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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.claude/skills/rationalize-deps/SKILL.md

@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
----
-name: rationalize-deps
-description: Analyze Cargo.toml dependencies and attempt to remove unused features to reduce compile times and binary size
----
-
-# Rationalize Dependencies
-
-This skill analyzes Cargo.toml dependencies to identify and remove unused features.
-
-## Overview
-
-Many crates enable features by default that may not be needed. This skill:
-1. Identifies dependencies with default features enabled
-2. Tests if `default-features = false` works
-3. Identifies which specific features are actually needed
-4. Verifies compilation after changes
-
-## Step 1: Identify the target
-
-Ask the user which crate(s) to analyze:
-- A specific crate name (e.g., "tokio", "serde")
-- A specific workspace member (e.g., "quickwit-search")
-- "all" to scan the entire workspace
-
-## Step 2: Analyze current dependencies
-
-For the workspace Cargo.toml (`quickwit/Cargo.toml`), list dependencies that:
-- Do NOT have `default-features = false`
-- Have default features that might be unnecessary
-
-Run: `cargo tree -p <crate> -f "{p} {f}" --edges features` to see what features are actually used.
-
-## Step 3: For each candidate dependency
-
-### 3a: Check the crate's default features
-
-Look up the crate on crates.io or check its Cargo.toml to understand:
-- What features are enabled by default
-- What each feature provides
-
-Use: `cargo metadata --format-version=1 | jq '.packages[] | select(.name == "<crate>") | .features'`
-
-### 3b: Try disabling default features
-
-Modify the dependency in `quickwit/Cargo.toml`:
-
-From:
-```toml
-some-crate = { version = "1.0" }
-```
-
-To:
-```toml
-some-crate = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
-```
-
-### 3c: Run cargo check
-
-Run: `cargo check --workspace` (or target specific packages for faster feedback)
-
-If compilation fails:
-1. Read the error messages to identify which features are needed
-2. Add only the required features explicitly:
-   ```toml
-   some-crate = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["needed-feature"] }
-   ```
-3. Re-run cargo check
-
-### 3d: Binary search for minimal features
-
-If there are many default features, use binary search:
-1. Start with no features
-2. If it fails, add half the default features
-3. Continue until you find the minimal set
-
-## Step 4: Document findings
-
-For each dependency analyzed, report:
-- Original configuration
-- New configuration (if changed)
-- Features that were removed
-- Any features that are required
-
-## Step 5: Verify full build
-
-After all changes, run:
-```bash
-cargo check --workspace --all-targets
-cargo test --workspace --no-run
-```
-
-## Common Patterns
-
-### Serde
-Often only needs `derive`:
-```toml
-serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "std"] }
-```
-
-### Tokio
-Identify which runtime features are actually used:
-```toml
-tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "sync"] }
-```
-
-### Reqwest
-Often doesn't need all TLS backends:
-```toml
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls", "json"] }
-```
-
-## Rollback
-
-If changes cause issues:
-```bash
-git checkout quickwit/Cargo.toml
-cargo check --workspace
-```
-
-## Tips
-
-- Start with large crates that have many default features (tokio, reqwest, hyper)
-- Use `cargo bloat --crates` to identify large dependencies
-- Check `cargo tree -d` for duplicate dependencies that might indicate feature conflicts
-- Some features are needed only for tests - consider using `[dev-dependencies]` features

.claude/skills/simple-pr/SKILL.md

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
----
-name: simple-pr
-description: Create a simple PR from staged changes with an auto-generated commit message
-disable-model-invocation: true
----
-
-# Simple PR
-
-Follow these steps to create a simple PR from staged changes:
-
-## Step 1: Check workspace state
-
-Run: `git status`
-
-Verify that all changes have been staged (no unstaged changes). If there are unstaged changes, abort and ask the user to stage their changes first with `git add`.
-
-Also verify that we are on the `main` branch. If not, abort and ask the user to switch to main first.
-
-## Step 2: Ensure main is up to date
-
-Run: `git pull origin main`
-
-This ensures we're working from the latest code.
-
-## Step 3: Review staged changes
-
-Run: `git diff --cached`
-
-Review the staged changes to understand what the PR will contain.
-
-## Step 4: Generate commit message
-
-Based on the staged changes, generate a concise commit message (1-2 sentences) that describes the "why" rather than the "what".
-
-Display the proposed commit message to the user and ask for confirmation before proceeding.
-
-## Step 5: Create a new branch
-
-Get the git username: `git config user.name | tr ' ' '-' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
-
-Create a short, descriptive branch name based on the changes (e.g., `fix-typo-in-readme`, `add-retry-logic`, `update-deps`).
-
-Create and checkout the branch: `git checkout -b {username}/{short-descriptive-name}`
-
-## Step 6: Commit changes
-
-Commit with the message from step 3:
-```
-git commit -m "{commit-message}"
-```
-
-## Step 7: Push and open a PR
-
-Push the branch and open a PR:
-```
-git push -u origin {branch-name}
-gh pr create --title "{commit-message-title}" --body "{longer-description-if-needed}"
-```
-
-Report the PR URL to the user when complete.

Cargo.toml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rust-version = "1.85"
 exclude = ["benches/*.json", "benches/*.txt"]
 
 [dependencies]
-oneshot = "0.1.13"
+oneshot = "0.1.7"
 base64 = "0.22.0"
 byteorder = "1.4.3"
 crc32fast = "1.3.2"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ regex = { version = "1.5.5", default-features = false, features = [
 aho-corasick = "1.0"
 tantivy-fst = "0.5"
 memmap2 = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
-lz4_flex = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, optional = true }
+lz4_flex = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, optional = true }
 zstd = { version = "0.13", optional = true, default-features = false }
 tempfile = { version = "3.12.0", optional = true }
 log = "0.4.16"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fail = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 time = { version = "0.3.35", features = ["serde-well-known"] }
 smallvec = "1.8.0"
 rayon = "1.5.2"
-lru = "0.16.3"
+lru = "0.12.0"
 fastdivide = "0.4.0"
 itertools = "0.14.0"
 measure_time = "0.9.0"
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ winapi = "0.3.9"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 binggan = "0.14.2"
-rand = "0.9"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 maplit = "1.0.2"
 matches = "0.1.9"
 pretty_assertions = "1.2.1"
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ test-log = "0.2.10"
 futures = "0.3.21"
 paste = "1.0.11"
 more-asserts = "0.3.1"
-rand_distr = "0.5"
+rand_distr = "0.4.3"
 time = { version = "0.3.10", features = ["serde-well-known", "macros"] }
 postcard = { version = "1.0.4", features = [
     "use-std",
@@ -189,16 +189,3 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "bool_queries_with_range"
 harness = false
-
-[[bench]]
-name = "str_search_and_get"
-harness = false
-
-[[bench]]
-name = "merge_segments"
-harness = false
-
-[[bench]]
-name = "regex_all_terms"
-harness = false
-

benches/agg_bench.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use binggan::plugins::PeakMemAllocPlugin;
 use binggan::{black_box, InputGroup, PeakMemAlloc, INSTRUMENTED_SYSTEM};
-use rand::distr::weighted::WeightedIndex;
+use rand::distributions::WeightedIndex;
+use rand::prelude::SliceRandom;
 use rand::rngs::StdRng;
-use rand::seq::IndexedRandom;
 use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
 use rand_distr::Distribution;
 use serde_json::json;
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ fn get_test_index_bench(cardinality: Cardinality) -> tantivy::Result<Index> {
     // Prepare 1000 unique terms sampled using a Zipf distribution.
     // Exponent ~1.1 approximates top-20 terms covering around ~20%.
     let terms_1000: Vec<String> = (1..=1000).map(|i| format!("term_{i}")).collect();
-    let zipf_1000 = rand_distr::Zipf::new(1000.0, 1.1f64).unwrap();
+    let zipf_1000 = rand_distr::Zipf::new(1000, 1.1f64).unwrap();
 
     {
         let mut rng = StdRng::from_seed([1u8; 32]);
@@ -576,8 +576,8 @@ fn get_test_index_bench(cardinality: Cardinality) -> tantivy::Result<Index> {
         }
         let _val_max = 1_000_000.0;
         for _ in 0..doc_with_value {
-            let val: f64 = rng.random_range(0.0..1_000_000.0);
-            let json = if rng.random_bool(0.1) {
+            let val: f64 = rng.gen_range(0.0..1_000_000.0);
+            let json = if rng.gen_bool(0.1) {
                 // 10% are numeric values
                 json!({ "mixed_type": val })
             } else {
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ fn get_test_index_bench(cardinality: Cardinality) -> tantivy::Result<Index> {
             index_writer.add_document(doc!(
                 text_field => "cool",
                 json_field => json,
-                text_field_all_unique_terms => format!("unique_term_{}", rng.random::<u64>()),
+                text_field_all_unique_terms => format!("unique_term_{}", rng.gen::<u64>()),
                 text_field_many_terms => many_terms_data.choose(&mut rng).unwrap().to_string(),
                 text_field_few_terms_status => status_field_data[log_level_distribution.sample(&mut rng)].0,
                 text_field_1000_terms_zipf => terms_1000[zipf_1000.sample(&mut rng) as usize - 1].as_str(),

