## Uses of Class
org.apache.lucene.search.Similarity

Packages that use Similarity
org.apache.lucene.index: Code to maintain and access indices.
org.apache.lucene.search: Code to search indices.
org.apache.lucene.search.spans: The calculus of spans.

Uses of Similarity in org.apache.lucene.index

Methods in org.apache.lucene.index that return Similarity
`Similarity` `IndexWriter.getSimilarity()` Expert: Return the Similarity implementation used by this IndexWriter.

Methods in org.apache.lucene.index with parameters of type Similarity
`void` `IndexWriter.setSimilarity(Similarity similarity)` Expert: Set the Similarity implementation used by this IndexWriter.

Uses of Similarity in org.apache.lucene.search

Subclasses of Similarity in org.apache.lucene.search
`class` `DefaultSimilarity` Expert: Default scoring implementation.
`class` `SimilarityDelegator` Expert: Delegating scoring implementation.

Methods in org.apache.lucene.search that return Similarity
`static Similarity` `Similarity.getDefault()` Return the default Similarity implementation used by indexing and search code.
`Similarity` `Searcher.getSimilarity()` Expert: Return the Similarity implementation used by this Searcher.
`Similarity` `Scorer.getSimilarity()` Returns the Similarity implementation used by this scorer.
`Similarity` `Query.getSimilarity(Searcher searcher)` Expert: Returns the Similarity implementation to be used for this query.
`Similarity` `BooleanQuery.getSimilarity(Searcher searcher)`

Methods in org.apache.lucene.search with parameters of type Similarity
`static void` `Similarity.setDefault(Similarity similarity)` Set the default Similarity implementation used by indexing and search code.
`void` `Searcher.setSimilarity(Similarity similarity)` Expert: Set the Similarity implementation used by this Searcher.

Constructors in org.apache.lucene.search with parameters of type Similarity
`ConstantScoreQuery.ConstantScorer(Similarity similarity, IndexReader reader, Weight w)`
`Scorer(Similarity similarity)` Constructs a Scorer.
`SimilarityDelegator(Similarity delegee)` Construct a `Similarity` that delegates all methods to another.

Uses of Similarity in org.apache.lucene.search.spans

Fields in org.apache.lucene.search.spans declared as Similarity
`protected Similarity` `SpanWeight.similarity`

Constructors in org.apache.lucene.search.spans with parameters of type Similarity
`SpanScorer(Spans spans, Weight weight, Similarity similarity, byte[] norms)`

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