit point values.
  StoredFieldsReader Codec API for reading stored fields.
  TermVectorsReader Codec API for reading term vectors:

- Classes in org.apache.lucene.codecs used by org.apache.lucene.util.bkd
  Class and Description
  MutablePointValues `PointValues` whose order of points can be changed.

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