com.yahoo.prelude.query

Interface BlockItem

All Superinterfaces:

HasIndexItem

All Known Implementing Classes:

AndSegmentItem, ExactStringItem, IndexedSegmentItem, IntItem, MarkerWordItem, PhraseSegmentItem, PrefixItem, RangeItem, RegExpItem, SegmentItem, SubstringItem, SuffixItem, TaggableSegmentItem, TermItem, WordAlternativesItem, WordItem

public interface BlockItem
extends HasIndexItem

An interface used for anything which represents a single block of query input.

Author:

Steinar Knutsen

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Substring	getOrigin() Returns the substring which is the origin of this item, or null if none
String	getRawWord() The untransformed raw text from the user serving as base for this item.
SegmentingRule	getSegmentingRule() If the block has to be resegmented, what operator should be chosen if it is necessary to change operator?
boolean	isFromQuery() Is this block of text conceptually from the user query?
boolean	isStemmed()
boolean	isWords() Does this item represent "usual words"?
String	stringValue() Returns the value of this term as a string

Methods inherited from interface com.yahoo.prelude.query.HasIndexItem

getIndexName, getNumWords

Method Detail

getRawWord

String getRawWord()

The untransformed raw text from the user serving as base for this item.

getOrigin

Substring getOrigin()

Returns the substring which is the origin of this item, or null if none

stringValue

String stringValue()

Returns the value of this term as a string

isFromQuery

boolean isFromQuery()

Is this block of text conceptually from the user query?

isStemmed

boolean isStemmed()

isWords

boolean isWords()

Does this item represent "usual words"?

getSegmentingRule

SegmentingRule getSegmentingRule()

If the block has to be resegmented, what operator should be chosen if it is necessary to change operator?