org.apache.lucene.search
Class BooleanClause.Occur

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.lucene.util.Parameter
      org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanClause.Occur

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Enclosing class:

BooleanClause

public static final class BooleanClause.Occur
extends Parameter
implements java.io.Serializable

Specifies how clauses are to occur in matching documents.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static BooleanClause.Occur	MUST Use this operator for clauses that must appear in the matching documents.
static BooleanClause.Occur	MUST_NOT Use this operator for clauses that must not appear in the matching documents.
static BooleanClause.Occur	SHOULD Use this operator for clauses that should appear in the matching documents.

Method Summary

java.lang.String

toString()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.util.Parameter

readResolve

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MUST

public static final BooleanClause.Occur MUST

Use this operator for clauses that must appear in the matching documents.

SHOULD

public static final BooleanClause.Occur SHOULD

Use this operator for clauses that should appear in the matching documents. For a BooleanQuery with no MUST clauses one or more SHOULD clauses must match a document for the BooleanQuery to match.

See Also:

BooleanQuery.setMinimumNumberShouldMatch(int)

MUST_NOT

public static final BooleanClause.Occur MUST_NOT

Use this operator for clauses that must not appear in the matching documents. Note that it is not possible to search for queries that only consist of a MUST_NOT clause.

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Parameter