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Tiny but powerful full-text search engine for browser and Node

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declare type RadixTree<T> = { [key: string]: RadixTree<T> | T; }; declare type Entry<T> = [string, T]; declare type IteratorType = 'ENTRIES' | 'KEYS' | 'VALUES'; declare type IteratorPath<T> = { node: RadixTree<T>; keys: string[]; }[]; declare type IterableSet<T> = { _tree: RadixTree<T>; _prefix: string; }; /** * @private */ declare class TreeIterator<T, V> implements Iterator<V> { set: IterableSet<T>; _type: IteratorType; _path: IteratorPath<T>; constructor(set: IterableSet<T>, type: IteratorType); next(): IteratorResult<V>; dive(): IteratorResult<V>; backtrack(): void; key(): string; value(): T; result(): unknown; [Symbol.iterator](): this; } declare type FuzzyResult<T> = [T, number]; declare type FuzzyResults<T> = { [key: string]: FuzzyResult<T>; }; /** * A class implementing the same interface as a standard JavaScript * [`Map`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map) * with string keys, but adding support for efficiently searching entries with * prefix or fuzzy search. This class is used internally by [[MiniSearch]] as * the inverted index data structure. The implementation is a radix tree * (compressed prefix tree). * * Since this class can be of general utility beyond _MiniSearch_, it is * exported by the `minisearch` package and can be imported (or required) as * `minisearch/SearchableMap`. * * @typeParam T The type of the values stored in the map. */ declare class SearchableMap<T = any> { /** * @internal */ _tree: RadixTree<T>; /** * @internal */ _prefix: string; private _size?; /** * The constructor is normally called without arguments, creating an empty * map. In order to create a [[SearchableMap]] from an iterable or from an * object, check [[SearchableMap.from]] and [[SearchableMap.fromObject]]. * * The constructor arguments are for internal use, when creating derived * mutable views of a map at a prefix. */ constructor(tree?: {}, prefix?: string); /** * Creates and returns a mutable view of this [[SearchableMap]], containing only * entries that share the given prefix. * * ### Usage: * * ```javascript * let map = new SearchableMap() * map.set("unicorn", 1) * map.set("universe", 2) * map.set("university", 3) * map.set("unique", 4) * map.set("hello", 5) * * let uni = map.atPrefix("uni") * uni.get("unique") // => 4 * uni.get("unicorn") // => 1 * uni.get("hello") // => undefined * * let univer = map.atPrefix("univer") * univer.get("unique") // => undefined * univer.get("universe") // => 2 * univer.get("university") // => 3 * ``` * * @param prefix The prefix * @return A [[SearchableMap]] representing a mutable view of the original Map at the given prefix */ atPrefix(prefix: string): SearchableMap<T>; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/clear */ clear(): void; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/delete * @param key Key to delete */ delete(key: string): void; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/entries * @return An iterator iterating through `[key, value]` entries. */ entries(): TreeIterator<T, Entry<T>>; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/forEach * @param fn Iteration function */ forEach(fn: (key: string, value: T, map: SearchableMap) => void): void; /** * Returns a key-value object of all the entries that have a key within the * given edit distance from the search key. The keys of the returned object are * the matching keys, while the values are two-elements arrays where the first * element is the value associated to the key, and the second is the edit * distance of the key to the search key. * * ### Usage: * * ```javascript * let map = new SearchableMap() * map.set('hello', 'world') * map.set('hell', 'yeah') * map.set('ciao', 'mondo') * * // Get all entries that match the key 'hallo' with a maximum edit distance of 2 * map.fuzzyGet('hallo', 2) * // => { "hello": ["world", 1], "hell": ["yeah", 2] } * * // In the example, the "hello" key has value "world" and edit distance of 1 * // (change "e" to "a"), the key "hell" has value "yeah" and edit distance of 2 * // (change "e" to "a", delete "o") * ``` * * @param key The search key * @param maxEditDistance The maximum edit distance (Levenshtein) * @return A key-value object of the matching keys to their value and edit distance */ fuzzyGet(key: string, maxEditDistance: number): FuzzyResults<T>; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/get * @param key Key to get * @return Value associated to the key, or `undefined` if the key is not * found. */ get(key: string): T | undefined; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/has * @param key Key * @return True if the key is in the map, false