Selector (Lucene 10.5.1 core API)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.lucene.util, class: Selector

Package org.apache.lucene.util

# Class Selector

java.lang.Object
org.apache.lucene.util.Selector

Direct Known Subclasses:
  `IntroSelector`, `RadixSelector`

public abstract class Selector extends Object
An implementation of a selection algorithm, ie. computing the k-th greatest value from a collection.

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `Selector()`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `abstract void`
  `select(int from, int to, int k)`
  Reorder elements so that the element at position `k` is the same as if all elements were sorted and all other elements are partitioned around it: `[from, k)` only contains elements that are less than or equal to `k` and `(k, to)` only contains elements that are greater than or equal to `k`.
  `protected abstract void`
  `swap(int i, int j)`
  Swap values at slots `i` and `j`.

  ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### Selector

    public Selector()

- ## Method Details

  - ### select

    public abstract void select(int from, int to, int k)
    Reorder elements so that the element at position `k` is the same as if all elements were sorted and all other elements are partitioned around it: `[from, k)` only contains elements that are less than or equal to `k` and `(k, to)` only contains elements that are greater than or equal to `k`.

  - ### swap

    protected abstract void swap(int i, int j)
    Swap values at slots `i` and `j`.