com.browseengine.bobo.api
Interface ComparatorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

FacetHitcountComparatorFactory, FacetValueComparatorFactory

public interface ComparatorFactory

Comparator for custom sorting a facet value

Author:

jwang

Method Summary

Comparator<BrowseFacet>	newComparator() Providers a Comparator.
IntBoundedPriorityQueue.IntComparator	newComparator(FieldValueAccessor fieldValueAccessor, int[] counts) Providers a Comparator from field values and counts.

Method Detail

newComparator

IntBoundedPriorityQueue.IntComparator newComparator(FieldValueAccessor fieldValueAccessor,
                                                    int[] counts)

Providers a Comparator from field values and counts. This is called within a browse.

Parameters:

fieldValueAccessor - accessor for field values

counts - hit counts

Returns:

Comparator instance

newComparator

Comparator<BrowseFacet> newComparator()

Providers a Comparator. This is called when doing a merge across browses.

Returns:

Comparator instance