otherwise */ has(key: string): boolean; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/keys * @return An `Iterable` iterating through keys */ keys(): TreeIterator<T, string>; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/set * @param key Key to set * @param value Value to associate to the key * @return The [[SearchableMap]] itself, to allow chaining */ set(key: string, value: T): SearchableMap<T>; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/size */ get size(): number; /** * Updates the value at the given key using the provided function. The function * is called with the current value at the key, and its return value is used as * the new value to be set. * * ### Example: * * ```javascript * // Increment the current value by one * searchableMap.update('somekey', (currentValue) => currentValue == null ? 0 : currentValue + 1) * ``` * * @param key The key to update * @param fn The function used to compute the new value from the current one * @return The [[SearchableMap]] itself, to allow chaining */ update(key: string, fn: (value: T) => T): SearchableMap<T>; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/values * @return An `Iterable` iterating through values. */ values(): TreeIterator<T, T>; /** * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map/@@iterator */ [Symbol.iterator](): TreeIterator<T, Entry<T>>; /** * Creates a [[SearchableMap]] from an `Iterable` of entries * * @param entries Entries to be inserted in the [[SearchableMap]] * @return A new [[SearchableMap]] with the given entries */ static from<T = any>(entries: Iterable<Entry<T>> | Entry<T>[]): SearchableMap<any>; /** * Creates a [[SearchableMap]] from the iterable properties of a JavaScript object * * @param object Object of entries for the [[SearchableMap]] * @return A new [[SearchableMap]] with the given entries */ static fromObject<T = any>(object: { [key: string]: T; }): SearchableMap<any>; } /** * Search options to customize the search behavior. */ declare type SearchOptions = { /** * Names of the fields to search in. If omitted, all fields are searched. */ fields?: string[]; /** * Function used to filter search results, for example on the basis of stored * fields. It takes as argument each search result and should return a boolean * to indicate if the result should be kept or not. */ filter?: (result: SearchResult) => boolean; /** * Key-value object of field names to boosting values. By default, fields are * assigned a boosting factor of 1. If one assigns to a field a boosting value * of 2, a result that matches the query in that field is assigned a score * twice as high as a result matching the query in another field, all else * being equal. */ boost?: { [fieldName: string]: number; }; /** * Relative weights to assign to prefix search results and fuzzy search * results. Exact matches are assigned a weight of 1. */ weights?: { fuzzy: number; prefix: number; }; /** * Function to calculate a boost factor for documents. It takes as arguments * the document ID, and a term that matches the search in that document, and * should return a boosting factor. */ boostDocument?: (documentId: any, term: string) => number; /** * Controls whether to perform prefix search. It can be a simple boolean, or a * function. * * If a boolean is passed, prefix search is performed if true. * * If a function is passed, it is called upon search with a search term, the * positional index of that search term in the tokenized search query, and the * tokenized search query. The function should return a boolean to indicate * whether to perform prefix search for that search term. */ prefix?: boolean | ((term: string, index: number, terms: string[]) => boolean); /** * Controls whether to perform fuzzy search. It can be a simple boolean, or a * number, or a function. * * If a boolean is given, fuzzy search with a default fuzziness parameter is * performed if true. * * If a number higher or equal to 1 is given, fuzzy search is performed, with * a mazimum edit distance (Levenshtein) equal to the number. * * If a number between 0 and 1 is given, fuzzy search is performed within a * maximum edit distance corresponding to that fraction of the term length, * approximated to the nearest integer. For example, 0.2 would mean an edit * distance of 20% of the term length, so 1 character in a 5-characters term. * * If a function is passed, the function is called upon search with a search * term, a positional index of that term in the tokenized search query, and * the tokenized search query. It should return a boolean or a number, with * the meaning documented above. */ fuzzy?: boolean | number | ((term: string, index: number, terms: string[]) => boolean | number); /** * The operand to combine partial results for each term. By default it is * "OR", so