---
name: "Lucy::Search::ORQuery"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "liblucy-perl"
version: "0.3.3-7+b1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Lucy::Search::ORQuery"
---

# Lucy::Search::ORQuery(3pm)

Union multiple result sets.

## NAME

Lucy::Search::ORQuery - Union multiple result sets.

## SYNOPSIS

```
    my $foo_or_bar_query = Lucy::Search::ORQuery->new(
        children => [ $foo_query, $bar_query ],
    );
    my $hits = $searcher->hits( query => $foo_or_bar_query );
    ...
```

## DESCRIPTION

ORQuery is a composite Query which matches when any of its children match, so its result set is the union of their result sets.  Matching documents recieve a summed score from all matching child Queries.

## CONSTRUCTORS

### new( *\[labeled params\]* )

```
    my $foo_or_bar_query = Lucy::Search::ORQuery->new(
        children => [ $foo_query, $bar_query ],
    );
```

- •

  **children** - An array of child Queries.

## METHODS

### add\_child(query)

Add a child Query node.

## INHERITANCE

Lucy::Search::ORQuery isa Lucy::Search::PolyQuery isa Lucy::Search::Query isa Lucy::Object::Obj.