/* * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.springmodules.lucene.search.factory; import java.io.IOException; import org.apache.lucene.search.Searcher; /** * <p>This is the searcher factory abstraction to get searcher * instances to make searchs on a Lucene index. These instances can be used * with the LuceneSearchTemplate class or with the different query classes. * * @author Thierry Templier * @see org.springmodules.samples.lucene.searching.console.Searcher * @see org.springmodules.lucene.search.core.LuceneSearchTemplate * @see org.springmodules.lucene.search.object.LuceneSearchQuery * @see org.springmodules.lucene.search.object.ParsedLuceneSearchQuery */ public interface SearcherFactory { /** * Contruct a Searcher instance. This instance will be used by both * the LuceneSearcherTemplate and every query classes to make searchs * on the index. * @return the Searcher instance */ public Searcher getSearcher() throws IOException; }