results matching _any_ of the search terms are returned by a * search. If "AND" is given, only results matching _all_ the search terms are * returned by a search. */ combineWith?: string; /** * Function to tokenize the search query. By default, the same tokenizer used * for indexing is used also for search. */ tokenize?: (text: string) => string[]; /** * Function to process or normalize terms in the search query. By default, the * same term processor used for indexing is used also for search. */ processTerm?: (term: string) => string | null | undefined | false; }; declare type SearchOptionsWithDefaults = SearchOptions & { boost: { [fieldName: string]: number; }; weights: { fuzzy: number; prefix: number; }; prefix: boolean | ((term: string, index: number, terms: string[]) => boolean); fuzzy: boolean | number | ((term: string, index: number, terms: string[]) => boolean | number); combineWith: string; }; /** * Configuration options passed to the [[MiniSearch]] constructor * * @typeParam T The type of documents being indexed. */ declare type Options<T = any> = { /** * Names of the document fields to be indexed. */ fields: string[]; /** * Name of the ID field, uniquely identifying a document. */ idField?: string; /** * Names of fields to store, so that search results would include them. By * default none, so resuts would only contain the id field. */ storeFields?: string[]; /** * Function used to extract the value of each field in documents. By default, * the documents are assumed to be plain objects with field names as keys, * but by specifying a custom `extractField` function one can completely * customize how the fields are extracted. * * The function takes as arguments the document, and the name of the field to * extract from it. It should return the field value as a string. */ extractField?: (document: T, fieldName: string) => string; tokenize?: (text: string, fieldName?: string) => string[]; /** * Function used to process a term before indexing or search. This can be * used for normalization (such as stemming). By default, terms are * downcased, and otherwise no other normalization is performed. * * The function takes as arguments a term to process, and the name of the * field it comes from. It should return the processed term as a string, or a * falsy value to reject the term entirely. */ processTerm?: (term: string, fieldName?: string) => string | null | undefined | false; /** * Default search options (see the [[SearchOptions]] type and the * [[MiniSearch.search]] method for details) */ searchOptions?: SearchOptions; }; declare type OptionsWithDefaults<T = any> = Options<T> & { storeFields: string[]; idField: string; extractField: (document: T, fieldName: string) => string; tokenize: (text: string, fieldName: string) => string[]; processTerm: (term: string, fieldName: string) => string | null | undefined | false; searchOptions: SearchOptionsWithDefaults; }; /** * The type of auto-suggestions */ declare type Suggestion = { /** * The suggestion */ suggestion: string; /** * Suggestion as an array of terms */ terms: string[]; /** * Score for the suggestion */ score: number; }; /** * Match information for a search result. It is a key-value object where keys * are terms that matched, and values are the list of fields that the term was * found in. */ declare type MatchInfo = { [term: string]: string[]; }; /** * Type of the search results. Each search result indicates the document ID, the * terms that matched, the match information, the score, and all the stored * fields. */ declare type SearchResult = { /** * The document ID */ id: any; /** * List of terms that matched */ terms: string[]; /** * Score of the search results */ score: number; /** * Match information, see [[MatchInfo]] */ match: MatchInfo; /** * Stored fields */ [key: string]: any; }; /** * @ignore */ declare type AsPlainObject = { index: { _tree: {}; _prefix: string; }; documentCount: number; nextId: number; documentIds: { [shortId: string]: any; }; fieldIds: { [fieldName: string]: number; }; fieldLength: { [shortId: string]: { [fieldId: string]: number; }; }; averageFieldLength: { [fieldId: string]: number; }; storedFields: { [shortId: string]: any; }; }; declare type QueryCombination = SearchOptions & { queries: Query[]; }; /** * Search query expression, either a query string or an expression tree * combining several queries with a combination of AND or OR. */ declare type Query = QueryCombination | string; /** * [[MiniSearch]] is the main entrypoint class, implementing a full-text search * engine in memory. * * @typeParam T The type of the documents being indexed. * * ### Basic example: * * ```javascript * const documents = [ * { * id: 1, * title: 'Moby Dick', * text: 'Call me Ishmael. Some years ago...', * category: 'fiction' * }, * { * id: 