> On 8/10/06, Doron Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorting was introduced to Lucene before my time, so I don't know the > reasons behind it. Maybe it was seen as non-optimial or non-core and > so was kept out of the IndexReader. > > I admit, it does feel like the level of abstraction that FieldCache is > at is higher than that of the IndexReader (the lowest level).
... right, thanks, now I see what you mean. In other words, IndexReader provides the ability to read/iterate terms and docs, but caching the term values per doc is for a higher layer - this way keeping IndexReader simpler and maintainable. So I guess Oliver can continue with the change as he proposed it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
