dragon.ir.index

Interface Indexer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractIndexer, AbstractSentenceIndexer, AbstractSequenceIndexer, BasicIndexer, BasicSentenceIndexer, BasicSequenceIndexer, DualIndexer, DualSentenceIndexer, OnlineIndexer, OnlineSentenceIndexer, OnlineSequenceIndexer

public interface Indexer

Interface of document indexing agent

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2005

Company: IST, Drexel University

Version:

1.0

Author:

Davis Zhou

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() This method releases occupied resources.
boolean	index(Article article) An article has many sections such as title, abstract and body.
boolean	indexed(String docKey)
void	initialize() It is required to call this method before calling index method to index articles.
void	setLog(String logFile)

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize()

It is required to call this method before calling index method to index articles.

close

void close()

This method releases occupied resources.

index

boolean index(Article article)

An article has many sections such as title, abstract and body. The selection of sections for indexing is subject to the implemented indexers.

Parameters:

article - the article for indexing

Returns:

true if indexed successfully

indexed

boolean indexed(String docKey)

Parameters:

docKey - the unique document entry number

Returns:

true if this document has been indexed

setLog

void setLog(String logFile)