gate.creole.ir
Interface IREngine

All Known Implementing Classes:

LuceneIREngine

public interface IREngine

Defines an information retrieval engine which needs to supply a IndexManager and a Search.

Method Summary

IndexManager	getIndexmanager() Gets the index manager component of this IR engine.
String	getName() Gets the name for this IR engine.
Search	getSearch() Gets the search component of this IR engine.

Method Detail

getSearch

Search getSearch()

Gets the search component of this IR engine.

Returns:

a Search value.

getIndexmanager

IndexManager getIndexmanager()

Gets the index manager component of this IR engine.

Returns:

a IndexManager value.

getName

String getName()

Gets the name for this IR engine.

Returns:

a String value.