public class

TermRangeFilter

extends MultiTermQueryWrapperFilter<Q extends MultiTermQuery>
package org.apache.lucene.search;

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import java.text.Collator;

/**
 * A Filter that restricts search results to a range of term
 * values in a given field.
 *
 * <p>This filter matches the documents looking for terms that fall into the
 * supplied range according to {@link
 * String#compareTo(String)}, unless a <code>Collator</code> is provided. It is not intended
 * for numerical ranges; use {@link NumericRangeFilter} instead.
 *
 * <p>If you construct a large number of range filters with different ranges but on the 
 * same field, {@link FieldCacheRangeFilter} may have significantly better performance. 
 * @since 2.9
 */
public class TermRangeFilter extends MultiTermQueryWrapperFilter<TermRangeQuery> {
    
  /**
   * @param fieldName The field this range applies to
   * @param lowerTerm The lower bound on this range
   * @param upperTerm The upper bound on this range
   * @param includeLower Does this range include the lower bound?
   * @param includeUpper Does this range include the upper bound?
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if both terms are null or if
   *  lowerTerm is null and includeLower is true (similar for upperTerm
   *  and includeUpper)
   */
  public TermRangeFilter(String fieldName, String lowerTerm, String upperTerm,
                     boolean includeLower, boolean includeUpper) {
      super(new TermRangeQuery(fieldName, lowerTerm, upperTerm, includeLower, includeUpper));
  }

  /**
   * <strong>WARNING:</strong> Using this constructor and supplying a non-null
   * value in the <code>collator</code> parameter will cause every single 
   * index Term in the Field referenced by lowerTerm and/or upperTerm to be
   * examined.  Depending on the number of index Terms in this Field, the 
   * operation could be very slow.
   *
   * @param lowerTerm The lower bound on this range
   * @param upperTerm The upper bound on this range
   * @param includeLower Does this range include the lower bound?
   * @param includeUpper Does this range include the upper bound?
   * @param collator The collator to use when determining range inclusion; set
   *  to null to use Unicode code point ordering instead of collation.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if both terms are null or if
   *  lowerTerm is null and includeLower is true (similar for upperTerm
   *  and includeUpper)
   */
  public TermRangeFilter(String fieldName, String lowerTerm, String upperTerm,
                     boolean includeLower, boolean includeUpper,
                     Collator collator) {
      super(new TermRangeQuery(fieldName, lowerTerm, upperTerm, includeLower, includeUpper, collator));
  }

  /**
   * Constructs a filter for field <code>fieldName</code> matching
   * less than or equal to <code>upperTerm</code>.
   */
  public static TermRangeFilter Less(String fieldName, String upperTerm) {
      return new TermRangeFilter(fieldName, null, upperTerm, false, true);
  }

  /**
   * Constructs a filter for field <code>fieldName</code> matching
   * greater than or equal to <code>lowerTerm</code>.
   */
  public static TermRangeFilter More(String fieldName, String lowerTerm) {
      return new TermRangeFilter(fieldName, lowerTerm, null, true, false);
  }

  /** Returns the field name for this filter */
  public String getField() { return query.getField(); }
  
  /** Returns the lower value of this range filter */
  public String getLowerTerm() { return query.getLowerTerm(); }

  /** Returns the upper value of this range filter */
  public String getUpperTerm() { return query.getUpperTerm(); }
  
  /** Returns <code>true</code> if the lower endpoint is inclusive */
  public boolean includesLower() { return query.includesLower(); }
  
  /** Returns <code>true</code> if the upper endpoint is inclusive */
  public boolean includesUpper() { return query.includesUpper(); }

  /** Returns the collator used to determine range inclusion, if any. */
  public Collator getCollator() { return query.getCollator(); }
}