## Uses of Class
org.apache.lucene.codecs.PostingsFormat

Packages that use PostingsFormat
Package | Description
--- | ---
org.apache.lucene.codecs | Codecs API: API for customization of the encoding and structure of the index.
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene3x | Codec to support Lucene 3.x indexes (readonly)
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40 | Lucene 4.0 file format.
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene41 | Lucene 4.1 file format.
org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene42 | Lucene 4.2 file format.
org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield | Postings format that can delegate to different formats per-field.

### Uses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs

Fields in org.apache.lucene.codecs declared as PostingsFormat
Modifier and Type | Field and Description
--- | ---
`static PostingsFormat[]` | PostingsFormat.`EMPTY` Zero-length `PostingsFormat` array.

Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs that return PostingsFormat
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`static PostingsFormat` | PostingsFormat.`forName(String name)` looks up a format by name
`PostingsFormat` | FilterCodec.`postingsFormat()`
`abstract PostingsFormat` | Codec.`postingsFormat()` Encodes/decodes postings

### Uses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene3x

Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene3x that return PostingsFormat
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`PostingsFormat` | Lucene3xCodec.`postingsFormat()` Deprecated.

### Uses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40

Subclasses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40
Modifier and Type | Class and Description
--- | ---
`class` | `Lucene40PostingsFormat` Deprecated. Only for reading old 4.0 segments

Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene40 that return PostingsFormat
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`PostingsFormat` | Lucene40Codec.`getPostingsFormatForField(String field)` Deprecated. Returns the postings format that should be used for writing new segments of `field`.
`PostingsFormat` | Lucene40Codec.`postingsFormat()` Deprecated.

### Uses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene41

Subclasses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene41
Modifier and Type | Class and Description
--- | ---
`class` | `Lucene41PostingsFormat` Lucene 4.1 postings format, which encodes postings in packed integer blocks for fast decode.

Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene41 that return PostingsFormat
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`PostingsFormat` | Lucene41Codec.`getPostingsFormatForField(String field)` Deprecated. Returns the postings format that should be used for writing new segments of `field`.
`PostingsFormat` | Lucene41Codec.`postingsFormat()` Deprecated.

### Uses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene42

Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene42 that return PostingsFormat
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`PostingsFormat` | Lucene42Codec.`getPostingsFormatForField(String field)` Returns the postings format that should be used for writing new segments of `field`.
`PostingsFormat` | Lucene42Codec.`postingsFormat()`

### Uses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield

Subclasses of PostingsFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield
Modifier and Type | Class and Description
--- | ---
`class` | `PerFieldPostingsFormat` Enables per field postings support.

Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield that return PostingsFormat
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`abstract PostingsFormat` | PerFieldPostingsFormat.`getPostingsFormatForField(String field)` Returns the postings format that should be used for writing new segments of `field`.