Creates a sort by terms in the given field where the type of term value is determined dynamically ({@link #AUTO AUTO}).

Creates a sort with a custom comparison function.

Creates a sort by terms in the given field, parsed to numeric values using a custom {@link FieldCache.Parser}.

Creates a sort with a custom comparison function.

Creates a sort, possibly in reverse, by terms in the given field where the type of term value is determined dynamically ({@link #AUTO AUTO}).

Creates a sort by terms in the given field sorted according to the given locale.

Creates a sort by terms in the given field with the type of term values explicitly given.

Creates a sort, possibly in reverse, with a custom comparison function.

Creates a sort, possibly in reverse, by terms in the given field, parsed to numeric values using a custom {@link FieldCache.Parser}.

Creates a sort, possibly in reverse, with a custom comparison function.

Creates a sort, possibly in reverse, by terms in the given field sorted according to the given locale.

Creates a sort, possibly in reverse, by terms in the given field with the type of term values explicitly given.

Returns true if

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is equal to this. If a {@link SortComparatorSource} (deprecated) or {@link FieldCache.Parser} was provided, it must properly implement equals (unless a singleton is always used).

Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection.

Returns the {@link FieldComparator} to use for sorting. NOTE: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

Returns the name of the field. Could return

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if the sort is by SCORE or DOC.

Returns true if

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is equal to this. If a {@link SortComparatorSource} (deprecated) or {@link FieldCache.Parser} was provided, it must properly implement hashCode (unless a singleton is always used).

Returns the Locale by which term values are interpreted. May return

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if no Locale was specified.

Returns the instance of a {@link FieldCache} parser that fits to the given sort type. May return

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if no parser was specified. Sorting is using the default parser then.

Returns whether the sort should be reversed.

Returns the type of contents in the field.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

Use legacy IndexSearch implementation: search with a DirectoryReader rather than passing a single hit collector to multiple SegmentReaders.

Guess type of sort based on field contents. A regular expression is used to look at the first term indexed for the field and determine if it represents an integer number, a floating point number, or just arbitrary string characters.

Sort using term values as encoded Bytes. Sort values are Byte and lower values are at the front.

Sort using a custom Comparator. Sort values are any Comparable and sorting is done according to natural order.

Sort by document number (index order). Sort values are Integer and lower values are at the front.

Sort using term values as encoded Doubles. Sort values are Double and lower values are at the front.

Represents sorting by document number (index order).

Represents sorting by document score (relevancy).

Sort using term values as encoded Floats. Sort values are Float and lower values are at the front.

Sort using term values as encoded Integers. Sort values are Integer and lower values are at the front.

Sort using term values as encoded Longs. Sort values are Long and lower values are at the front.

Sort by document score (relevancy). Sort values are Float and higher values are at the front.

Sort using term values as encoded Shorts. Sort values are Short and lower values are at the front.

Sort using term values as Strings. Sort values are String and lower values are at the front.

Sort using term values as Strings, but comparing by value (using String.compareTo) for all comparisons. This is typically slower than {@link #STRING}, which uses ordinals to do the sorting.