org.apache.lucene.codecs

## Class CompoundFormat

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.lucene.codecs.CompoundFormat

- Direct Known Subclasses:
    Lucene50CompoundFormat

      public abstract class CompoundFormat
      extends Object

  Encodes/decodes compound files
  WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `CompoundFormat()` Sole constructor.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract CompoundDirectory` | `getCompoundReader(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context)` Returns a Directory view (read-only) for the compound files in this segment
    `abstract void` | `write(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, IOContext context)` Packs the provided segment's files into a compound format.

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

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### CompoundFormat

          public CompoundFormat()

      Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getCompoundReader

          public abstract CompoundDirectory getCompoundReader(Directory dir,
                                                              SegmentInfo si,
                                                              IOContext context)
                                                       throws IOException

      Returns a Directory view (read-only) for the compound files in this segment
      Throws:
        `IOException`

    - #### write

          public abstract void write(Directory dir,
                                     SegmentInfo si,
                                     IOContext context)
                              throws IOException

      Packs the provided segment's files into a compound format. All files referenced by the provided `SegmentInfo` must have `CodecUtil.writeIndexHeader(org.apache.lucene.store.DataOutput, java.lang.String, int, byte[], java.lang.String)` and `CodecUtil.writeFooter(org.apache.lucene.store.IndexOutput)`.
      Throws:
        `IOException`

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