2, * title: 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', * text: 'I can see by my watch...', * category: 'fiction' * }, * { * id: 3, * title: 'Neuromancer', * text: 'The sky above the port was...', * category: 'fiction' * }, * { * id: 4, * title: 'Zen and the Art of Archery', * text: 'At first sight it must seem...', * category: 'non-fiction' * }, * // ...and more * ] * * // Create a search engine that indexes the 'title' and 'text' fields for * // full-text search. Search results will include 'title' and 'category' (plus the * // id field, that is always stored and returned) * const miniSearch = new MiniSearch({ * fields: ['title', 'text'], * storeFields: ['title', 'category'] * }) * * // Add documents to the index * miniSearch.addAll(documents) * * // Search for documents: * let results = miniSearch.search('zen art motorcycle') * // => [ * // { id: 2, title: 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', category: 'fiction', score: 2.77258 }, * // { id: 4, title: 'Zen and the Art of Archery', category: 'non-fiction', score: 1.38629 } * // ] * ``` */ declare class MiniSearch<T = any> { protected _options: OptionsWithDefaults<T>; protected _index: SearchableMap; protected _documentCount: number; protected _documentIds: { [shortId: string]: any; }; protected _fieldIds: { [fieldName: string]: number; }; protected _fieldLength: { [shortId: string]: { [fieldId: string]: number; }; }; protected _averageFieldLength: { [fieldId: string]: number; }; protected _nextId: number; protected _storedFields: { [shortId: string]: any; }; /** * @param options Configuration options * * ### Examples: * * ```javascript * // Create a search engine that indexes the 'title' and 'text' fields of your * // documents: * const miniSearch = new MiniSearch({ fields: ['title', 'text'] }) * ``` * * ### ID Field: * * ```javascript * // Your documents are assumed to include a unique 'id' field, but if you want * // to use a different field for document identification, you can set the * // 'idField' option: * const miniSearch = new MiniSearch({ idField: 'key', fields: ['title', 'text'] }) * ``` * * ### Options and defaults: * * ```javascript * // The full set of options (here with their default value) is: * const miniSearch = new MiniSearch({ * // idField: field that uniquely identifies a document * idField: 'id', * * // extractField: function used to get the value of a field in a document. * // By default, it assumes the document is a flat object with field names as * // property keys and field values as string property values, but custom logic * // can be implemented by setting this option to a custom extractor function. * extractField: (document, fieldName) => document[fieldName], * * // tokenize: function used to split fields into individual terms. By * // default, it is also used to tokenize search queries, unless a specific * // `tokenize` search option is supplied. When tokenizing an indexed field, * // the field name is passed as the second argument. * tokenize: (string, _fieldName) => string.split(SPACE_OR_PUNCTUATION), * * // processTerm: function used to process each tokenized term before * // indexing. It can be used for stemming and normalization. Return a falsy * // value in order to discard a term. By default, it is also used to process * // search queries, unless a specific `processTerm` option is supplied as a * // search option. When processing a term from a indexed field, the field * // name is passed as the second argument. * processTerm: (term, _fieldName) => term.toLowerCase(), * * // searchOptions: default search options, see the `search` method for * // details * searchOptions: undefined, * * // fields: document fields to be indexed. Mandatory, but not set by default * fields: undefined * * // storeFields: document fields to be stored and returned as part of the * // search results. * storeFields: [] * }) * ``` */ constructor(options: Options<T>); /** * Adds a document to the index * * @param document The document to be indexed */ add(document: T): void; /** * Adds all the given documents to the index * * @param documents An array of documents to be indexed */ addAll(documents: T[]): void; /** * Adds all the given documents to the index asynchronously. * * Returns a promise that resolves (to `undefined`) when the indexing is done. * This method is useful when index many documents, to avoid blocking the main * thread. The indexing is performed asynchronously and in chunks. * * @param documents An array of documents to be indexed * @param options Configuration options * @return A promise resolving to `undefined` when the indexing is done */ addAllAsync(documents: T[], options?: { chunkSize?: number; }): Promise<void>; /** * Removes the given document from the index. * * The document to delete must NOT