org.apache.lucene.analysis

Class TokenStream

public abstract class TokenStream extends Object

A TokenStream enumerates the sequence of tokens, either from fields of a document or from query text.

This is an abstract class. Concrete subclasses are:

Method Summary
voidclose()
Releases resources associated with this stream.
abstract Tokennext()
Returns the next token in the stream, or null at EOS.

Method Detail

close

public void close()
Releases resources associated with this stream.

next

public abstract Token next()
Returns the next token in the stream, or null at EOS.
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