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Shai Erera commented on LUCENE-1575:
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ok I'll add another package-private ctor to TopDocs which does not get maxScore
and defaults to NaN, as well as update the javadocs. No back-compat here since
the only code that will use it is TFC, which is new.
bq. I think this is an improvement? (Scorer.score() will not have been
called... that's the goal here).
Well, if we use ScoreCacheScorer, then this call is really fast, returning
immediately and w/o computing the score.
bq. I guess we could also consider making a separate TopFieldCollector
(NonScoringTopFieldCollector or some such), instead of sprinkling if statements
all over the place.
I always like such approaches. How's that sound:
# Create a base NSTFC, which has a protected score member, initialized to 0,
and is exactly like the current TFC, only w/o maxScore.
# Have TFC extend NSTFC, override collect() and:
## Set super.score = scorer.score(). That is required for updateBottom which
updates the score on the ScoreDoc in pq.
## Compute maxScore.
## Call super.collect().
## Override topDocs(start, howMany) to provide one with maxScore.
bq. Good question... we have the freedom to choose. Perhaps default to off? But
say clearly in the migration javadocs that you have to set that to true to get
same behavior as TSDC?
So you suggest the methods on IndexSearcher today that take a Sort as parameter
will default to NSTFC? As long as we document it it's ok? Are all of these new?
> Refactoring Lucene collectors (HitCollector and extensions)
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: LUCENE-1575
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1575
> Project: Lucene - Java
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Search
> Reporter: Shai Erera
> Fix For: 2.9
>
>
> This issue is a result of a recent discussion we've had on the mailing list.
> You can read the thread
> [here|http://www.nabble.com/Is-TopDocCollector%27s-collect()-implementation-correct--td22557419.html].
> We have agreed to do the following refactoring:
> * Rename MultiReaderHitCollector to Collector, with the purpose that it will
> be the base class for all Collector implementations.
> * Deprecate HitCollector in favor of the new Collector.
> * Introduce new methods in IndexSearcher that accept Collector, and deprecate
> those that accept HitCollector.
> ** Create a final class HitCollectorWrapper, and use it in the deprecated
> methods in IndexSearcher, wrapping the given HitCollector.
> ** HitCollectorWrapper will be marked deprecated, so we can remove it in 3.0,
> when we remove HitCollector.
> ** It will remove any instanceof checks that currently exist in IndexSearcher
> code.
> * Create a new (abstract) TopDocsCollector, which will:
> ** Leave collect and setNextReader unimplemented.
> ** Introduce protected members PriorityQueue and totalHits.
> ** Introduce a single protected constructor which accepts a PriorityQueue.
> ** Implement topDocs() and getTotalHits() using the PQ and totalHits members.
> These can be used as-are by extending classes, as well as be overridden.
> ** Introduce a new topDocs(start, howMany) method which will be used a
> convenience method when implementing a search application which allows paging
> through search results. It will also attempt to improve the memory
> allocation, by allocating a ScoreDoc[] of the requested size only.
> * Change TopScoreDocCollector to extend TopDocsCollector, use the topDocs()
> and getTotalHits() implementations as they are from TopDocsCollector. The
> class will also be made final.
> * Change TopFieldCollector to extend TopDocsCollector, and make the class
> final. Also implement topDocs(start, howMany).
> * Change TopFieldDocCollector (deprecated) to extend TopDocsCollector,
> instead of TopScoreDocCollector. Implement topDocs(start, howMany)
> * Review other places where HitCollector is used, such as in Scorer,
> deprecate those places and use Collector instead.
> Additionally, the following proposal was made w.r.t. decoupling score from
> collect():
> * Change collect to accecpt only a doc Id (unbased).
> * Introduce a setScorer(Scorer) method.
> * If during collect the implementation needs the score, it can call
> scorer.score().
> If we do this, then we need to review all places in the code where
> collect(doc, score) is called, and assert whether Scorer can be passed. Also
> this raises few questions:
> * What if during collect() Scorer is null? (i.e., not set) - is it even
> possible?
> * I noticed that many (if not all) of the collect() implementations discard
> the document if its score is not greater than 0. Doesn't it mean that score
> is needed in collect() always?
> Open issues:
> * The name for Collector
> * TopDocsCollector was mentioned on the thread as TopResultsCollector, but
> that was when we thought to call Colletor ResultsColletor. Since we decided
> (so far) on Collector, I think TopDocsCollector makes sense, because of its
> TopDocs output.
> * Decoupling score from collect().
> I will post a patch a bit later, as this is expected to be a very large
> patch. I will split it into 2: (1) code patch (2) test cases (moving to use
> Collector instead of HitCollector, as well as testing the new topDocs(start,
> howMany) method.
> There might be even a 3rd patch which handles the setScorer thing in
> Collector (maybe even a different issue?)
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