have changed between indexing and deletion, * otherwise the index will be corrupted. Therefore, when reindexing a document * after a change, the correct order of operations is: * * 1. remove old version * 2. apply changes * 3. index new version * * @param document The document to be removed */ remove(document: T): void; /** * Removes all the given documents from the index. If called with no arguments, * it removes _all_ documents from the index. * * @param documents The documents to be removed. If this argument is omitted, * all documents are removed. Note that, for removing all documents, it is * more efficient to call this method with no arguments than to pass all * documents. */ removeAll(documents?: T[]): void; /** * Search for documents matching the given search query. * * The result is a list of scored document IDs matching the query, sorted by * descending score, and each including data about which terms were matched and * in which fields. * * ### Basic usage: * * ```javascript * // Search for "zen art motorcycle" with default options: terms have to match * // exactly, and individual terms are joined with OR * miniSearch.search('zen art motorcycle') * // => [ { id: 2, score: 2.77258, match: { ... } }, { id: 4, score: 1.38629, match: { ... } } ] * ``` * * ### Restrict search to specific fields: * * ```javascript * // Search only in the 'title' field * miniSearch.search('zen', { fields: ['title'] }) * ``` * * ### Field boosting: * * ```javascript * // Boost a field * miniSearch.search('zen', { boost: { title: 2 } }) * ``` * * ### Prefix search: * * ```javascript * // Search for "moto" with prefix search (it will match documents * // containing terms that start with "moto" or "neuro") * miniSearch.search('moto neuro', { prefix: true }) * ``` * * ### Fuzzy search: * * ```javascript * // Search for "ismael" with fuzzy search (it will match documents containing * // terms similar to "ismael", with a maximum edit distance of 0.2 term.length * // (rounded to nearest integer) * miniSearch.search('ismael', { fuzzy: 0.2 }) * ``` * * ### Combining strategies: * * ```javascript * // Mix of exact match, prefix search, and fuzzy search * miniSearch.search('ismael mob', { * prefix: true, * fuzzy: 0.2 * }) * ``` * * ### Advanced prefix and fuzzy search: * * ```javascript * // Perform fuzzy and prefix search depending on the search term. Here * // performing prefix and fuzzy search only on terms longer than 3 characters * miniSearch.search('ismael mob', { * prefix: term => term.length > 3 * fuzzy: term => term.length > 3 ? 0.2 : null * }) * ``` * * ### Combine with AND: * * ```javascript * // Combine search terms with AND (to match only documents that contain both * // "motorcycle" and "art") * miniSearch.search('motorcycle art', { combineWith: 'AND' }) * ``` * * ### Combine with AND_NOT: * * There is also an AND_NOT combinator, that finds documents that match the * first term, but do not match any of the other terms. This combinator is * rarely useful with simple queries, and is meant to be used with advanced * query combinations (see later for more details). * * ### Filtering results: * * ```javascript * // Filter only results in the 'fiction' category (assuming that 'category' * // is a stored field) * miniSearch.search('motorcycle art', { * filter: (result) => result.category === 'fiction' * }) * ``` * * ### Advanced combination of queries: * * It is possible to combine different subqueries with OR, AND, and AND_NOT, * and even with different search options, by passing a query expression * tree object as the first argument, instead of a string. * * ```javascript * // Search for documents that contain "zen" and ("motorcycle" or "archery") * miniSearch.search({ * combineWith: 'AND', * queries: [ * 'zen', * { * combineWith: 'OR', * queries: ['motorcycle', 'archery'] * } * ] * }) * * // Search for documents that contain ("apple" or "pear") but not "juice" and * // not "tree" * miniSearch.search({ * combineWith: 'AND_NOT', * queries: [ * { * combineWith: 'OR', * queries: ['apple', 'pear'] * }, * 'juice', * 'tree' * ] * }) * ``` * * Each node in the expression tree can be either a string, or an object that * supports all `SearchOptions` fields, plus a `queries` array field for * subqueries. * * Note that, while this can become complicated to do by hand for complex or * deeply nested queries, it provides a formalized expression tree API for * external libraries that implement a parser for custom query languages. * * @param query Search query * @param options Search options. Each option, if not given, defaults to the corresponding value of `searchOptions` given to the constructor, or to the library default. */ search(query: Query, searchOptions?: SearchOptions): SearchResult[]; /** * Provide suggestions for the given search