---
name: "KinoSearch::Store::InvIndex"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libkinosearch-perl"
version: "0.165-2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/KinoSearch::Store::InvIndex"
---

# KinoSearch::Store::InvIndex(3pm)

inverted index

## NAME

KinoSearch::Store::InvIndex - inverted index

## SYNOPSIS

```
    # abstract base class
```

## DESCRIPTION

An InvIndex is an abstract representation of an inverted index, KinoSearch's core data structure.  The archetypal implementation of an invindex, FSInvIndex, is a single directory holding a collection of files.  However, to allow alternative implementations such as RAMInvIndex, i/o and file manipulation are abstracted out rather than executed directly by KinoSearch's classes.

A "file" within an invindex might be a real file -- or it might be a ram file, or eventually a database record, etc.  Similarly, `"$invindex->delete_file($filename)"` might delete a file from the file system, or a key-value pair from a hash, or something else.

## SEE ALSO

KinoSearch::Docs::FileFormat

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2005-2009 Marvin Humphrey

## LICENSE, DISCLAIMER, BUGS, etc.

See KinoSearch version 0.165.