SpanQuery (Lucene 3.6.2 API)
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## org.apache.lucene.search.spans
Class SpanQuery

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.lucene.search.Query
          org.apache.lucene.search.spans.SpanQuery

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:
  FieldMaskingSpanQuery, SpanMultiTermQueryWrapper, SpanNearQuery, SpanNotQuery, SpanOrQuery, SpanPositionCheckQuery, SpanTermQuery

    public abstract class SpanQuery

extends Query

Base class for span-based queries.

See Also:
  Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`SpanQuery()`

Method Summary
`Weight` | `createWeight(Searcher searcher)` Expert: Constructs an appropriate Weight implementation for this query.
`abstract String` | `getField()` Returns the name of the field matched by this query.
`abstract Spans` | `getSpans(IndexReader reader)` Expert: Returns the matches for this query in an index.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.search.Query
`clone, combine, equals, extractTerms, getBoost, getSimilarity, hashCode, mergeBooleanQueries, rewrite, setBoost, toString, toString, weight`

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

Constructor Detail

### SpanQuery

    public SpanQuery()

Method Detail

### getSpans

    public abstract Spans getSpans(IndexReader reader)
                            throws IOException

  Expert: Returns the matches for this query in an index. Used internally to search for spans.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### getField

    public abstract String getField()

  Returns the name of the field matched by this query.

### createWeight

    public Weight createWeight(Searcher searcher)
                        throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Query`
  Expert: Constructs an appropriate Weight implementation for this query.

  Only implemented by primitive queries, which re-write to themselves.

  Overrides:
    `createWeight` in class `Query`
  Throws:
    `IOException`

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