benches/and_or_queries.rs

@@ -55,29 +55,29 @@ fn build_shared_indices(num_docs: usize, p_a: f32, p_b: f32, p_c: f32) -> (Bench
     {
         let mut writer = index.writer_with_num_threads(1, 500_000_000).unwrap();
         for _ in 0..num_docs {
-            let has_a = rng.random_bool(p_a as f64);
-            let has_b = rng.random_bool(p_b as f64);
-            let has_c = rng.random_bool(p_c as f64);
-            let score = rng.random_range(0u64..100u64);
-            let score2 = rng.random_range(0u64..100_000u64);
+            let has_a = rng.gen_bool(p_a as f64);
+            let has_b = rng.gen_bool(p_b as f64);
+            let has_c = rng.gen_bool(p_c as f64);
+            let score = rng.gen_range(0u64..100u64);
+            let score2 = rng.gen_range(0u64..100_000u64);
             let mut title_tokens: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
             let mut body_tokens: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
             if has_a {
-                if rng.random_bool(0.1) {
+                if rng.gen_bool(0.1) {
                     title_tokens.push("a");
                 } else {
                     body_tokens.push("a");
                 }
             }
             if has_b {
-                if rng.random_bool(0.1) {
+                if rng.gen_bool(0.1) {
                     title_tokens.push("b");
                 } else {
                     body_tokens.push("b");
                 }
             }
             if has_c {
-                if rng.random_bool(0.1) {
+                if rng.gen_bool(0.1) {
                     title_tokens.push("c");
                 } else {
                     body_tokens.push("c");

benches/bool_queries_with_range.rs

@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ fn build_shared_indices(num_docs: usize, p_title_a: f32, distribution: &str) ->
             "dense" => {
                 for doc_id in 0..num_docs {
                     // Always add title to avoid empty documents
-                    let title_token = if rng.random_bool(p_title_a as f64) {
+                    let title_token = if rng.gen_bool(p_title_a as f64) {
                         "a"
                     } else {
                         "b"
                     };
 
-                    let num_rand = rng.random_range(0u64..1000u64);
+                    let num_rand = rng.gen_range(0u64..1000u64);
 
                     let num_asc = (doc_id / 10000) as u64;
 
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ fn build_shared_indices(num_docs: usize, p_title_a: f32, distribution: &str) ->
             "sparse" => {
                 for doc_id in 0..num_docs {
                     // Always add title to avoid empty documents
-                    let title_token = if rng.random_bool(p_title_a as f64) {
+                    let title_token = if rng.gen_bool(p_title_a as f64) {
                         "a"
                     } else {
                         "b"
                     };
 
-                    let num_rand = rng.random_range(0u64..10000000u64);
+                    let num_rand = rng.gen_range(0u64..10000000u64);
 
                     let num_asc = doc_id as u64;
 

benches/merge_segments.rs

@@ -1,224 +0,0 @@
-// Benchmarks segment merging
-//
-// Notes:
-// - Input segments are kept intact (no deletes / no IndexWriter merge).
-// - Output is written to a `NullDirectory` that discards all files except
-//  fieldnorms (needed for merging).
-
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::io::{self, Write};
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
-
-use binggan::{black_box, BenchRunner};
-use rand::prelude::*;
-use rand::rngs::StdRng;
-use rand::SeedableRng;
-use tantivy::directory::error::{DeleteError, OpenReadError, OpenWriteError};
-use tantivy::directory::{
-    AntiCallToken, Directory, FileHandle, OwnedBytes, TerminatingWrite, WatchCallback, WatchHandle,
-    WritePtr,
-};
-use tantivy::indexer::{merge_filtered_segments, NoMergePolicy};
-use tantivy::schema::{Schema, TEXT};
-use tantivy::{doc, HasLen, Index, IndexSettings, Segment};
-
-#[derive(Clone, Default, Debug)]
-struct NullDirectory {
-    blobs: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<PathBuf, OwnedBytes>>>,
-}
-
-struct NullWriter;
-
-impl Write for NullWriter {
-    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        Ok(buf.len())
-    }
-
-    fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-impl TerminatingWrite for NullWriter {
-    fn terminate_ref(&mut self, _token: AntiCallToken) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-struct InMemoryWriter {
-    path: PathBuf,
-    buffer: Vec<u8>,
-    blobs: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<PathBuf, OwnedBytes>>>,
-}
-
-impl Write for InMemoryWriter {
-    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.buffer.extend_from_slice(buf);
-        Ok(buf.len())
-    }
-
-    fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-impl TerminatingWrite for InMemoryWriter {
-    fn terminate_ref(&mut self, _token: AntiCallToken) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let bytes = OwnedBytes::new(std::mem::take(&mut self.buffer));
-        self.blobs.write().unwrap().insert(self.path.clone(), bytes);
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
-struct NullFileHandle;
-impl HasLen for NullFileHandle {
-    fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        0
-    }
-}
-impl FileHandle for NullFileHandle {
-    fn read_bytes(&self, _range: std::ops::Range<usize>) -> io::Result<OwnedBytes> {
-        unimplemented!()
-    }
-}
-
-impl Directory for NullDirectory {
-    fn get_file_handle(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<Arc<dyn FileHandle>, OpenReadError> {
-        if let Some(bytes) = self.blobs.read().unwrap().get(path) {
-            return Ok(Arc::new(bytes.clone()));
-        }
-        Ok(Arc::new(NullFileHandle))
-    }
-
-    fn delete(&self, _path: &Path) -> Result<(), DeleteError> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn exists(&self, _path: &Path) -> Result<bool, OpenReadError> {
-        Ok(true)
-    }
-
-    fn open_write(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<WritePtr, OpenWriteError> {
-        let path_buf = path.to_path_buf();
-        if path.to_string_lossy().ends_with(".fieldnorm") {
-            let writer = InMemoryWriter {
-                path: path_buf,
-                buffer: Vec::new(),
-                blobs: Arc::clone(&self.blobs),
-            };
-            Ok(io::BufWriter::new(Box::new(writer)))
-        } else {
-            Ok(io::BufWriter::new(Box::new(NullWriter)))
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn atomic_read(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<u8>, OpenReadError> {
-        if let Some(bytes) = self.blobs.read().unwrap().get(path) {
-            return Ok(bytes.as_slice().to_vec());
-        }
-        Err(OpenReadError::FileDoesNotExist(path.to_path_buf()))
-    }
-
-    fn atomic_write(&self, _path: &Path, _data: &[u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn sync_directory(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn watch(&self, _watch_callback: WatchCallback) -> tantivy::Result<WatchHandle> {
-        Ok(WatchHandle::empty())
-    }
-}
-
-struct MergeScenario {
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    index: Index,
-    segments: Vec<Segment>,
-    settings: IndexSettings,
-    label: String,
-}
-
-fn build_index(
-    num_segments: usize,
-    docs_per_segment: usize,
-    tokens_per_doc: usize,
-    vocab_size: usize,
-) -> MergeScenario {
-    let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-    let body = schema_builder.add_text_field("body", TEXT);
-    let schema = schema_builder.build();
-    let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema.clone());
-
-    assert!(vocab_size > 0);
-    let total_tokens = num_segments * docs_per_segment * tokens_per_doc;
-    let use_unique_terms = vocab_size >= total_tokens;
-    let mut rng = StdRng::from_seed([7u8; 32]);
-    let mut next_token_id: u64 = 0;
-
-    {
-        let mut writer = index.writer_with_num_threads(1, 256_000_000).unwrap();
-        writer.set_merge_policy(Box::new(NoMergePolicy));
-        for _ in 0..num_segments {
-            for _ in 0..docs_per_segment {
-                let mut tokens = Vec::with_capacity(tokens_per_doc);
-                for _ in 0..tokens_per_doc {
-                    let token_id = if use_unique_terms {
-                        let id = next_token_id;
-                        next_token_id += 1;
-                        id
-                    } else {
-                        rng.random_range(0..vocab_size as u64)
-                    };
-                    tokens.push(format!("term_{token_id}"));
-                }
-                writer.add_document(doc!(body => tokens.join(" "))).unwrap();
-            }
-            writer.commit().unwrap();
-        }
-    }
-
-    let segments = index.searchable_segments().unwrap();
-    let settings = index.settings().clone();
-    let label = format!(
-        "segments={}, docs/seg={}, tokens/doc={}, vocab={}",
-        num_segments, docs_per_segment, tokens_per_doc, vocab_size
-    );
-
-    MergeScenario {
-        index,
-        segments,
-        settings,
-        label,
-    }
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    let scenarios = vec![
-        build_index(8, 50_000, 12, 8),
-        build_index(16, 50_000, 12, 8),
-        build_index(16, 100_000, 12, 8),
-        build_index(8, 50_000, 8, 8 * 50_000 * 8),
-    ];
-
-    let mut runner = BenchRunner::new();
-    for scenario in scenarios {
-        let mut group = runner.new_group();
-        group.set_name(format!("merge_segments inv_index — {}", scenario.label));
-        let segments = scenario.segments.clone();
-        let settings = scenario.settings.clone();
-        group.register("merge", move |_| {
-            let output_dir = NullDirectory::default();
-            let filter_doc_ids = vec![None; segments.len()];
-            let merged_index =
-                merge_filtered_segments(&segments, settings.clone(), filter_doc_ids, output_dir)
-                    .unwrap();
-            black_box(merged_index);
-        });
-
-        group.run();
-    }
-}

benches/range_queries.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn build_shared_indices(num_docs: usize, distribution: &str) -> BenchIndex {
         match distribution {
             "dense" => {
                 for doc_id in 0..num_docs {
-                    let num_rand = rng.random_range(0u64..1000u64);
+                    let num_rand = rng.gen_range(0u64..1000u64);
                     let num_asc = (doc_id / 10000) as u64;
 
