## org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.standard.nodes
Class WildcardQueryNode

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.nodes.QueryNodeImpl
          org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.nodes.FieldQueryNode
              org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.standard.nodes.WildcardQueryNode

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Cloneable, FieldableNode, FieldValuePairQueryNode<CharSequence>, QueryNode, TextableQueryNode, ValueQueryNode<CharSequence>

Direct Known Subclasses:
  PrefixWildcardQueryNode

    public class WildcardQueryNode

extends FieldQueryNode

A `WildcardQueryNode` represents wildcard query This does not apply to phrases. Examples: a*b*c Fl?w? m?ke*g

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.nodes.FieldQueryNode
`begin, end, field, positionIncrement, text`

Fields inherited from class org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.nodes.QueryNodeImpl
`PLAINTEXT_FIELD_NAME, toQueryStringIgnoreFields`

Constructor Summary
`WildcardQueryNode(CharSequence field, CharSequence text, int begin, int end)`
`WildcardQueryNode(FieldQueryNode fqn)`

Method Summary
`WildcardQueryNode` `cloneTree()` Recursive clone the QueryNode tree The tags are not copied to the new tree when you call the cloneTree() method
`CharSequence` `toQueryString(EscapeQuerySyntax escaper)` convert to a query string understood by the query parser
`String` `toString()` Every implementation of this class should return pseudo xml like this: For FieldQueryNode: <field start='1' end='2' field='subject' text='foo'/>

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.nodes.FieldQueryNode
`getBegin, getEnd, getField, getFieldAsString, getPositionIncrement, getTermEscaped, getTermEscapeQuoted, getText, getTextAsString, getValue, setBegin, setEnd, setField, setPositionIncrement, setText, setValue`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.nodes.QueryNodeImpl
`add, add, allocate, clone, containsTag, getChildren, getParent, getTag, getTagMap, isDefaultField, isLeaf, isRoot, set, setLeaf, setTag, unsetTag`

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.nodes.QueryNode
`add, add, containsTag, getChildren, getParent, getTag, getTagMap, isLeaf, set, setTag, unsetTag`

Constructor Detail

### WildcardQueryNode

    public WildcardQueryNode(CharSequence field,
                             CharSequence text,
                             int begin,
                             int end)

Parameters:
  `field` - - field name
  `text` - - value that contains one or more wild card characters (? or *)
  `begin` - - position in the query string
  `end` - - position in the query string

### WildcardQueryNode

    public WildcardQueryNode(FieldQueryNode fqn)

Method Detail

### toQueryString

    public CharSequence toQueryString(EscapeQuerySyntax escaper)

  Description copied from interface: `QueryNode`
  convert to a query string understood by the query parser

  Specified by:
    `toQueryString` in interface `QueryNode`
  Overrides:
    `toQueryString` in class `FieldQueryNode`

### toString

    public String toString()

  Description copied from class: `QueryNodeImpl`
  Every implementation of this class should return pseudo xml like this: For FieldQueryNode: <field start='1' end='2' field='subject' text='foo'/>

  Specified by:
    `toString` in interface `QueryNode`
  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `FieldQueryNode`
  See Also:
    `QueryNode.toString()`

### cloneTree

    public WildcardQueryNode cloneTree()
                                throws CloneNotSupportedException

  Description copied from interface: `QueryNode`
  Recursive clone the QueryNode tree The tags are not copied to the new tree when you call the cloneTree() method

  Specified by:
    `cloneTree` in interface `QueryNode`
  Overrides:
    `cloneTree` in class `FieldQueryNode`
  Returns:
    the cloned tree
  Throws:
    `CloneNotSupportedException`

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