add Token.setTermText(), remove final -------------------------------------
Key: LUCENE-438 URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-438 Project: Lucene - Java Type: Improvement Versions: CVS Nightly - Specify date in submission Reporter: Yonik Seeley Priority: Minor The Token class should be more friendly to classes not in it's package: 1) add setTermText() 2) remove final from class and toString() 3) add clone() Support for (1): TokenFilters in the same package as Token are able to do things like "t.termText = t.termText.toLowerCase();" which is more efficient, but more importantly less error prone. Without the ability to change *only* the term text, a new Token must be created, and one must remember to set all the properties correctly. This exact issue caused this bug: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-437 Support for (2): Removing final allows one to subclass Token. I didn't see any performance impact after removing final. I can go into more detail on why I want to subclass Token if anyone is interested. Support for (3): - support for a synonym TokenFilter, where one needs to make two tokens from one (same args that support (1), and esp important if instance is a subclass of Token). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]