                     writer
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ fn build_shared_indices(num_docs: usize, distribution: &str) -> BenchIndex {
             }
             "sparse" => {
                 for doc_id in 0..num_docs {
-                    let num_rand = rng.random_range(0u64..10000000u64);
+                    let num_rand = rng.gen_range(0u64..10000000u64);
                     let num_asc = doc_id as u64;
 
                     writer

benches/range_query.rs

@@ -97,20 +97,20 @@ fn get_index_0_to_100() -> Index {
     let num_vals = 100_000;
     let docs: Vec<_> = (0..num_vals)
         .map(|_i| {
-            let id_name = if rng.random_bool(0.01) {
+            let id_name = if rng.gen_bool(0.01) {
                 "veryfew".to_string() // 1%
-            } else if rng.random_bool(0.1) {
+            } else if rng.gen_bool(0.1) {
                 "few".to_string() // 9%
             } else {
                 "most".to_string() // 90%
             };
             Doc {
                 id_name,
-                id: rng.random_range(0..100),
+                id: rng.gen_range(0..100),
                 // Multiply by 1000, so that we create most buckets in the compact space
                 // The benches depend on this range to select n-percent of elements with the
                 // methods below.
-                ip: Ipv6Addr::from_u128(rng.random_range(0..100) * 1000),
+                ip: Ipv6Addr::from_u128(rng.gen_range(0..100) * 1000),
             }
         })
         .collect();

benches/regex_all_terms.rs

@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-// Benchmarks regex query that matches all terms in a synthetic index.
-//
-// Corpus model:
-// - N unique terms: t000000, t000001, ...
-// - M docs
-// - K tokens per doc: doc i gets terms derived from (i, token_index)
-//
-// Query:
-// - Regex "t.*" to match all terms
-//
-// Run with:
-// - cargo bench --bench regex_all_terms
-//
-
-use std::fmt::Write;
-
-use binggan::{black_box, BenchRunner};
-use tantivy::collector::Count;
-use tantivy::query::RegexQuery;
-use tantivy::schema::{Schema, TEXT};
-use tantivy::{doc, Index, ReloadPolicy};
-
-const HEAP_SIZE_BYTES: usize = 200_000_000;
-
-#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
-struct BenchConfig {
-    num_terms: usize,
-    num_docs: usize,
-    tokens_per_doc: usize,
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    let configs = default_configs();
-
-    let mut runner = BenchRunner::new();
-    for config in configs {
-        let (index, text_field) = build_index(config, HEAP_SIZE_BYTES);
-        let reader = index
-            .reader_builder()
-            .reload_policy(ReloadPolicy::Manual)
-            .try_into()
-            .expect("reader");
-        let searcher = reader.searcher();
-        let query = RegexQuery::from_pattern("t.*", text_field).expect("regex query");
-
-        let mut group = runner.new_group();
-        group.set_name(format!(
-            "regex_all_terms_t{}_d{}_k{}",
-            config.num_terms, config.num_docs, config.tokens_per_doc
-        ));
-        group.register("regex_count", move |_| {
-            let count = searcher.search(&query, &Count).expect("search");
-            black_box(count);
-        });
-        group.run();
-    }
-}
-
-fn default_configs() -> Vec<BenchConfig> {
-    vec![
-        BenchConfig {
-            num_terms: 10_000,
-            num_docs: 100_000,
-            tokens_per_doc: 1,
-        },
-        BenchConfig {
-            num_terms: 10_000,
-            num_docs: 100_000,
-            tokens_per_doc: 8,
-        },
-        BenchConfig {
-            num_terms: 100_000,
-            num_docs: 100_000,
-            tokens_per_doc: 1,
-        },
-        BenchConfig {
-            num_terms: 100_000,
-            num_docs: 100_000,
-            tokens_per_doc: 8,
-        },
-    ]
-}
-
-fn build_index(config: BenchConfig, heap_size_bytes: usize) -> (Index, tantivy::schema::Field) {
-    let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-    let text_field = schema_builder.add_text_field("text", TEXT);
-    let schema = schema_builder.build();
-    let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
-
-    let term_width = config.num_terms.to_string().len();
-    {
-        let mut writer = index
-            .writer_with_num_threads(1, heap_size_bytes)
-            .expect("writer");
-        let mut buffer = String::new();
-        for doc_id in 0..config.num_docs {
-            buffer.clear();
-            for token_idx in 0..config.tokens_per_doc {
-                if token_idx > 0 {
-                    buffer.push(' ');
-                }
-                let term_id = (doc_id * config.tokens_per_doc + token_idx) % config.num_terms;
-                write!(&mut buffer, "t{term_id:0term_width$}").expect("write token");
-            }
-            writer
-                .add_document(doc!(text_field => buffer.as_str()))
-                .expect("add_document");
-        }
-        writer.commit().expect("commit");
-    }
-
-    (index, text_field)
-}

