## org.apache.lucene.index
Class TermsEnum

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.lucene.index.TermsEnum

All Implemented Interfaces:
  BytesRefIterator

Direct Known Subclasses:
  FilterAtomicReader.FilterTermsEnum, FilteredTermsEnum, FuzzyTermsEnum, MultiTermsEnum

    public abstract class TermsEnum

extends Object
implements BytesRefIterator

Iterator to seek (`seekCeil(BytesRef)`, `seekExact(BytesRef,boolean)`) or step through (`BytesRefIterator.next()` terms to obtain frequency information (`docFreq()`), `DocsEnum` or `DocsAndPositionsEnum` for the current term (`docs(org.apache.lucene.util.Bits, org.apache.lucene.index.DocsEnum)`.

Term enumerations are always ordered by `BytesRefIterator.getComparator()`. Each term in the enumeration is greater than the one before it.

The TermsEnum is unpositioned when you first obtain it and you must first successfully call `BytesRefIterator.next()` or one of the `seek` methods.

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

Nested Class Summary
`static class` `TermsEnum.SeekStatus` Represents returned result from `seekCeil(org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef, boolean)`.

Field Summary
`static TermsEnum` `EMPTY` An empty TermsEnum for quickly returning an empty instance e.g.

Constructor Summary
`protected` `TermsEnum()` Sole constructor.

Method Summary
`AttributeSource` `attributes()` Returns the related attributes.
`abstract int` `docFreq()` Returns the number of documents containing the current term.
`DocsEnum` `docs(Bits liveDocs, DocsEnum reuse)` Get `DocsEnum` for the current term.
`abstract DocsEnum` `docs(Bits liveDocs, DocsEnum reuse, int flags)` Get `DocsEnum` for the current term, with control over whether freqs are required.
`DocsAndPositionsEnum` `docsAndPositions(Bits liveDocs, DocsAndPositionsEnum reuse)` Get `DocsAndPositionsEnum` for the current term.
`abstract DocsAndPositionsEnum` `docsAndPositions(Bits liveDocs, DocsAndPositionsEnum reuse, int flags)` Get `DocsAndPositionsEnum` for the current term, with control over whether offsets and payloads are required.
`abstract long` `ord()` Returns ordinal position for current term.
`TermsEnum.SeekStatus` `seekCeil(BytesRef text)` Seeks to the specified term, if it exists, or to the next (ceiling) term.
`abstract TermsEnum.SeekStatus` `seekCeil(BytesRef text, boolean useCache)` Expert: just like `seekCeil(BytesRef)` but allows you to control whether the implementation should attempt to use its term cache (if it uses one).
`boolean` `seekExact(BytesRef text, boolean useCache)` Attempts to seek to the exact term, returning true if the term is found.
`void` `seekExact(BytesRef term, TermState state)` Expert: Seeks a specific position by `TermState` previously obtained from `termState()`.
`abstract void` `seekExact(long ord)` Seeks to the specified term by ordinal (position) as previously returned by `ord()`.
`abstract BytesRef` `term()` Returns current term.
`TermState` `termState()` Expert: Returns the TermsEnums internal state to position the TermsEnum without re-seeking the term dictionary.
`abstract long` `totalTermFreq()` Returns the total number of occurrences of this term across all documents (the sum of the freq() for each doc that has this term).

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRefIterator
`getComparator, next`

Field Detail

### EMPTY

    public static final TermsEnum EMPTY

  An empty TermsEnum for quickly returning an empty instance e.g. in `MultiTermQuery`

  Please note: This enum should be unmodifiable, but it is currently possible to add Attributes to it. This should not be a problem, as the enum is always empty and the existence of unused Attributes does not matter.

Constructor Detail

### TermsEnum

    protected TermsEnum()

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

Method Detail

### attributes

    public AttributeSource attributes()

  Returns the related attributes.

### seekExact

    public boolean seekExact(BytesRef text,
                             boolean useCache)
                      throws IOException

  Attempts to seek to the exact term, returning true if the term is found. If this returns false, the enum is unpositioned. For some codecs, seekExact may be substantially faster than `seekCeil(org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef, boolean)`.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### seekCeil

    public abstract TermsEnum.SeekStatus seekCeil(BytesRef text,
                                                  boolean useCache)
                                           throws IOException

  Expert: just like `seekCeil(BytesRef)` but allows you to control whether the implementation should attempt to use its term cache (if it uses one).

