Query (com.gengoai:hermes 1.1-SNAPSHOT API)

java.lang.Object
- com.gengoai.hermes.corpus.Query

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable
```
public abstract class Query
extends Object
implements Serializable
```
Defines the methodology for matching documents based on simple boolean logic over term and document level attributes.

Author:

David B. Bracewell

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Query()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract boolean`	`matches(Document document)`	Tests if the document matches the query
`abstract org.apache.lucene.search.Query`	`toLucene()`	Converts the Query into a Lucene Search Query

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Query
```
public Query()
```
- Method Detail
  - matches
```
public abstract boolean matches(Document document)
```
    Tests if the document matches the query
    
    Parameters:
    
    document - the document
    
    Returns:
    
    True if the test passes, False if not
  - toLucene
```
public abstract org.apache.lucene.search.Query toLucene()
```
    Converts the Query into a Lucene Search Query
    
    Returns:
    
    the Lucene search Query