BlockORIterablePosting (Terrier Information Retrieval Platform 5.5 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.terrier.structures.postings.IterablePostingImpl
- - org.terrier.structures.postings.ORIterablePosting
  - - org.terrier.structures.postings.BlockORIterablePosting

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable, java.lang.AutoCloseable, BlockPosting, IterablePosting, Posting
```
public class BlockORIterablePosting
extends ORIterablePosting
implements BlockPosting
```
ORIterablePosting implementation that implements BlockPosting

Since:

3.5

Author:

Craig Macdonald

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface org.terrier.structures.postings.IterablePosting
  END_OF_LIST, EOL

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

BlockORIterablePosting(IterablePosting[] ips)
Construct an intance of the BlockORIterablePosting.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`addPosting(Posting p)`
`WritablePosting`	`asWritablePosting()`	Copy this posting to one free of an iterator.
`protected void`	`firstPosting(Posting p)`
`int[]`	`getPositions()`	Return the positions of occurrences of the term in the current document.

Methods inherited from class org.terrier.structures.postings.ORIterablePosting
close, endOfPostings, getDocumentLength, getFrequency, getId, mergePostings, next, next

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

Methods inherited from interface org.terrier.structures.postings.Posting
getDocumentLength, getFrequency, getId, setId

- Constructor Detail
  - BlockORIterablePosting
```
public BlockORIterablePosting(IterablePosting[] ips)
                       throws java.io.IOException
```
    Construct an intance of the BlockORIterablePosting.
    
    Parameters:
    
    ips -
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
- Method Detail
  - getPositions
```
public int[] getPositions()
```
    Description copied from interface: BlockPosting
    
    Return the positions of occurrences of the term in the current document.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getPositions in interface BlockPosting
    
    Returns:
    
    the positions of occurrences of the term in the current document.
  - addPosting
```
protected void addPosting(Posting p)
```
    Overrides:
    
    addPosting in class ORIterablePosting
  - firstPosting
```
protected void firstPosting(Posting p)
```
    Overrides:
    
    firstPosting in class ORIterablePosting
  - asWritablePosting
```
public WritablePosting asWritablePosting()
```
    Description copied from class: ORIterablePosting
    
    Copy this posting to one free of an iterator. Kind of like a clone.
    
    Specified by:
    
    asWritablePosting in interface Posting
    
    Overrides:
    
    asWritablePosting in class ORIterablePosting
    
    Returns:
    
    an identical posting, but which can be manipulated free of this iterator