com.sun.labs.minion.indexer.postings.io
Interface PostingsInput

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChannelPostingsInput, FileBackedPostingsInput, FilePostingsInput, StreamPostingsInput

public interface PostingsInput

An interface for things that can be used to read postings.

Method Summary

ReadableBuffer

read(long offset, int size) Reads a set of postings, returning them in a buffer suitable for decoding.

Method Detail

read

ReadableBuffer read(long offset,
                    int size)
                    throws java.io.IOException

Reads a set of postings, returning them in a buffer suitable for decoding.

Parameters:

offset - The offset in the input at which the postings can be found.

size - The number of bytes to read to get the postings.

Returns:

A readable buffer containing the postings.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there is any error reading the postings.