benches/str_search_and_get.rs

@@ -1,421 +0,0 @@
-// This benchmark compares different approaches for retrieving string values:
-//
-// 1. Fast Field Approach: retrieves string values via term_ords() and ord_to_str()
-//
-// 2. Doc Store Approach: retrieves string values via searcher.doc() and field extraction
-//
-// The benchmark includes various data distributions:
-// - Dense Sequential: Sequential document IDs with dense data
-// - Dense Random: Random document IDs with dense data
-// - Sparse Sequential: Sequential document IDs with sparse data
-// - Sparse Random: Random document IDs with sparse data
-use std::ops::Bound;
-
-use binggan::{black_box, BenchGroup, BenchRunner};
-use rand::prelude::*;
-use rand::rngs::StdRng;
-use rand::SeedableRng;
-use tantivy::collector::{Count, DocSetCollector};
-use tantivy::query::RangeQuery;
-use tantivy::schema::document::TantivyDocument;
-use tantivy::schema::{Schema, Value, FAST, STORED, STRING};
-use tantivy::{doc, Index, ReloadPolicy, Searcher, Term};
-
-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct BenchIndex {
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
-    index: Index,
-    searcher: Searcher,
-}
-
-fn build_shared_indices(num_docs: usize, distribution: &str) -> BenchIndex {
-    // Schema with string fast field and stored field for doc access
-    let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-    let f_str_fast = schema_builder.add_text_field("str_fast", STRING | STORED | FAST);
-    let f_str_stored = schema_builder.add_text_field("str_stored", STRING | STORED);
-    let schema = schema_builder.build();
-    let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema.clone());
-
-    // Populate index with stable RNG for reproducibility.
-    let mut rng = StdRng::from_seed([7u8; 32]);
-
-    {
-        let mut writer = index.writer_with_num_threads(1, 4_000_000_000).unwrap();
-
-        match distribution {
-            "dense_random" => {
-                for _doc_id in 0..num_docs {
-                    let suffix = rng.gen_range(0u64..1000u64);
-                    let str_val = format!("str_{:03}", suffix);
-
-                    writer
-                        .add_document(doc!(
-                            f_str_fast=>str_val.clone(),
-                            f_str_stored=>str_val,
-                        ))
-                        .unwrap();
-                }
-            }
-            "dense_sequential" => {
-                for doc_id in 0..num_docs {
-                    let suffix = doc_id as u64 % 1000;
-                    let str_val = format!("str_{:03}", suffix);
-
-                    writer
-                        .add_document(doc!(
-                            f_str_fast=>str_val.clone(),
-                            f_str_stored=>str_val,
-                        ))
-                        .unwrap();
-                }
-            }
-            "sparse_random" => {
-                for _doc_id in 0..num_docs {
-                    let suffix = rng.gen_range(0u64..1000000u64);
-                    let str_val = format!("str_{:07}", suffix);
-
-                    writer
-                        .add_document(doc!(
-                            f_str_fast=>str_val.clone(),
-                            f_str_stored=>str_val,
-                        ))
-                        .unwrap();
-                }
-            }
-            "sparse_sequential" => {
-                for doc_id in 0..num_docs {
-                    let suffix = doc_id as u64;
-                    let str_val = format!("str_{:07}", suffix);
-
-                    writer
-                        .add_document(doc!(
-                            f_str_fast=>str_val.clone(),
-                            f_str_stored=>str_val,
-                        ))
-                        .unwrap();
-                }
-            }
-            _ => {
-                panic!("Unsupported distribution type");
-            }
-        }
-        writer.commit().unwrap();
-    }
-
-    // Prepare reader/searcher once.
-    let reader = index
-        .reader_builder()
-        .reload_policy(ReloadPolicy::Manual)
-        .try_into()
-        .unwrap();
-    let searcher = reader.searcher();
-
-    BenchIndex { index, searcher }
-}
-
-fn main() {
-    // Prepare corpora with varying scenarios
-    let scenarios = vec![
-        (
-            "dense_random_search_low_range".to_string(),
-            1_000_000,
-            "dense_random",
-            0,
-            9,
-        ),
-        (
-            "dense_random_search_high_range".to_string(),
-            1_000_000,
-            "dense_random",
-            990,
-            999,
-        ),
-        (
-            "dense_sequential_search_low_range".to_string(),
-            1_000_000,
-            "dense_sequential",
-            0,
-            9,
-        ),
-        (
-            "dense_sequential_search_high_range".to_string(),
-            1_000_000,
-            "dense_sequential",
-            990,
-            999,
-        ),
-        (
-            "sparse_random_search_low_range".to_string(),
-            1_000_000,
-            "sparse_random",
-            0,
-            9999,
-        ),
-        (
-            "sparse_random_search_high_range".to_string(),
-            1_000_000,
-            "sparse_random",
-            990_000,
-            999_999,
-        ),
-        (
-            "sparse_sequential_search_low_range".to_string(),
-            1_000_000,
-            "sparse_sequential",
-            0,
-            9999,
-        ),
-        (
-            "sparse_sequential_search_high_range".to_string(),
-            1_000_000,
-            "sparse_sequential",
-            990_000,
-            999_999,
-        ),
-    ];
-
-    let mut runner = BenchRunner::new();
-    for (scenario_id, n, distribution, range_low, range_high) in scenarios {
-        let bench_index = build_shared_indices(n, distribution);
-        let mut group = runner.new_group();
-        group.set_name(scenario_id);
-
-        let field = bench_index.searcher.schema().get_field("str_fast").unwrap();
-
-        let (lower_str, upper_str) =
-            if distribution == "dense_sequential" || distribution == "dense_random" {
-                (
-                    format!("str_{:03}", range_low),
-                    format!("str_{:03}", range_high),
-                )
-            } else {
-                (
-                    format!("str_{:07}", range_low),
-                    format!("str_{:07}", range_high),
-                )
-            };
-
-        let lower_term = Term::from_field_text(field, &lower_str);
-        let upper_term = Term::from_field_text(field, &upper_str);
-
-        let query = RangeQuery::new(Bound::Included(lower_term), Bound::Included(upper_term));
-
-        run_benchmark_tasks(&mut group, &bench_index, query, range_low, range_high);
-
-        group.run();
-    }
-}
-
-/// Run all benchmark tasks for a given range query
-fn run_benchmark_tasks(
-    bench_group: &mut BenchGroup,
-    bench_index: &BenchIndex,
-    query: RangeQuery,
-    range_low: u64,
-    range_high: u64,
-) {
-    // Test count of matching documents
-    add_bench_task_count(
-        bench_group,
-        bench_index,
-        query.clone(),
-        range_low,
-        range_high,
-    );
-
-    // Test fetching all DocIds of matching documents
-    add_bench_task_docset(
-        bench_group,
-        bench_index,
-        query.clone(),
-        range_low,
-        range_high,
-    );
-
-    // Test fetching all string fast field values of matching documents
-    add_bench_task_fetch_all_strings(
-        bench_group,
-        bench_index,
-        query.clone(),
-        range_low,
-        range_high,
-    );
-
-    // Test fetching all string values of matching documents through doc() method
-    add_bench_task_fetch_all_strings_from_doc(
-        bench_group,
-        bench_index,
-        query,
-        range_low,
-        range_high,
-    );
-}
-
-fn add_bench_task_count(
-    bench_group: &mut BenchGroup,
-    bench_index: &BenchIndex,
-    query: RangeQuery,
-    range_low: u64,
-    range_high: u64,
-) {
-    let task_name = format!("string_search_count_[{}-{}]", range_low, range_high);
-
-    let search_task = CountSearchTask {
-        searcher: bench_index.searcher.clone(),
-        query,
-    };
-    bench_group.register(task_name, move |_| black_box(search_task.run()));
-}
-
-fn add_bench_task_docset(
-    bench_group: &mut BenchGroup,
-    bench_index: &BenchIndex,
-    query: RangeQuery,
-    range_low: u64,
-    range_high: u64,
-) {
-    let task_name = format!("string_fetch_all_docset_[{}-{}]", range_low, range_high);
-
-    let search_task = DocSetSearchTask {
-        searcher: bench_index.searcher.clone(),
-        query,
-    };
-    bench_group.register(task_name, move |_| black_box(search_task.run()));
-}
-
-fn add_bench_task_fetch_all_strings(
-    bench_group: &mut BenchGroup,
-    bench_index: &BenchIndex,
-    query: RangeQuery,
-    range_low: u64,
-    range_high: u64,
-) {
-    let task_name = format!(
-        "string_fastfield_fetch_all_strings_[{}-{}]",
-        range_low, range_high
-    );
-
-    let search_task = FetchAllStringsSearchTask {
-        searcher: bench_index.searcher.clone(),
-        query,
-    };
-
-    bench_group.register(task_name, move |_| {
-        let result = black_box(search_task.run());
-        result.len()
-    });
-}
-
-fn add_bench_task_fetch_all_strings_from_doc(
-    bench_group: &mut BenchGroup,
-    bench_index: &BenchIndex,
-    query: RangeQuery,
-    range_low: u64,
-    range_high: u64,
-) {
-    let task_name = format!(
-        "string_doc_fetch_all_strings_[{}-{}]",
-        range_low, range_high
-    );
-
-    let search_task = FetchAllStringsFromDocTask {
-        searcher: bench_index.searcher.clone(),
-        query,
-    };
-
-    bench_group.register(task_name, move |_| {
-        let result = black_box(search_task.run());
-        result.len()
-    });
-}
-
-struct CountSearchTask {
-    searcher: Searcher,
-    query: RangeQuery,
-}
-
-impl CountSearchTask {
-    #[inline(never)]
-    pub fn run(&self) -> usize {
-        self.searcher.search(&self.query, &Count).unwrap()
-    }
-}
-
-struct DocSetSearchTask {
-    searcher: Searcher,
-    query: RangeQuery,
-}
-
-impl DocSetSearchTask {
-    #[inline(never)]
-    pub fn run(&self) -> usize {
-        let result = self.searcher.search(&self.query, &DocSetCollector).unwrap();
-        result.len()
-    }
-}
-
-struct FetchAllStringsSearchTask {
-    searcher: Searcher,
-    query: RangeQuery,
-}
-
-impl FetchAllStringsSearchTask {
-    #[inline(never)]
-    pub fn run(&self) -> Vec<String> {
-        let doc_addresses = self.searcher.search(&self.query, &DocSetCollector).unwrap();
-        let mut docs = doc_addresses.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        docs.sort();
-        let mut strings = Vec::with_capacity(docs.len());
-
-        for doc_address in docs {
-            let segment_reader = &self.searcher.segment_readers()[doc_address.segment_ord as usize];
-            let str_column_opt = segment_reader.fast_fields().str("str_fast");
-
-            if let Ok(Some(str_column)) = str_column_opt {
-                let doc_id = doc_address.doc_id;
-                let term_ord = str_column.term_ords(doc_id).next().unwrap();
-                let mut str_buffer = String::new();
-                if str_column.ord_to_str(term_ord, &mut str_buffer).is_ok() {
-                    strings.push(str_buffer);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        strings
-    }
-}
-
-struct FetchAllStringsFromDocTask {
-    searcher: Searcher,
-    query: RangeQuery,
-}
-
-impl FetchAllStringsFromDocTask {
-    #[inline(never)]
-    pub fn run(&self) -> Vec<String> {
-        let doc_addresses = self.searcher.search(&self.query, &DocSetCollector).unwrap();
-        let mut docs = doc_addresses.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        docs.sort();
-        let mut strings = Vec::with_capacity(docs.len());
-
-        let str_stored_field = self
-            .searcher
-            .schema()
-            .get_field("str_stored")
-            .expect("str_stored field should exist");
-
-        for doc_address in docs {
-            // Get the document from the doc store (row store access)
-            if let Ok(doc) = self.searcher.doc::<TantivyDocument>(doc_address) {
-                // Extract string values from the stored field
-                if let Some(field_value) = doc.get_first(str_stored_field) {
-                    if let Some(text) = field_value.as_value().as_str() {
-                        strings.push(text.to_string());
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        strings
-    }
-}

bitpacker/Cargo.toml

@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy"
 bitpacking = { version = "0.9.2", default-features = false, features = ["bitpacker1x"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-rand = "0.9"
+rand = "0.8"
 proptest = "1"

bitpacker/benches/bench.rs

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ extern crate test;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use rand::rng;
     use rand::seq::IteratorRandom;
+    use rand::thread_rng;
     use tantivy_bitpacker::{BitPacker, BitUnpacker, BlockedBitpacker};
     use test::Bencher;
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mod tests {
         let num_els = 1_000_000u32;
         let bit_unpacker = BitUnpacker::new(bit_width);
         let data = create_bitpacked_data(bit_width, num_els);
-        let idxs: Vec<u32> = (0..num_els).choose_multiple(&mut rng(), 100_000);
+        let idxs: Vec<u32> = (0..num_els).choose_multiple(&mut thread_rng(), 100_000);
         b.iter(|| {
             let mut out = 0u64;
             for &idx in &idxs {

columnar/Cargo.toml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ downcast-rs = "2.0.1"
 [dev-dependencies]
 proptest = "1"
 more-asserts = "0.3.1"
-rand = "0.9"
+rand = "0.8"
 binggan = "0.14.0"
 
