A VInt is the way, how integers are stored in the index file in a compressed and variable length manner.
Read here: http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_3_2/fileformats.html#VInt ----- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: blazingwolf7 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:47 AM > To: java-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: readVInt, what is it for? > > > Hi, > > I am fairly new to Lucene and is now currently going through its source > code. I am currently trying to determine how Lucene calculate the > frequency > of a term in each document located. > > I encounter a method named readVInt() in IndexInput class. It seems > everytime it called this method it will be able to generate the document > number and the frequency of the term in each document. > > I am wondering how it work and fail to find and information on it on the > Internet. Could anyone explain it to me? Thanks > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/readVInt%2C-what-is- > it-for--tp18233802p18233802.html > Sent from the Lucene - Java Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
