Package com.yahoo.prelude.query

Interface BlockItem

All Superinterfaces:
HasIndexItem
All Known Implementing Classes:
AndSegmentItem, BoolItem, ExactStringItem, FuzzyItem, GeoLocationItem, 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
    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()
    Returns whether this block of text originates from a user and should therefore receive the normal processing applied to raw text (such as stemming).
    boolean
    isStemmed()
     
    boolean
    isWords()
    Returns whether this item represents normal text
    String
    stringValue()
    Returns the value of this term as a string

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

    getIndexName, getNumWords

  • Method Details

    • 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()
      Returns whether this block of text originates from a user and should therefore receive the normal processing applied to raw text (such as stemming).

    • isStemmed

      boolean isStemmed()

    • isWords

      boolean isWords()
      Returns whether this item represents normal text

    • getSegmentingRule

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