 [[bench]]

columnar/benches/bench_column_values_get.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use tantivy_columnar::column_values::{CodecType, serialize_and_load_u64_based_co
 fn get_data() -> Vec<u64> {
     let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(2u64);
     let mut data: Vec<_> = (100..55_000_u64)
-        .map(|num| num + rng.random::<u8>() as u64)
+        .map(|num| num + rng.r#gen::<u8>() as u64)
         .collect();
     data.push(99_000);
     data.insert(1000, 2000);

columnar/benches/bench_create_column_values.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use tantivy_columnar::column_values::{CodecType, serialize_u64_based_column_valu
 fn get_data() -> Vec<u64> {
     let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(2u64);
     let mut data: Vec<_> = (100..55_000_u64)
-        .map(|num| num + rng.random::<u8>() as u64)
+        .map(|num| num + rng.r#gen::<u8>() as u64)
         .collect();
     data.push(99_000);
     data.insert(1000, 2000);

columnar/benches/bench_optional_index.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const TOTAL_NUM_VALUES: u32 = 1_000_000;
 fn gen_optional_index(fill_ratio: f64) -> OptionalIndex {
     let mut rng: StdRng = StdRng::from_seed([1u8; 32]);
     let vals: Vec<u32> = (0..TOTAL_NUM_VALUES)
-        .map(|_| rng.random_bool(fill_ratio))
+        .map(|_| rng.gen_bool(fill_ratio))
         .enumerate()
         .filter(|(_pos, val)| *val)
         .map(|(pos, _)| pos as u32)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fn random_range_iterator(
     let mut rng: StdRng = StdRng::from_seed([1u8; 32]);
     let mut current = start;
     std::iter::from_fn(move || {
-        current += rng.random_range(avg_step_size - avg_deviation..=avg_step_size + avg_deviation);
+        current += rng.gen_range(avg_step_size - avg_deviation..=avg_step_size + avg_deviation);
         if current >= end { None } else { Some(current) }
     })
 }

columnar/benches/bench_values_u128.rs

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fn get_data_50percent_item() -> Vec<u128> {
 
     let mut data = vec![];
     for _ in 0..300_000 {
-        let val = rng.random_range(1..=100);
+        let val = rng.gen_range(1..=100);
         data.push(val);
     }
     data.push(SINGLE_ITEM);

columnar/benches/bench_values_u64.rs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn get_data_50percent_item() -> Vec<u128> {
 
     let mut data = vec![];
     for _ in 0..300_000 {
-        let val = rng.random_range(1..=100);
+        let val = rng.gen_range(1..=100);
         data.push(val);
     }
     data.push(SINGLE_ITEM);

columnar/src/column_values/u64_based/linear.rs

@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn linear_interpol_fast_field_rand() {
-        let mut rng = rand::rng();
+        let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
         for _ in 0..50 {
             let mut data = (0..10_000).map(|_| rng.next_u64()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
             create_and_validate::<LinearCodec>(&data, "random");

columnar/src/column_values/u64_based/tests.rs

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pub(crate) fn create_and_validate<TColumnCodec: ColumnCodec>(
     assert_eq!(vals, buffer);
 
     if !vals.is_empty() {
-        let test_rand_idx = rand::rng().random_range(0..=vals.len() - 1);
+        let test_rand_idx = rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0..=vals.len() - 1);
         let expected_positions: Vec<u32> = vals
             .iter()
             .enumerate()

common/Cargo.toml

@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.136", features = ["derive"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 binggan = "0.14.0"
 proptest = "1.0.0"
-rand = "0.9"
+rand = "0.8.4"
 

common/benches/bench.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use binggan::{BenchRunner, black_box};
-use rand::rng;
 use rand::seq::IteratorRandom;
+use rand::thread_rng;
 use tantivy_common::{BitSet, TinySet, serialize_vint_u32};
 
 fn bench_vint() {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fn bench_vint() {
         black_box(out);
     });
 
-    let vals: Vec<u32> = (0..20_000).choose_multiple(&mut rng(), 100_000);
+    let vals: Vec<u32> = (0..20_000).choose_multiple(&mut thread_rng(), 100_000);
     runner.bench_function("bench_vint_rand", move |_| {
         let mut out = 0u64;
         for val in vals.iter().cloned() {

common/src/bitset.rs

@@ -178,13 +178,11 @@ impl TinySet {
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct BitSet {
     tinysets: Box<[TinySet]>,
-    len: u64,
     max_value: u32,
 }
 impl std::fmt::Debug for BitSet {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("BitSet")
-            .field("len", &self.len)
             .field("max_value", &self.max_value)
             .finish()
     }
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ impl BitSet {
         let tinybitsets = vec![TinySet::empty(); num_buckets as usize].into_boxed_slice();
         BitSet {
             tinysets: tinybitsets,
-            len: 0,
             max_value,
         }
     }
@@ -230,7 +227,6 @@ impl BitSet {
         }
         BitSet {
             tinysets: tinybitsets,
-            len: max_value as u64,
             max_value,
         }
     }
@@ -249,17 +245,19 @@ impl BitSet {
 
     /// Intersect with tinysets
     fn intersect_update_with_iter(&mut self, other: impl Iterator<Item = TinySet>) {
-        self.len = 0;
         for (left, right) in self.tinysets.iter_mut().zip(other) {
             *left = left.intersect(right);
-            self.len += left.len() as u64;
         }
     }
 
     /// Returns the number of elements in the `BitSet`.
     #[inline]
     pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
-        self.len as usize
+        self.tinysets
+            .iter()
+            .copied()
+            .map(|tinyset| tinyset.len())
+            .sum::<u32>() as usize
     }
 
     /// Inserts an element in the `BitSet`
@@ -268,7 +266,7 @@ impl BitSet {
         // we do not check saturated els.
         let higher = el / 64u32;
         let lower = el % 64u32;
-        self.len += u64::from(self.tinysets[higher as usize].insert_mut(lower));
+        self.tinysets[higher as usize].insert_mut(lower);
     }
 
     /// Inserts an element in the `BitSet`
@@ -277,7 +275,7 @@ impl BitSet {
         // we do not check saturated els.
         let higher = el / 64u32;
         let lower = el % 64u32;
-        self.len -= u64::from(self.tinysets[higher as usize].remove_mut(lower));
+        self.tinysets[higher as usize].remove_mut(lower);
     }
 
     /// Returns true iff the elements is in the `BitSet`.
@@ -416,7 +414,7 @@ mod tests {
     use std::collections::HashSet;
 
     use ownedbytes::OwnedBytes;
-    use rand::distr::Bernoulli;
+    use rand::distributions::Bernoulli;
     use rand::rngs::StdRng;
     use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
 

doc/src/json.md

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ At indexing, tantivy will try to interpret number and strings as different type
 priority order.
 
 Numbers will be interpreted as u64, i64 and f64 in that order.
-Strings will be interpreted as rfc3339 dates or simple strings.
+Strings will be interpreted as rfc3999 dates or simple strings.
 