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### seekCeil

    public final TermsEnum.SeekStatus seekCeil(BytesRef text)
                                        throws IOException

  Seeks to the specified term, if it exists, or to the next (ceiling) term. Returns SeekStatus to indicate whether exact term was found, a different term was found, or EOF was hit. The target term may be before or after the current term. If this returns SeekStatus.END, the enum is unpositioned.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### seekExact

    public abstract void seekExact(long ord)
                            throws IOException

  Seeks to the specified term by ordinal (position) as previously returned by `ord()`. The target ord may be before or after the current ord, and must be within bounds.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### seekExact

    public void seekExact(BytesRef term,
                          TermState state)
                   throws IOException

  Expert: Seeks a specific position by `TermState` previously obtained from `termState()`. Callers should maintain the `TermState` to use this method. Low-level implementations may position the TermsEnum without re-seeking the term dictionary.

  Seeking by `TermState` should only be used iff the enum the state was obtained from and the enum the state is used for seeking are obtained from the same `IndexReader`.

  NOTE: Using this method with an incompatible `TermState` might leave this `TermsEnum` in undefined state. On a segment level `TermState` instances are compatible only iff the source and the target `TermsEnum` operate on the same field. If operating on segment level, TermState instances must not be used across segments.

  NOTE: A seek by `TermState` might not restore the `AttributeSource`'s state. `AttributeSource` states must be maintained separately if this method is used.

  Parameters:
    `term` - the term the TermState corresponds to
    `state` - the `TermState`
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### term

    public abstract BytesRef term()
                           throws IOException

  Returns current term. Do not call this when the enum is unpositioned.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### ord

    public abstract long ord()
                      throws IOException

  Returns ordinal position for current term. This is an optional method (the codec may throw `UnsupportedOperationException`). Do not call this when the enum is unpositioned.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### docFreq

    public abstract int docFreq()
                         throws IOException

  Returns the number of documents containing the current term. Do not call this when the enum is unpositioned. `TermsEnum.SeekStatus.END`.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### totalTermFreq

    public abstract long totalTermFreq()
                                throws IOException

  Returns the total number of occurrences of this term across all documents (the sum of the freq() for each doc that has this term). This will be -1 if the codec doesn't support this measure. Note that, like other term measures, this measure does not take deleted documents into account.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### docs

    public final DocsEnum docs(Bits liveDocs,
                               DocsEnum reuse)
                        throws IOException

  Get `DocsEnum` for the current term. Do not call this when the enum is unpositioned. This method will not return null.

  Parameters:
    `liveDocs` - unset bits are documents that should not be returned
    `reuse` - pass a prior DocsEnum for possible reuse
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### docs

    public abstract DocsEnum docs(Bits liveDocs,
                                  DocsEnum reuse,
                                  int flags)
                           throws IOException

  Get `DocsEnum` for the current term, with control over whether freqs are required. Do not call this when the enum is unpositioned. This method will not return null.

  Parameters:
    `liveDocs` - unset bits are documents that should not be returned
    `reuse` - pass a prior DocsEnum for possible reuse
    `flags` - specifies which optional per-document values you require; see `DocsEnum.FLAG_FREQS`
  Throws:
    `IOException`
  See Also:
    `docs(Bits, DocsEnum, int)`

### docsAndPositions

    public final DocsAndPositionsEnum docsAndPositions(Bits liveDocs,
                                                       DocsAndPositionsEnum reuse)
                                                throws IOException

  Get `DocsAndPositionsEnum` for the current term. Do not call this when the enum is unpositioned. This method will return null if positions were not indexed.

  Parameters:
    `liveDocs` - unset bits are documents that should not be returned
    `reuse` - pass a prior DocsAndPositionsEnum for possible reuse
  Throws:
    `IOException`
  See Also:
    `docsAndPositions(Bits, DocsAndPositionsEnum, int)`

### docsAndPositions

    public abstract DocsAndPositionsEnum docsAndPositions(Bits liveDocs,
                                                          DocsAndPositionsEnum reuse,
                                                          int flags)
                                                   throws IOException

  Get `DocsAndPositionsEnum` for the current term, with control over whether offsets and payloads are required. Some codecs may be able to optimize their implementation when offsets and/or payloads are not required. Do not call this when the enum is unpositioned. This will return null if positions were not indexed.

  Parameters:
    `liveDocs` - unset bits are documents that should not be returned
    `reuse` - pass a prior DocsAndPositionsEnum for possible reuse
    `flags` - specifies which optional per-position values you require; see `DocsAndPositionsEnum.FLAG_OFFSETS` and `DocsAndPositionsEnum.FLAG_PAYLOADS`.
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### termState

    public TermState termState()
                        throws IOException

  Expert: Returns the TermsEnums internal state to position the TermsEnum without re-seeking the term dictionary.

  NOTE: A seek by `TermState` might not capture the `AttributeSource`'s state. Callers must maintain the `AttributeSource` states separately

  Throws:
    `IOException`
  See Also:
    `TermState`, `seekExact(BytesRef, TermState)`

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