## org.apache.lucene.index
Class NoMergePolicy

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy
          org.apache.lucene.index.NoMergePolicy

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Closeable

    public final class NoMergePolicy

extends MergePolicy

A `MergePolicy` which never returns merges to execute (hence it's name). It is also a singleton and can be accessed through `NO_COMPOUND_FILES` if you want to indicate the index does not use compound files, or through `COMPOUND_FILES` otherwise. Use it if you want to prevent an `IndexWriter` from ever executing merges, without going through the hassle of tweaking a merge policy's settings to achieve that, such as changing its merge factor.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy
`MergePolicy.MergeAbortedException, MergePolicy.MergeException, MergePolicy.MergeSpecification, MergePolicy.OneMerge`

Field Summary
`static MergePolicy` `COMPOUND_FILES` A singleton `NoMergePolicy` which indicates the index uses compound files.
`static MergePolicy` `NO_COMPOUND_FILES` A singleton `NoMergePolicy` which indicates the index does not use compound files.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolicy
`writer`

Method Summary
`void` `close()` Release all resources for the policy.
`MergePolicy.MergeSpecification` `findForcedDeletesMerges(SegmentInfos segmentInfos)` Determine what set of merge operations is necessary in order to expunge all deletes from the index.
`MergePolicy.MergeSpecification` `findForcedMerges(SegmentInfos segmentInfos, int maxSegmentCount, Map<SegmentInfo,Boolean> segmentsToMerge)` Determine what set of merge operations is necessary in order to merge to <= the specified segment count.
`MergePolicy.MergeSpecification` `findMerges(SegmentInfos segmentInfos)` Determine what set of merge operations are now necessary on the index.
`void` `setIndexWriter(IndexWriter writer)` Sets the `IndexWriter` to use by this merge policy.
`String` `toString()`
`boolean` `useCompoundFile(SegmentInfos segments, SegmentInfo newSegment)` Returns true if a new segment (regardless of its origin) should use the compound file format.

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

Field Detail

### NO_COMPOUND_FILES

    public static final MergePolicy NO_COMPOUND_FILES

  A singleton `NoMergePolicy` which indicates the index does not use compound files.

### COMPOUND_FILES

    public static final MergePolicy COMPOUND_FILES

  A singleton `NoMergePolicy` which indicates the index uses compound files.

Method Detail

### close

    public void close()

  Description copied from class: `MergePolicy`
  Release all resources for the policy.

  Specified by:
    `close` in interface `Closeable`
  Specified by:
    `close` in class `MergePolicy`

### findMerges

    public MergePolicy.MergeSpecification findMerges(SegmentInfos segmentInfos)
                                              throws CorruptIndexException,
                                                     IOException

  Description copied from class: `MergePolicy`
  Determine what set of merge operations are now necessary on the index. `IndexWriter` calls this whenever there is a change to the segments. This call is always synchronized on the `IndexWriter` instance so only one thread at a time will call this method.

  Specified by:
    `findMerges` in class `MergePolicy`
  Parameters:
    `segmentInfos` - the total set of segments in the index
  Throws:
    `CorruptIndexException`
    `IOException`

### findForcedMerges

    public MergePolicy.MergeSpecification findForcedMerges(SegmentInfos segmentInfos,
                                                           int maxSegmentCount,
                                                           Map<SegmentInfo,Boolean> segmentsToMerge)
                                                    throws CorruptIndexException,
                                                           IOException

  Description copied from class: `MergePolicy`
  Determine what set of merge operations is necessary in order to merge to <= the specified segment count. `IndexWriter` calls this when its `IndexWriter.forceMerge(int)` method is called. This call is always synchronized on the `IndexWriter` instance so only one thread at a time will call this method.

  Specified by:
    `findForcedMerges` in class `MergePolicy`
  Parameters:
    `segmentInfos` - the total set of segments in the index
    `maxSegmentCount` - requested maximum number of segments in the index (currently this is always 1)
    `segmentsToMerge` - contains the specific SegmentInfo instances that must be merged away. This may be a subset of all SegmentInfos. If the value is True for a given SegmentInfo, that means this segment was an original segment present in the to-be-merged index; else, it was a segment produced by a cascaded merge.
  Throws:
    `CorruptIndexException`
    `IOException`

### findForcedDeletesMerges

    public MergePolicy.MergeSpecification findForcedDeletesMerges(SegmentInfos segmentInfos)
                                                           throws CorruptIndexException,
                                                                  IOException

  Description copied from class: `MergePolicy`
  Determine what set of merge operations is necessary in order to expunge all deletes from the index.

  Specified by:
    `findForcedDeletesMerges` in class `MergePolicy`
  Parameters:
    `segmentInfos` - the total set of segments in the index
  Throws:
    `CorruptIndexException`
    `IOException`

### useCompoundFile

    public boolean useCompoundFile(SegmentInfos segments,
                                   SegmentInfo newSegment)

  Description copied from class: `MergePolicy`
  Returns true if a new segment (regardless of its origin) should use the compound file format.

  Specified by:
    `useCompoundFile` in class `MergePolicy`

### setIndexWriter

    public void setIndexWriter(IndexWriter writer)

  Description copied from class: `MergePolicy`
  Sets the `IndexWriter` to use by this merge policy. This method is allowed to be called only once, and is usually set by IndexWriter. If it is called more than once, `SetOnce.AlreadySetException` is thrown.

  Overrides:
    `setIndexWriter` in class `MergePolicy`
  See Also:
    `SetOnce`

### toString

    public String toString()

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`