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NAME

KinoSearch::Search::NOTQuery - Invert the result set of another Query.

DEPRECATED

The KinoSearch code base has been assimilated by the Apache Lucy project. The "KinoSearch" namespace has been deprecated, but development continues under our new name at our new home: http://lucy.apache.org/

SYNOPSIS

    my $not_bar_query = KinoSearch::Search::NOTQuery->new( 
        negated_query => $bar_query,
    );
    my $foo_and_not_bar_query = KinoSearch::Search::ANDQuery->new(
        children => [ $foo_query, $not_bar_query ].
    );
    my $hits = $searcher->hits( query => $foo_and_not_bar_query );
    ...

DESCRIPTION

A NOTQuery wraps another Query and matches against its inverse document set. All matching docs recieve a score of 0.0.

NOTQuery is often used in conjunction with ANDQuery to provide "a AND NOT b" semantics.

CONSTRUCTORS

new( [labeled params] )

    my $not_query = KinoSearch::Search::NOTQuery->new( 
        negated_query => $query,
    );
  • negated_query - The Query whose result set should be inverted.

METHODS

get_negated_query()

Accessor for the object's negated query.

set_negated_query(negated_query)

Setter for the object's negated query.

INHERITANCE

KinoSearch::Search::NOTQuery isa KinoSearch::Search::PolyQuery isa KinoSearch::Search::Query isa KinoSearch::Object::Obj.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2005-2011 Marvin Humphrey

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.