## org.apache.lucene.analysis
Class Analyzer

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Closeable

Direct Known Subclasses:
  AnalyzerWrapper

    public abstract class Analyzer

extends Object
implements Closeable

An Analyzer builds TokenStreams, which analyze text. It thus represents a policy for extracting index terms from text.

In order to define what analysis is done, subclasses must define their `TokenStreamComponents` in `createComponents(String, Reader)`. The components are then reused in each call to `tokenStream(String, Reader)`.

Simple example:

     Analyzer analyzer = new Analyzer() {
      @Override
       protected TokenStreamComponents createComponents(String fieldName, Reader reader) {
         Tokenizer source = new FooTokenizer(reader);
         TokenStream filter = new FooFilter(source);
         filter = new BarFilter(filter);
         return new TokenStreamComponents(source, filter);
       }
     };

For more examples, see the `Analysis package documentation`.

For some concrete implementations bundled with Lucene, look in the analysis modules:

- Common: Analyzers for indexing content in different languages and domains.
- ICU: Exposes functionality from ICU to Apache Lucene.
- Kuromoji: Morphological analyzer for Japanese text.
- Morfologik: Dictionary-driven lemmatization for the Polish language.
- Phonetic: Analysis for indexing phonetic signatures (for sounds-alike search).
- Smart Chinese: Analyzer for Simplified Chinese, which indexes words.
- Stempel: Algorithmic Stemmer for the Polish Language.
- UIMA: Analysis integration with Apache UIMA.

Nested Class Summary
`static class` `Analyzer.GlobalReuseStrategy` Implementation of `Analyzer.ReuseStrategy` that reuses the same components for every field.
`static class` `Analyzer.PerFieldReuseStrategy` Implementation of `Analyzer.ReuseStrategy` that reuses components per-field by maintaining a Map of TokenStreamComponent per field name.
`static class` `Analyzer.ReuseStrategy` Strategy defining how TokenStreamComponents are reused per call to `tokenStream(String, java.io.Reader)`.
`static class` `Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents` This class encapsulates the outer components of a token stream.

Constructor Summary
`Analyzer()` Create a new Analyzer, reusing the same set of components per-thread across calls to `tokenStream(String, Reader)`.
`Analyzer(Analyzer.ReuseStrategy reuseStrategy)` Expert: create a new Analyzer with a custom `Analyzer.ReuseStrategy`.

Method Summary
`void` `close()` Frees persistent resources used by this Analyzer
`protected abstract Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents` `createComponents(String fieldName, Reader reader)` Creates a new `Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents` instance for this analyzer.
`int` `getOffsetGap(String fieldName)` Just like `getPositionIncrementGap(java.lang.String)`, except for Token offsets instead.
`int` `getPositionIncrementGap(String fieldName)` Invoked before indexing a IndexableField instance if terms have already been added to that field.
`protected Reader` `initReader(String fieldName, Reader reader)` Override this if you want to add a CharFilter chain.
`TokenStream` `tokenStream(String fieldName, Reader reader)` Returns a TokenStream suitable for `fieldName`, tokenizing the contents of `reader`.
`TokenStream` `tokenStream(String fieldName, String text)` Returns a TokenStream suitable for `fieldName`, tokenizing the contents of `text`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### Analyzer

    public Analyzer()

  Create a new Analyzer, reusing the same set of components per-thread across calls to `tokenStream(String, Reader)`.

### Analyzer

    public Analyzer(Analyzer.ReuseStrategy reuseStrategy)

  Expert: create a new Analyzer with a custom `Analyzer.ReuseStrategy`.

  NOTE: if you just want to reuse on a per-field basis, its easier to use a subclass of `AnalyzerWrapper` such as PerFieldAnalyerWrapper instead.

Method Detail

### createComponents

    protected abstract Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents createComponents(String fieldName,
                                                                       Reader reader)

  Creates a new `Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents` instance for this analyzer.

  Parameters:
    `fieldName` - the name of the fields content passed to the `Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents` sink as a reader
    `reader` - the reader passed to the `Tokenizer` constructor
  Returns:
    the `Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents` for this analyzer.

### tokenStream

    public final TokenStream tokenStream(String fieldName,
                                         Reader reader)
                                  throws IOException

  Returns a TokenStream suitable for `fieldName`, tokenizing the contents of `reader`.

  This method uses `createComponents(String, Reader)` to obtain an instance of `Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents`. It returns the sink of the components and stores the components internally. Subsequent calls to this method will reuse the previously stored components after resetting them through `Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents.setReader(Reader)`.

  NOTE: After calling this method, the consumer must follow the workflow described in `TokenStream` to properly consume its contents. See the `Analysis package documentation` for some examples demonstrating this. NOTE: If your data is available as a `String`, use `tokenStream(String, String)` which reuses a `StringReader`-like instance internally.

  Parameters:
    `fieldName` - the name of the field the created TokenStream is used for
    `reader` - the reader the streams source reads from
  Returns:
    TokenStream for iterating the analyzed content of `reader`
  Throws:
    `AlreadyClosedException` - if the Analyzer is closed.
    `IOException` - if an i/o error occurs.
  See Also:
    `tokenStream(String, String)`

### tokenStream

    public final TokenStream tokenStream(String fieldName,
                                         String text)
                                  throws IOException

  Returns a TokenStream suitable for `fieldName`, tokenizing the contents of `text`.

  This method uses `createComponents(String, Reader)` to obtain an instance of `Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents`. It returns the sink of the components and stores the components internally. Subsequent calls to this method will reuse the previously stored components after resetting them through `Analyzer.TokenStreamComponents.setReader(Reader)`.

  NOTE: After calling this method, the consumer must follow the workflow described in `TokenStream` to properly consume its contents. See the `Analysis package documentation` for some examples demonstrating this.

  Parameters:
    `fieldName` - the name of the field the created TokenStream is used for
    `text` - the String the streams source reads from
  Returns:
    TokenStream for iterating the analyzed content of `reader`
  Throws:
    `AlreadyClosedException` - if the Analyzer is closed.
    `IOException` - if an i/o error occurs (may rarely happen for strings).
  See Also:
    `tokenStream(String, Reader)`

### initReader

    protected Reader initReader(String fieldName,
                                Reader reader)

  Override this if you want to add a CharFilter chain.

  The default implementation returns `reader` unchanged.

  Parameters:
    `fieldName` - IndexableField name being indexed
    `reader` - original Reader
  Returns:
    reader, optionally decorated with CharFilter(s)

### getPositionIncrementGap

    public int getPositionIncrementGap(String fieldName)

  Invoked before indexing a IndexableField instance if terms have already been added to that field. This allows custom analyzers to place an automatic position increment gap between IndexbleField instances using the same field name. The default value position increment gap is 0. With a 0 position increment gap and the typical default token position increment of 1, all terms in a field, including across IndexableField instances, are in successive positions, allowing exact PhraseQuery matches, for instance, across IndexableField instance boundaries.

  Parameters:
    `fieldName` - IndexableField name being indexed.
  Returns:
    position increment gap, added to the next token emitted from `tokenStream(String,Reader)`. This value must be `>= 0`.

### getOffsetGap

    public int getOffsetGap(String fieldName)

  Just like `getPositionIncrementGap(java.lang.String)`, except for Token offsets instead. By default this returns 1. This method is only called if the field produced at least one token for indexing.

  Parameters:
    `fieldName` - the field just indexed
  Returns:
    offset gap, added to the next token emitted from `tokenStream(String,Reader)`. This value must be `>= 0`.

### close

    public void close()

  Frees persistent resources used by this Analyzer

  Specified by:
    `close` in interface `Closeable`

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