BlockItem (container-search 7.225.71 API)

All Superinterfaces:

HasIndexItem

All Known Implementing Classes:

AndSegmentItem, BoolItem, 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

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