org.apache.lucene.expressions

## Class SimpleBindings

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.lucene.expressions.Bindings
  - - org.apache.lucene.expressions.SimpleBindings

-     public final class SimpleBindings
      extends Bindings

  Simple class that binds expression variable names to `SortField`s or other `Expression`s.

  Example usage:

         SimpleBindings bindings = new SimpleBindings();
         // document's text relevance score
         bindings.add(new SortField("_score", SortField.Type.SCORE));
         // integer NumericDocValues field
         bindings.add(new SortField("popularity", SortField.Type.INT));
         // another expression
         bindings.add("recency", myRecencyExpression);

         // create a sort field in reverse order
         Sort sort = new Sort(expr.getSortField(bindings, true));

  WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `SimpleBindings()` Creates a new empty Bindings

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | `add(SortField sortField)` Adds a SortField to the bindings.
    `void` | `add(String name, DoubleValuesSource source)` Bind a `DoubleValuesSource` directly to the given name.
    `void` | `add(String name, Expression expression)` Adds an Expression to the bindings.
    `DoubleValuesSource` | `getDoubleValuesSource(String name)` Returns a DoubleValuesSource bound to the variable name
    `void` | `validate()` Traverses the graph of bindings, checking there are no cycles or missing references

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

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### SimpleBindings

          public SimpleBindings()

      Creates a new empty Bindings

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### add

          public void add(SortField sortField)

      Adds a SortField to the bindings.

      This can be used to reference a DocValuesField, a field from FieldCache, the document's score, etc.

    - #### add

          public void add(String name,
                          DoubleValuesSource source)

      Bind a `DoubleValuesSource` directly to the given name.

    - #### add

          public void add(String name,
                          Expression expression)

      Adds an Expression to the bindings.

      This can be used to reference expressions from other expressions.

    - #### getDoubleValuesSource

          public DoubleValuesSource getDoubleValuesSource(String name)

      Description copied from class: `Bindings`
      Returns a DoubleValuesSource bound to the variable name
      Specified by:
        `getDoubleValuesSource` in class `Bindings`

    - #### validate

          public void validate()

      Traverses the graph of bindings, checking there are no cycles or missing references
      Throws:
        `IllegalArgumentException` - if the bindings is inconsistent

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