 The first working type is picked and is the only term that is emitted for indexing.
 Note this interpretation happens on a per-document basis, and there is no effort to try to sniff
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Will be interpreted as
 (my_path.my_segment, String, 233) or (my_path.my_segment, u64, 233)
 ```
 
-Likewise, we need to emit two tokens if the query contains an rfc3339 date.
+Likewise, we need to emit two tokens if the query contains an rfc3999 date.
 Indeed the date could have been actually a single token inside the text of a document at ingestion time. Generally speaking, we will always at least emit a string token in query parsing, and sometimes more.
 
 If one more json field is defined, things get even more complicated.

examples/iterating_docs_and_positions.rs

@@ -91,46 +91,10 @@ fn main() -> tantivy::Result<()> {
         }
     }
 
-    // A `Term` is a text token associated with a field.
-    // Let's go through all docs containing the term `title:the` and access their position
-    let term_the = Term::from_field_text(title, "the");
-
-    // Some other powerful operations (especially `.skip_to`) may be useful to consume these
+    // Some other powerful operations (especially `.seek`) may be useful to consume these
     // posting lists rapidly.
     // You can check for them in the [`DocSet`](https://docs.rs/tantivy/~0/tantivy/trait.DocSet.html) trait
     // and the [`Postings`](https://docs.rs/tantivy/~0/tantivy/trait.Postings.html) trait
 
-    // Also, for some VERY specific high performance use case like an OLAP analysis of logs,
-    // you can get better performance by accessing directly the blocks of doc ids.
-    for segment_reader in searcher.segment_readers() {
-        // A segment contains different data structure.
-        // Inverted index stands for the combination of
-        // - the term dictionary
-        // - the inverted lists associated with each terms and their positions
-        let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(title)?;
-
-        // This segment posting object is like a cursor over the documents matching the term.
-        // The `IndexRecordOption` arguments tells tantivy we will be interested in both term
-        // frequencies and positions.
-        //
-        // If you don't need all this information, you may get better performance by decompressing
-        // less information.
-        if let Some(mut block_segment_postings) =
-            inverted_index.read_block_postings(&term_the, IndexRecordOption::Basic)?
-        {
-            loop {
-                let docs = block_segment_postings.docs();
-                if docs.is_empty() {
-                    break;
-                }
-                // Once again these docs MAY contains deleted documents as well.
-                let docs = block_segment_postings.docs();
-                // Prints `Docs [0, 2].`
-                println!("Docs {docs:?}");
-                block_segment_postings.advance();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     Ok(())
 }

query-grammar/src/query_grammar.rs

@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ fn range_infallible(inp: &str) -> JResult<&str, UserInputLeaf> {
             (
                 (
                     value((), tag(">=")),
-                    map(word_infallible(")", false), |(bound, err)| {
+                    map(word_infallible("", false), |(bound, err)| {
                         (
                             (
                                 bound
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ fn range_infallible(inp: &str) -> JResult<&str, UserInputLeaf> {
                 ),
                 (
                     value((), tag("<=")),
-                    map(word_infallible(")", false), |(bound, err)| {
+                    map(word_infallible("", false), |(bound, err)| {
                         (
                             (
                                 UserInputBound::Unbounded,
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ fn range_infallible(inp: &str) -> JResult<&str, UserInputLeaf> {
                 ),
                 (
                     value((), tag(">")),
-                    map(word_infallible(")", false), |(bound, err)| {
+                    map(word_infallible("", false), |(bound, err)| {
                         (
                             (
                                 bound
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ fn range_infallible(inp: &str) -> JResult<&str, UserInputLeaf> {
                 ),
                 (
                     value((), tag("<")),
-                    map(word_infallible(")", false), |(bound, err)| {
+                    map(word_infallible("", false), |(bound, err)| {
                         (
                             (
                                 UserInputBound::Unbounded,
@@ -1323,14 +1323,6 @@ mod test {
         test_parse_query_to_ast_helper("<a", "{\"*\" TO \"a\"}");
         test_parse_query_to_ast_helper("<=a", "{\"*\" TO \"a\"]");
         test_parse_query_to_ast_helper("<=bsd", "{\"*\" TO \"bsd\"]");
-
-        test_parse_query_to_ast_helper("(<=42)", "{\"*\" TO \"42\"]");
-        test_parse_query_to_ast_helper("(<=42 )", "{\"*\" TO \"42\"]");
-        test_parse_query_to_ast_helper("(age:>5)", "\"age\":{\"5\" TO \"*\"}");
-        test_parse_query_to_ast_helper(
-            "(title:bar AND age:>12)",
-            "(+\"title\":bar +\"age\":{\"12\" TO \"*\"})",
-        );
     }
 
     #[test]

src/aggregation/agg_result.rs

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use super::bucket::GetDocCount;
 use super::metric::{
-    AverageMetricResult, CardinalityMetricResult, ExtendedStats, PercentilesMetricResult,
-    SingleMetricResult, Stats, TopHitsMetricResult,
+    ExtendedStats, PercentilesMetricResult, SingleMetricResult, Stats, TopHitsMetricResult,
 };
 use super::{AggregationError, Key};
 use crate::TantivyError;
@@ -82,8 +81,8 @@ impl AggregationResult {
 #[serde(untagged)]
 /// MetricResult
 pub enum MetricResult {
-    /// Average metric result with sum and count for multi-step merging.
-    Average(AverageMetricResult),
+    /// Average metric result.
+    Average(SingleMetricResult),
     /// Count metric result.
     Count(SingleMetricResult),
     /// Max metric result.
@@ -100,8 +99,8 @@ pub enum MetricResult {
     Percentiles(PercentilesMetricResult),
     /// Top hits metric result
     TopHits(TopHitsMetricResult),
-    /// Cardinality metric result with HLL sketch for multi-step merging.
-    Cardinality(CardinalityMetricResult),
+    /// Cardinality metric result
+    Cardinality(SingleMetricResult),
 }
 
 impl MetricResult {
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ impl MetricResult {
             MetricResult::TopHits(_) => Err(TantivyError::AggregationError(
                 AggregationError::InvalidRequest("top_hits can't be used to order".to_string()),
             )),
-            MetricResult::Cardinality(card) => Ok(card.value),  // CardinalityMetricResult.value
+            MetricResult::Cardinality(card) => Ok(card.value),
         }
     }
 }

src/aggregation/agg_tests.rs

@@ -1359,10 +1359,10 @@ fn test_aggregation_on_json_object_mixed_types() {
         &serde_json::json!({
           "rangeagg": {
             "buckets": [
-              { "average_in_range": { "value": -20.5, "sum": -20.5, "count": 1 }, "doc_count": 1, "key": "*-3", "to": 3.0 },
-              { "average_in_range": { "value": 10.0, "sum": 10.0, "count": 1 }, "doc_count": 1, "from": 3.0, "key": "3-19", "to": 19.0 },
-              { "average_in_range": { "value": null, "sum": 0.0, "count": 0 }, "doc_count": 0, "from": 19.0, "key": "19-20", "to": 20.0 },
-              { "average_in_range": { "value": null, "sum": 0.0, "count": 0 }, "doc_count": 0, "from": 20.0, "key": "20-*" }
+              { "average_in_range": { "value": -20.5 }, "doc_count": 1, "key": "*-3", "to": 3.0 },
+              { "average_in_range": { "value": 10.0 }, "doc_count": 1, "from": 3.0, "key": "3-19", "to": 19.0 },
+              { "average_in_range": { "value": null }, "doc_count": 0, "from": 19.0, "key": "19-20", "to": 20.0 },
+              { "average_in_range": { "value": null }, "doc_count": 0, "from": 20.0, "key": "20-*" }
             ]
           },
           "termagg": {

src/aggregation/bucket/filter.rs

@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ mod tests {
         let expected = json!({
             "electronics": {
                 "doc_count": 2,
-                "avg_price": { "value": 899.0, "sum": 1798.0, "count": 2 }  // (999 + 799) / 2
+                "avg_price": { "value": 899.0 }  // (999 + 799) / 2
             }
         });
 
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ mod tests {
         let expected = json!({
             "furniture": {
                 "doc_count": 0,
-                "avg_price": { "value": null, "sum": 0.0, "count": 0 }
+                "avg_price": { "value": null }
             }
         });
 
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ mod tests {
         let expected = json!({
             "electronics": {
                 "doc_count": 2,
-                "avg_price": { "value": 899.0, "sum": 1798.0, "count": 2 }
+                "avg_price": { "value": 899.0 }
             },
             "in_stock": {
                 "doc_count": 3,  // apple, samsung, penguin
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ mod tests {
         let expected = json!({
             "premium_electronics": {
                 "doc_count": 1,  // Only apple (999) is >= 800 in tantivy's range semantics
-                "avg_rating": { "value": 4.5, "sum": 4.5, "count": 1 }
+                "avg_rating": { "value": 4.5 }
             }
         });
 
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ mod tests {
         let expected = json!({
             "in_stock": {
                 "doc_count": 3,  // apple, samsung, penguin
-                "avg_price": { "value": 607.67, "sum": 1823.0, "count": 3 }  // (999 + 799 + 25) / 3 ≈ 607.67
+                "avg_price": { "value": 607.67 }  // (999 + 799 + 25) / 3 ≈ 607.67
             },
             "out_of_stock": {
                 "doc_count": 1,  // nike
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "doc_count": 4,
                 "electronics_branch": {
                     "doc_count": 2,
-                    "avg_price": { "value": 899.0, "sum": 1798.0, "count": 2 }
+                    "avg_price": { "value": 899.0 }
                 },
                 "in_stock_branch": {
                     "doc_count": 3,
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ mod tests {
                     "doc_count": 2,  // apple (999), samsung (799)
                     "electronics": {
                         "doc_count": 2,  // both are electronics
-                        "avg_rating": { "value": 4.35, "sum": 8.7, "count": 2 }  // (4.5 + 4.2) / 2
+                        "avg_rating": { "value": 4.35 }  // (4.5 + 4.2) / 2
                     },
                     "in_stock": {
                         "doc_count": 2,  // both are in stock
@@ -1321,12 +1321,12 @@ mod tests {
                         {
                             "key": "samsung",
                             "doc_count": 1,
-                            "avg_price": { "value": 799.0, "sum": 799.0, "count": 1 }
+                            "avg_price": { "value": 799.0 }
                         },
                         {
                             "key": "apple",
