org.apache.lucene.codecs.compressing

## Class CompressionMode

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.lucene.codecs.compressing.CompressionMode

-     public abstract class CompressionMode
      extends Object

  A compression mode. Tells how much effort should be spent on compression and decompression of stored fields.
  WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

- - ### Field Summary

    Fields
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `static CompressionMode` | `FAST` A compression mode that trades compression ratio for speed.
    `static CompressionMode` | `FAST_DECOMPRESSION` This compression mode is similar to `FAST` but it spends more time compressing in order to improve the compression ratio.
    `static CompressionMode` | `HIGH_COMPRESSION` A compression mode that trades speed for compression ratio.

  - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected` | `CompressionMode()` Sole constructor.

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract Compressor` | `newCompressor()` Create a new `Compressor` instance.
    `abstract Decompressor` | `newDecompressor()` Create a new `Decompressor` instance.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Field Detail

    - #### FAST

          public static final CompressionMode FAST

      A compression mode that trades compression ratio for speed. Although the compression ratio might remain high, compression and decompression are very fast. Use this mode with indices that have a high update rate but should be able to load documents from disk quickly.

    - #### HIGH_COMPRESSION

          public static final CompressionMode HIGH_COMPRESSION

      A compression mode that trades speed for compression ratio. Although compression and decompression might be slow, this compression mode should provide a good compression ratio. This mode might be interesting if/when your index size is much bigger than your OS cache.

    - #### FAST_DECOMPRESSION

          public static final CompressionMode FAST_DECOMPRESSION

      This compression mode is similar to `FAST` but it spends more time compressing in order to improve the compression ratio. This compression mode is best used with indices that have a low update rate but should be able to load documents from disk quickly.

  - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### CompressionMode

          protected CompressionMode()

      Sole constructor.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### newCompressor

          public abstract Compressor newCompressor()

      Create a new `Compressor` instance.

    - #### newDecompressor

          public abstract Decompressor newDecompressor()

      Create a new `Decompressor` instance.

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