SearchEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:: AbstractSearchEngine, VSMSearchEngine

public interface SearchEngine

Interface defining the methods for a search engine.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,java.lang.Double>`	`search(FreqVector termFreq)`	Searches from a term frequency vector.
`java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,java.lang.Double>`	`search(java.lang.String query)`	Searches from a query.

Method Details
- search
  
  java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,java.lang.Double> search(FreqVector termFreq) throws java.io.IOException
  
  Searches from a term frequency vector.
  
  Parameters:
  
  termFreq - the term frequency vector.
  
  Returns:
  
  a map containing the results of the search.
  
  Throws:
  
  java.io.IOException - if something fails while searching.
- search
  
  java.util.Map<java.lang.Integer,java.lang.Double> search(java.lang.String query) throws java.io.IOException
  
  Searches from a query.
  
  Parameters:
  
  query - the query.
  
  Returns:
  
  a map containing the results of the search.
  
  Throws:
  
  java.io.IOException - if something fails while searching.