## Uses of Class
org.apache.lucene.codecs.PostingsFormat

- Packages that use PostingsFormat
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  org.apache.lucene.codecs | Codecs API: API for customization of the encoding and structure of the index.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene84 | Components from the Lucene 8.4 index 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.

- - ### Uses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs

    Fields in org.apache.lucene.codecs declared as PostingsFormat
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `static PostingsFormat[]` | PostingsFormat.`EMPTY` Zero-length `PostingsFormat` array.

    Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs that return PostingsFormat
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static PostingsFormat` | PostingsFormat.`forName(String name)` looks up a format by name
    `PostingsFormat` | FilterCodec.`postingsFormat()`
    `abstract PostingsFormat` | Codec.`postingsFormat()` Encodes/decodes postings

  - ### Uses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene84

    Subclasses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene84
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `Lucene84PostingsFormat` Lucene 5.0 postings format, which encodes postings in packed integer blocks for fast decode.

  - ### Uses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene87

    Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene87 that return PostingsFormat
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `PostingsFormat` | Lucene87Codec.`getPostingsFormatForField(String field)` Returns the postings format that should be used for writing new segments of `field`.
    `PostingsFormat` | Lucene87Codec.`postingsFormat()`

  - ### Uses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield

    Subclasses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `PerFieldPostingsFormat` Enables per field postings support.

    Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield that return PostingsFormat
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract PostingsFormat` | PerFieldPostingsFormat.`getPostingsFormatForField(String field)` Returns the postings format that should be used for writing new segments of `field`.

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