QueryTimeout (Lucene 10.5.1 core API)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.lucene.index, interface: QueryTimeout

Package org.apache.lucene.index

# Interface QueryTimeout

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `QueryTimeoutImpl`

public interface QueryTimeout
Query timeout abstraction that controls whether a query should continue or be stopped. Can be set to the searcher through `IndexSearcher.setTimeout(QueryTimeout)`, in which case bulk scoring will be time-bound. Can also be used in combination with `ExitableDirectoryReader`.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `boolean`
  `shouldExit()`
  Called to determine whether to stop processing a query

- ## Method Details

  - ### shouldExit

    boolean shouldExit()
    Called to determine whether to stop processing a query
    Returns:
      true if the query should stop, false otherwise