com.yahoo.search.result

Class HitOrderer

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.search.result.HitOrderer

Direct Known Subclasses:

HitSortOrderer

public abstract class HitOrderer
extends Object

A class capable of ordering a list of hits

Author:

bratseth

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HitOrderer()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Comparator<Hit>	getComparator() Returns the Comparator that this HitOrderer uses internally to sort hits.
abstract void	order(List<Hit> hits) Orders the given list of hits

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HitOrderer

public HitOrderer()

Method Detail

order

public abstract void order(List<Hit> hits)

Orders the given list of hits

getComparator

public Comparator<Hit> getComparator()

Returns the Comparator that this HitOrderer uses internally to sort hits. Returns null if no Comparator is used.

This default implementation returns null.

Returns:

the Comparator used to order hits, or null