query * * The result is a list of suggested modified search queries, derived from the * given search query, each with a relevance score, sorted by descending score. * * ### Basic usage: * * ```javascript * // Get suggestions for 'neuro': * miniSearch.autoSuggest('neuro') * // => [ { suggestion: 'neuromancer', terms: [ 'neuromancer' ], score: 0.46240 } ] * ``` * * ### Multiple words: * * ```javascript * // Get suggestions for 'zen ar': * miniSearch.autoSuggest('zen ar') * // => [ * // { suggestion: 'zen archery art', terms: [ 'zen', 'archery', 'art' ], score: 1.73332 }, * // { suggestion: 'zen art', terms: [ 'zen', 'art' ], score: 1.21313 } * // ] * ``` * * ### Fuzzy suggestions: * * ```javascript * // Correct spelling mistakes using fuzzy search: * miniSearch.autoSuggest('neromancer', { fuzzy: 0.2 }) * // => [ { suggestion: 'neuromancer', terms: [ 'neuromancer' ], score: 1.03998 } ] * ``` * * ### Filtering: * * ```javascript * // Get suggestions for 'zen ar', but only within the 'fiction' category * // (assuming that 'category' is a stored field): * miniSearch.autoSuggest('zen ar', { * filter: (result) => result.category === 'fiction' * }) * // => [ * // { suggestion: 'zen archery art', terms: [ 'zen', 'archery', 'art' ], score: 1.73332 }, * // { suggestion: 'zen art', terms: [ 'zen', 'art' ], score: 1.21313 } * // ] * ``` * * @param queryString Query string to be expanded into suggestions * @param options Search options. The supported options and default values * are the same as for the `search` method, except that by default prefix * search is performed on the last term in the query. * @return A sorted array of suggestions sorted by relevance score. */ autoSuggest(queryString: string, options?: SearchOptions): Suggestion[]; /** * Number of documents in the index */ get documentCount(): number; /** * Deserializes a JSON index (serialized with `miniSearch.toJSON()`) and * instantiates a MiniSearch instance. It should be given the same options * originally used when serializing the index. * * ### Usage: * * ```javascript * // If the index was serialized with: * let miniSearch = new MiniSearch({ fields: ['title', 'text'] }) * miniSearch.addAll(documents) * * const json = JSON.stringify(miniSearch) * // It can later be deserialized like this: * miniSearch = MiniSearch.loadJSON(json, { fields: ['title', 'text'] }) * ``` * * @param json JSON-serialized index * @param options configuration options, same as the constructor * @return An instance of MiniSearch deserialized from the given JSON. */ static loadJSON<T = any>(json: string, options: Options<T>): MiniSearch<T>; /** * Returns the default value of an option. It will throw an error if no option * with the given name exists. * * @param optionName Name of the option * @return The default value of the given option * * ### Usage: * * ```javascript * // Get default tokenizer * MiniSearch.getDefault('tokenize') * * // Get default term processor * MiniSearch.getDefault('processTerm') * * // Unknown options will throw an error * MiniSearch.getDefault('notExisting') * // => throws 'MiniSearch: unknown option "notExisting"' * ``` */ static getDefault(optionName: string): any; /** * @ignore */ static loadJS<T = any>(js: AsPlainObject, options: Options<T>): MiniSearch<T>; /** * @ignore */ private executeQuery; /** * @ignore */ private executeSearch; /** * @ignore */ private executeQuerySpec; /** * @ignore */ private combineResults; /** * Allows serialization of the index to JSON, to possibly store it and later * deserialize it with `MiniSearch.loadJSON`. * * Normally one does not directly call this method, but rather call the * standard JavaScript `JSON.stringify()` passing the `MiniSearch` instance, * and JavaScript will internally call this method. Upon deserialization, one * must pass to `loadJSON` the same options used to create the original * instance that was serialized. * * ### Usage: * * ```javascript * // Serialize the index: * let miniSearch = new MiniSearch({ fields: ['title', 'text'] }) * miniSearch.addAll(documents) * const json = JSON.stringify(miniSearch) * * // Later, to deserialize it: * miniSearch = MiniSearch.loadJSON(json, { fields: ['title', 'text'] }) * ``` * * @return A plain-object serializeable representation of the search index. */ toJSON(): AsPlainObject; /** * @ignore */ private termResults; /** * @ignore */ private addTerm; /** * @ignore */ private removeTerm; /** * @ignore */ private warnDocumentChanged; /** * @ignore */ private addDocumentId; /** * @ignore */ private addFields; /** * @ignore */ private addFieldLength; /** * @ignore */ private removeFieldLength; /** * @ignore */ private saveStoredFields; } export { AsPlainObject, MatchInfo, Options, Query, QueryCombination, SearchOptions, SearchResult, Suggestion, MiniSearch as default };