[LUCENE-6581] Adjust PostingsHighlighter API to allow access to Passage[]

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Component/s: core/other
• Labels: highlighter
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: robert.onslow
• Created: 18/Jun/15 11:17
• Updated: 10/Nov/16 21:45
• Resolved: 10/Nov/16 21:45

Description

I need to access the offset of the terms in the document. I believe that Passage holds this data, but the PostingsHighlighter API does not expose a method returning Passage[] - only String[]. Would it be possible/be a good idea to expose a method returning Passage[].