public abstract class

IndexCommit

extends Object
package org.apache.lucene.index;

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import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;

/**
 * <p>Expert: represents a single commit into an index as seen by the
 * {@link IndexDeletionPolicy} or {@link IndexReader}.</p>
 *
 * <p> Changes to the content of an index are made visible
 * only after the writer who made that change commits by
 * writing a new segments file
 * (<code>segments_N</code>). This point in time, when the
 * action of writing of a new segments file to the directory
 * is completed, is an index commit.</p>
 *
 * <p>Each index commit point has a unique segments file
 * associated with it. The segments file associated with a
 * later index commit point would have a larger N.</p>
 *
 * <p><b>WARNING</b>: This API is a new and experimental and
 * may suddenly change. </p>
*/

public abstract class IndexCommit {

  /**
   * Get the segments file (<code>segments_N</code>) associated 
   * with this commit point.
   */
  public abstract String getSegmentsFileName();

  /**
   * Returns all index files referenced by this commit point.
   */
  public abstract Collection<String> getFileNames() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Returns the {@link Directory} for the index.
   */
  public abstract Directory getDirectory();
  
  /**
   * Delete this commit point.  This only applies when using
   * the commit point in the context of IndexWriter's
   * IndexDeletionPolicy.
   * <p>
   * Upon calling this, the writer is notified that this commit 
   * point should be deleted. 
   * <p>
   * Decision that a commit-point should be deleted is taken by the {@link IndexDeletionPolicy} in effect
   * and therefore this should only be called by its {@link IndexDeletionPolicy#onInit onInit()} or 
   * {@link IndexDeletionPolicy#onCommit onCommit()} methods.
  */
  public abstract void delete();

  public abstract boolean isDeleted();

  /** Returns true if this commit is an optimized index. */
  public abstract boolean isOptimized();

  /** Two IndexCommits are equal if both their Directory and versions are equal. */
  @Override
  public boolean equals(Object other) {
    if (other instanceof IndexCommit) {
      IndexCommit otherCommit = (IndexCommit) other;
      return otherCommit.getDirectory().equals(getDirectory()) && otherCommit.getVersion() == getVersion();
    } else
      return false;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() {
    return (int) (getDirectory().hashCode() + getVersion());
  }

  /** Returns the version for this IndexCommit.  This is the
   *  same value that {@link IndexReader#getVersion} would
   *  return if it were opened on this commit. */
  public abstract long getVersion();

  /** Returns the generation (the _N in segments_N) for this
   *  IndexCommit */
  public abstract long getGeneration();

  /** Convenience method that returns the last modified time
   *  of the segments_N file corresponding to this index
   *  commit, equivalent to
   *  getDirectory().fileModified(getSegmentsFileName()). */
  public long getTimestamp() throws IOException {
    return getDirectory().fileModified(getSegmentsFileName());
  }

  /** Returns userData, previously passed to {@link
   *  IndexWriter#commit(Map)} for this commit.  Map is
   *  String -> String. */
  public abstract Map<String,String> getUserData() throws IOException;
  
}