com.yahoo.prelude.query

Class NonReducibleCompositeItem

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.prelude.query.Item

com.yahoo.prelude.query.CompositeItem

com.yahoo.prelude.query.NonReducibleCompositeItem

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SameElementItem, WeakAndItem

public abstract class NonReducibleCompositeItem
extends CompositeItem

A composite item which specifies semantics which are not maintained if an instance with a single child is replaced by the single child.

Most composites, like AND and OR, are reducible as e.g (AND a) is semantically equal to (a).

This type functions as a marker type for query rewriters.

Author:

bratseth

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.yahoo.prelude.query.Item

Item.ItemCreator, Item.ItemType

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.yahoo.prelude.query.Item

connectedBacklink, connectedItem, connectivity, DEFAULT_WEIGHT, explicitSignificance, significance, uniqueID

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NonReducibleCompositeItem()

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class com.yahoo.prelude.query.CompositeItem

adding, addItem, addItem, appendBodyString, clone, disclose, encode, encodeThis, encodingArity, ensureNotInSubtree, equals, getItem, getItemCount, getItemIndex, getItemIterator, getTermCount, hashCode, isLocked, lock, removeItem, removeItem, setIndexName, setItem, shouldParenthize

Methods inherited from class com.yahoo.prelude.query.Item

addAnnotation, appendHeadingString, getAnnotation, getBytes, getCode, getCreator, getItemType, getLabel, getLanguage, getName, getParent, getWeight, hasAnnotation, hasConnectivityBackLink, hasUniqueID, isFilter, isFromSpecialToken, isProtected, isRanked, isRoot, putBytes, putString, setCreator, setFilter, setFromSpecialToken, setHasUniqueID, setLabel, setLanguage, setParent, setPositionData, setProtected, setRanked, setWeight, toString, usePositionData

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NonReducibleCompositeItem

public NonReducibleCompositeItem()