IWordSink interface

[Indexing Service is no longer supported as of Windows XP and is unavailable for use as of Windows 8. Instead, use Windows Search for client side search and Microsoft Search Server Express for server side search.]

Handles words identified by word breaks during both index time and query time.

Members

The IWordSink interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. IWordSink also has these types of members:

• Methods

Methods

The IWordSink interface has these methods.

Method	Description
EndAltPhrase	Indicates the end of the final phrase in a sequence of alternative phrases that a word breaker generates during index time.
PutAltWord	Puts an alternative word and its position in the WordSink.
PutBreak	Puts a break after the preceding word.
PutWord	Puts a word and its position in the WordSink.
StartAltPhrase	Indicates the boundary between phrases in a sequence of alternative phrases that a word breaker generates during index time.

 

Remarks

Indexing Service creates and initializes instances of the WordSink object. The WordSink receives the fQuery parameter during initialization and uses this parameter to determine the word-breaking context in which the object is used.

IWordBreaker implementations receive a pointer to the WordSink object in the BreakText method.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
End of client support	Windows 7
End of server support	Windows Server 2008 R2
Header	Indexsrv.h