jpountz commented on code in PR #13359:
URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/13359#discussion_r1609878850
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lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/TermsEnum.java:
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@@ -61,6 +62,21 @@ public enum SeekStatus {
*/
public abstract boolean seekExact(BytesRef text) throws IOException;
+ /**
+ * Prepare a future call to {@link #seekExact}. This typically calls {@link
IndexInput#prefetch}
+ * on the right range of bytes under the hood so that the next call to
{@link #seekExact} is
+ * faster. This can be used to parallelize I/O across multiple terms by
calling {@link
+ * #prepareSeekExact} on multiple terms enums before calling {@link
#seekExact(BytesRef)} on the
+ * same {@link TermsEnum}s.
+ *
+ * <p><b>NOTE</b>: The terms enum is unpositioned after calling this method.
+ *
+ * <p><b>NOTE</b>: It is not necessary to call this method before calling
{@link
+ * #seekExact(BytesRef, TermState)}. {@link TermsEnum} implementations are
expected to implement
+ * this method in an I/O-free fashion.
Review Comment:
Hmm actually I mean `prepareSeekExact` when I say `this method`. I'll
replace `this method` with `prepareSeekExact` to avoid ambiguity
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