                             "doc_count": 1,
-                            "avg_price": { "value": 999.0, "sum": 999.0, "count": 1 }
+                            "avg_price": { "value": 999.0 }
                         }
                     ],
                     "sum_other_doc_count": 0,
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ mod tests {
                     "sum": 1798.0,
                     "avg": 899.0
                 },
-                "rating_avg": { "value": 4.35, "sum": 8.7, "count": 2 },
+                "rating_avg": { "value": 4.35 },
                 "count": { "value": 2.0 }
             }
         });
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ mod tests {
         let expected = json!({
             "electronics": {
                 "doc_count": 0,
-                "avg_price": { "value": null, "sum": 0.0, "count": 0 }
+                "avg_price": { "value": null }
             }
         });
 
@@ -1698,15 +1698,13 @@ mod tests {
         let filter_expected = json!({
             "electronics": {
                 "doc_count": 2,
-                "avg_price": { "value": 899.0, "sum": 1798.0, "count": 2 }
+                "avg_price": { "value": 899.0 }
             }
         });
 
         let separate_expected = json!({
             "result": {
-                "value": 899.0,
-                "sum": 1798.0,
-                "count": 2
+                "value": 899.0
             }
         });
 

src/aggregation/bucket/histogram/histogram.rs

@@ -1222,9 +1222,7 @@ mod tests {
             res["histogram"]["buckets"][0],
             json!({
                 "avg": {
-                    "value": Value::Null,
-                    "sum": 0.0,
-                    "count": 0
+                    "value": Value::Null
                 },
                 "doc_count": 0,
                 "key": 2.0,

src/aggregation/intermediate_agg_result.rs

@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ use super::bucket::{
     GetDocCount, Order, OrderTarget, RangeAggregation, TermsAggregation,
 };
 use super::metric::{
-    AverageMetricResult, CardinalityMetricResult, IntermediateAverage, IntermediateCount,
-    IntermediateExtendedStats, IntermediateMax, IntermediateMin, IntermediateStats, IntermediateSum,
-    PercentilesCollector, TopHitsTopNComputer,
+    IntermediateAverage, IntermediateCount, IntermediateExtendedStats, IntermediateMax,
+    IntermediateMin, IntermediateStats, IntermediateSum, PercentilesCollector, TopHitsTopNComputer,
 };
 use super::segment_agg_result::AggregationLimitsGuard;
 use super::{format_date, AggregationError, Key, SerializedKey};
@@ -326,11 +325,7 @@ impl IntermediateMetricResult {
     fn into_final_metric_result(self, req: &Aggregation) -> MetricResult {
         match self {
             IntermediateMetricResult::Average(intermediate_avg) => {
-                MetricResult::Average(AverageMetricResult {
-                    value: intermediate_avg.finalize(),
-                    sum: intermediate_avg.sum(),
-                    count: intermediate_avg.count(),
-                })
+                MetricResult::Average(intermediate_avg.finalize().into())
             }
             IntermediateMetricResult::Count(intermediate_count) => {
                 MetricResult::Count(intermediate_count.finalize().into())
@@ -358,11 +353,7 @@ impl IntermediateMetricResult {
                 MetricResult::TopHits(top_hits.into_final_result())
             }
             IntermediateMetricResult::Cardinality(cardinality) => {
-                let value = cardinality.finalize();
-                MetricResult::Cardinality(CardinalityMetricResult {
-                    value,
-                    sketch: Some(cardinality),
-                })
+                MetricResult::Cardinality(cardinality.finalize().into())
             }
         }
     }
@@ -829,7 +820,7 @@ impl IntermediateRangeBucketEntry {
         };
 
         // If we have a date type on the histogram buckets, we add the `key_as_string` field as
-        // rfc3339
+        // rfc339
         if column_type == Some(ColumnType::DateTime) {
             if let Some(val) = range_bucket_entry.to {
                 let key_as_string = format_date(val as i64)?;

src/aggregation/metric/average.rs

@@ -63,16 +63,6 @@ impl IntermediateAverage {
     pub fn finalize(&self) -> Option<f64> {
         self.stats.finalize().avg
     }
-
-    /// Returns the sum of all collected values.
-    pub fn sum(&self) -> f64 {
-        self.stats.sum
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the count of all collected values.
-    pub fn count(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.stats.count
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]

src/aggregation/metric/cardinality.rs

@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ impl PartialEq for CardinalityCollector {
 
 impl CardinalityCollector {
     /// Compute the final cardinality estimate.
-    pub fn finalize(&self) -> Option<f64> {
+    pub fn finalize(self) -> Option<f64> {
         Some(self.sketch.clone().count().trunc())
     }
 

src/aggregation/metric/mod.rs

@@ -93,41 +93,6 @@ impl From<Option<f64>> for SingleMetricResult {
     }
 }
 
-/// Average metric result with intermediate data for merging.
-///
-/// Unlike [`SingleMetricResult`], this struct includes the raw `sum` and `count`
-/// values that can be used for multi-step query merging.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct AverageMetricResult {
-    /// The computed average value. None if no documents matched.
-    pub value: Option<f64>,
-    /// The sum of all values (for multi-step merging).
-    pub sum: f64,
-    /// The count of all values (for multi-step merging).
-    pub count: u64,
-}
-
-/// Cardinality metric result with computed value and raw HLL sketch for multi-step merging.
-///
-/// The `value` field contains the computed cardinality estimate.
-/// The `sketch` field contains the serialized HyperLogLog++ sketch that can be used
-/// for merging results across multiple query steps.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct CardinalityMetricResult {
-    /// The computed cardinality estimate.
-    pub value: Option<f64>,
-    /// The serialized HyperLogLog++ sketch for multi-step merging.
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    pub sketch: Option<CardinalityCollector>,
-}
-
-impl PartialEq for CardinalityMetricResult {
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        // Only compare values, not sketch (sketch comparison is complex)
-        self.value == other.value
-    }
-}
-
 /// This is the wrapper of percentile entries, which can be vector or hashmap
 /// depending on if it's keyed or not.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -146,26 +111,13 @@ pub struct PercentileValuesVecEntry {
     value: f64,
 }
 
-/// Percentiles metric result with computed values and raw sketch for multi-step merging.
+/// Single-metric aggregations use this common result structure.
 ///
-/// The `values` field contains the computed percentile values.
-/// The `sketch` field contains the serialized DDSketch that can be used for merging
-/// results across multiple query steps.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+/// Main reason to wrap it in value is to match elasticsearch output structure.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct PercentilesMetricResult {
-    /// The computed percentile values.
+    /// The result of the percentile metric.
     pub values: PercentileValues,
-    /// The serialized DDSketch for multi-step merging.
-    /// This is the raw sketch data that can be deserialized and merged with other sketches.
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    pub sketch: Option<PercentilesCollector>,
-}
-
-impl PartialEq for PercentilesMetricResult {
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        // Only compare values, not sketch (sketch comparison is complex)
-        self.values == other.values
-    }
 }
 
 /// The top_hits metric results entry
@@ -246,104 +198,4 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(aggregations_res_json["price_min"]["value"], 0.0);
         assert_eq!(aggregations_res_json["price_sum"]["value"], 15.0);
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_average_returns_sum_and_count() {
-        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-        let field_options = NumericOptions::default().set_fast();
-        let field = schema_builder.add_f64_field("price", field_options);
-        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema_builder.build());
-        let mut index_writer: IndexWriter = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
-
-        // Add documents with values 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
-        // sum = 15, count = 6, avg = 2.5
-        for i in 0..6 {
-            index_writer
-                .add_document(doc!(
-                    field => i as f64,
-                ))
-                .unwrap();
-        }
-        index_writer.commit().unwrap();
-
-        let aggregations_json = r#"{ "price_avg": { "avg": { "field": "price" } } }"#;
-        let aggregations: Aggregations = serde_json::from_str(aggregations_json).unwrap();
-        let collector = AggregationCollector::from_aggs(aggregations, Default::default());
-        let reader = index.reader().unwrap();
-        let searcher = reader.searcher();
-        let aggregations_res: AggregationResults = searcher.search(&AllQuery, &collector).unwrap();
-        let aggregations_res_json = serde_json::to_value(aggregations_res).unwrap();
-
-        // Verify all three fields are present and correct
-        assert_eq!(aggregations_res_json["price_avg"]["value"], 2.5);
-        assert_eq!(aggregations_res_json["price_avg"]["sum"], 15.0);
-        assert_eq!(aggregations_res_json["price_avg"]["count"], 6);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_percentiles_returns_sketch() {
-        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-        let field_options = NumericOptions::default().set_fast();
-        let field = schema_builder.add_f64_field("latency", field_options);
-        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema_builder.build());
-        let mut index_writer: IndexWriter = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
-
-        // Add documents with latency values
-        for i in 0..100 {
-            index_writer
-                .add_document(doc!(
-                    field => i as f64,
-                ))
-                .unwrap();
-        }
-        index_writer.commit().unwrap();
-
-        let aggregations_json =
-            r#"{ "latency_percentiles": { "percentiles": { "field": "latency" } } }"#;
-        let aggregations: Aggregations = serde_json::from_str(aggregations_json).unwrap();
-        let collector = AggregationCollector::from_aggs(aggregations, Default::default());
-        let reader = index.reader().unwrap();
-        let searcher = reader.searcher();
-        let aggregations_res: AggregationResults = searcher.search(&AllQuery, &collector).unwrap();
-        let aggregations_res_json = serde_json::to_value(aggregations_res).unwrap();
-
-        // Verify percentile values are present
-        assert!(aggregations_res_json["latency_percentiles"]["values"].is_object());
-        // Verify sketch is present (serialized DDSketch)
-        assert!(aggregations_res_json["latency_percentiles"]["sketch"].is_object());
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_cardinality_returns_sketch() {
