## org.apache.lucene.search.grouping
Class SearchGroup<GROUP_VALUE_TYPE>

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.lucene.search.grouping.SearchGroup<GROUP_VALUE_TYPE>

    public class SearchGroup<GROUP_VALUE_TYPE>

extends Object

Represents a group that is found during the first pass search.

WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

Field Summary
`GROUP_VALUE_TYPE` `groupValue` The value that defines this group
`Object[]` `sortValues` The sort values used during sorting.

Constructor Summary
`SearchGroup()`

Method Summary
`boolean` `equals(Object o)`
`int` `hashCode()`

`static

`<T> Collection<SearchGroup<T>>`

`

`merge(List<Collection<SearchGroup<T>>> topGroups, int offset, int topN, org.apache.lucene.search.Sort groupSort)`
Merges multiple collections of top groups, for example obtained from separate index shards.

`String` `toString()`

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

Field Detail

### groupValue

    public GROUP_VALUE_TYPE groupValue

  The value that defines this group

### sortValues

    public Object[] sortValues

  The sort values used during sorting. These are the groupSort field values of the highest rank document (by the groupSort) within the group. Can be `null` if `fillFields=false` had been passed to `AbstractFirstPassGroupingCollector.getTopGroups(int, boolean)`

Constructor Detail

### SearchGroup

    public SearchGroup()

Method Detail

### toString

    public String toString()

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`

### equals

    public boolean equals(Object o)

  Overrides:
    `equals` in class `Object`

### hashCode

    public int hashCode()

  Overrides:
    `hashCode` in class `Object`

### merge

    public static <T> Collection<SearchGroup<T>> merge(List<Collection<SearchGroup<T>>> topGroups,
                                                       int offset,
                                                       int topN,
                                                       org.apache.lucene.search.Sort groupSort)
                                            throws IOException

  Merges multiple collections of top groups, for example obtained from separate index shards. The provided groupSort must match how the groups were sorted, and the provided SearchGroups must have been computed with fillFields=true passed to `AbstractFirstPassGroupingCollector.getTopGroups(int, boolean)`.

  NOTE: this returns null if the topGroups is empty.

  Throws:
    `IOException`