-        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-        let field_options = NumericOptions::default().set_fast();
-        let field = schema_builder.add_u64_field("user_id", field_options);
-        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema_builder.build());
-        let mut index_writer: IndexWriter = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
-
-        // Add documents with some duplicate user_ids
-        for i in 0..50 {
-            index_writer
-                .add_document(doc!(
-                    field => (i % 10) as u64,  // 10 unique values
-                ))
-                .unwrap();
-        }
-        index_writer.commit().unwrap();
-
-        let aggregations_json =
-            r#"{ "unique_users": { "cardinality": { "field": "user_id" } } }"#;
-        let aggregations: Aggregations = serde_json::from_str(aggregations_json).unwrap();
-        let collector = AggregationCollector::from_aggs(aggregations, Default::default());
-        let reader = index.reader().unwrap();
-        let searcher = reader.searcher();
-        let aggregations_res: AggregationResults = searcher.search(&AllQuery, &collector).unwrap();
-        let aggregations_res_json = serde_json::to_value(aggregations_res).unwrap();
-
-        // Verify cardinality value is present and approximately correct
-        let cardinality = aggregations_res_json["unique_users"]["value"].as_f64().unwrap();
-        assert!(cardinality >= 9.0 && cardinality <= 11.0); // HLL is approximate
-        // Verify sketch is present (serialized HyperLogLog++)
-        assert!(aggregations_res_json["unique_users"]["sketch"].is_object());
-    }
 }

src/aggregation/metric/percentiles.rs

@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ fn format_percentile(percentile: f64) -> String {
 impl PercentilesCollector {
     /// Convert result into final result. This will query the quantils from the underlying quantil
     /// collector.
-    ///
-    /// The result includes both the computed percentile values and the raw DDSketch
-    /// for multi-step query merging.
     pub fn into_final_result(self, req: &PercentilesAggregationReq) -> PercentilesMetricResult {
         let percentiles: &[f64] = req
             .percents
@@ -213,15 +210,7 @@ impl PercentilesCollector {
                     .collect(),
             )
         };
-        PercentilesMetricResult {
-            values,
-            sketch: Some(self),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Returns a reference to the underlying DDSketch.
-    pub fn sketch(&self) -> &sketches_ddsketch::DDSketch {
-        &self.sketch
+        PercentilesMetricResult { values }
     }
 
     fn new() -> Self {

src/codec/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/// Codec specific to postings data.
+pub mod postings;
+
+/// Standard tantivy codec. This is the codec you use by default.
+pub mod standard;
+
+use std::io;
+
+pub use standard::StandardCodec;
+
+use crate::codec::postings::PostingsCodec;
+use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
+use crate::postings::{Postings, TermInfo};
+use crate::query::{box_scorer, Bm25Weight, Scorer};
+use crate::schema::IndexRecordOption;
+use crate::{DocId, InvertedIndexReader, Score};
+
+/// Codecs describes how data is layed out on disk.
+///
+/// For the moment, only postings codec can be custom.
+pub trait Codec: Clone + std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + 'static {
+    /// The specific postings type used by this codec.
+    type PostingsCodec: PostingsCodec;
+
+    /// Name of the codec. It should be unique to your codec.
+    const NAME: &'static str;
+
+    /// Load codec based on the codec configuration.
+    fn from_json_props(json_value: &serde_json::Value) -> crate::Result<Self>;
+
+    /// Get codec configuration.
+    fn to_json_props(&self) -> serde_json::Value;
+
+    /// Returns the postings codec.
+    fn postings_codec(&self) -> &Self::PostingsCodec;
+}
+
+/// Object-safe codec is a Codec that can be used in a trait object.
+///
+/// The point of it is to offer a way to use a codec without a proliferation of generics.
+pub trait ObjectSafeCodec: 'static + Send + Sync {
+    /// Loads a type-erased Postings object for the given term.
+    ///
+    /// If the schema used to build the index did not provide enough
+    /// information to match the requested `option`, a Postings is still
+    /// returned in a best-effort manner.
+    fn load_postings_type_erased(
+        &self,
+        term_info: &TermInfo,
+        option: IndexRecordOption,
+        inverted_index_reader: &InvertedIndexReader,
+    ) -> io::Result<Box<dyn Postings>>;
+
+    /// Loads a type-erased TermScorer object for the given term.
+    ///
+    /// If the schema used to build the index did not provide enough
+    /// information to match the requested `option`, a TermScorer is still
+    /// returned in a best-effort manner.
+    ///
+    /// The point of this contraption is that the return TermScorer is backed,
+    /// not by Box<dyn Postings> but by the codec's concrete Postings type.
+    fn load_term_scorer_type_erased(
+        &self,
+        term_info: &TermInfo,
+        option: IndexRecordOption,
+        inverted_index_reader: &InvertedIndexReader,
+        fieldnorm_reader: FieldNormReader,
+        similarity_weight: Bm25Weight,
+    ) -> io::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>>;
+
+    /// Loads a type-erased PhraseScorer object for the given term.
+    ///
+    /// If the schema used to build the index did not provide enough
+    /// information to match the requested `option`, a TermScorer is still
+    /// returned in a best-effort manner.
+    ///
+    /// The point of this contraption is that the return PhraseScorer is backed,
+    /// not by Box<dyn Postings> but by the codec's concrete Postings type.
+    fn new_phrase_scorer_type_erased(
+        &self,
+        term_infos: &[(usize, TermInfo)],
+        similarity_weight: Option<Bm25Weight>,
+        fieldnorm_reader: FieldNormReader,
+        slop: u32,
+        inverted_index_reader: &InvertedIndexReader,
+    ) -> io::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>>;
+
+    /// Performs a for_each_pruning operation on the given scorer.
+    ///
+    /// The function will go through matching documents and call the callback
+    /// function for all docs with a score exceeding the threshold.
+    ///
+    /// The function itself will return a larger threshold value,
+    /// meant to update the threshold value.
+    ///
+    /// If the codec and the scorer allow it, this function can rely on
+    /// optimizations like the block-max wand.
+    fn for_each_pruning(
+        &self,
+        threshold: Score,
+        scorer: Box<dyn Scorer>,
+        callback: &mut dyn FnMut(DocId, Score) -> Score,
+    );
+}
+
+impl<TCodec: Codec> ObjectSafeCodec for TCodec {
+    fn load_postings_type_erased(
+        &self,
+        term_info: &TermInfo,
+        option: IndexRecordOption,
+        inverted_index_reader: &InvertedIndexReader,
+    ) -> io::Result<Box<dyn Postings>> {
+        let postings = inverted_index_reader
+            .read_postings_from_terminfo_specialized(term_info, option, self)?;
+        Ok(Box::new(postings))
+    }
+
+    fn load_term_scorer_type_erased(
+        &self,
+        term_info: &TermInfo,
+        option: IndexRecordOption,
+        inverted_index_reader: &InvertedIndexReader,
+        fieldnorm_reader: FieldNormReader,
+        similarity_weight: Bm25Weight,
+    ) -> io::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
+        let scorer = inverted_index_reader.new_term_scorer_specialized(
+            term_info,
+            option,
+            fieldnorm_reader,
+            similarity_weight,
+            self,
+        )?;
+        Ok(box_scorer(scorer))
+    }
+
+    fn new_phrase_scorer_type_erased(
+        &self,
+        term_infos: &[(usize, TermInfo)],
+        similarity_weight: Option<Bm25Weight>,
+        fieldnorm_reader: FieldNormReader,
+        slop: u32,
+        inverted_index_reader: &InvertedIndexReader,
+    ) -> io::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
+        let scorer = inverted_index_reader.new_phrase_scorer_type_specialized(
+            term_infos,
+            similarity_weight,
+            fieldnorm_reader,
+            slop,
+            self,
+        )?;
+        Ok(box_scorer(scorer))
+    }
+
+    fn for_each_pruning(
+        &self,
+        threshold: Score,
+        scorer: Box<dyn Scorer>,
+        callback: &mut dyn FnMut(DocId, Score) -> Score,
+    ) {
+        let accerelerated_foreach_pruning_res =
+            <TCodec as Codec>::PostingsCodec::try_accelerated_for_each_pruning(
+                threshold, scorer, callback,
+            );
+        if let Err(mut scorer) = accerelerated_foreach_pruning_res {
+            // No acceleration available. We need to do things manually.
+            scorer.for_each_pruning(threshold, callback);
+        }
+    }
+}

src/codec/postings/block_wand.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 
+use crate::codec::postings::PostingsWithBlockMax;
 use crate::query::term_query::TermScorer;
 use crate::query::Scorer;
 use crate::{DocId, DocSet, Score, TERMINATED};
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ use crate::{DocId, DocSet, Score, TERMINATED};
 /// We always have `before_pivot_len` < `pivot_len`.
 ///
 /// `None` is returned if we establish that no document can exceed the threshold.
-fn find_pivot_doc(
-    term_scorers: &[TermScorerWithMaxScore],
+fn find_pivot_doc<TPostings: PostingsWithBlockMax>(
+    term_scorers: &[TermScorerWithMaxScore<TPostings>],
     threshold: Score,
 ) -> Option<(usize, usize, DocId)> {
     let mut max_score = 0.0;
@@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ fn find_pivot_doc(
 /// the next doc candidate defined by the min of `last_doc_in_block + 1` for
 /// scorer in scorers[..pivot_len] and `scorer.doc()` for scorer in scorers[pivot_len..].
 /// Note: before and after calling this method, scorers need to be sorted by their `.doc()`.
-fn block_max_was_too_low_advance_one_scorer(
-    scorers: &mut [TermScorerWithMaxScore],
+fn block_max_was_too_low_advance_one_scorer<TPostings: PostingsWithBlockMax>(
+    scorers: &mut [TermScorerWithMaxScore<TPostings>],
     pivot_len: usize,
 ) {
     debug_assert!(is_sorted(scorers.iter().map(|scorer| scorer.doc())));
@@ -82,7 +83,10 @@ fn block_max_was_too_low_advance_one_scorer(
 // Given a list of term_scorers and a `ord` and assuming that `term_scorers[ord]` is sorted
 // except term_scorers[ord] that might be in advance compared to its ranks,
 // bubble up term_scorers[ord] in order to restore the ordering.
-fn restore_ordering(term_scorers: &mut [TermScorerWithMaxScore], ord: usize) {
+fn restore_ordering<TPostings: PostingsWithBlockMax>(
+    term_scorers: &mut [TermScorerWithMaxScore<TPostings>],
+    ord: usize,
+) {
     let doc = term_scorers[ord].doc();
     for i in ord + 1..term_scorers.len() {
         if term_scorers[i].doc() >= doc {
@@ -97,9 +101,10 @@ fn restore_ordering(term_scorers: &mut [TermScorerWithMaxScore], ord: usize) {
 // If this works, return true.
 // If this fails (ie: one of the term_scorer does not contain `pivot_doc` and seek goes past the
 // pivot), reorder the term_scorers to ensure the list is still sorted and returns `false`.
-// If a term_scorer reach TERMINATED in the process return false remove the term_scorer and return.
-fn align_scorers(
-    term_scorers: &mut Vec<TermScorerWithMaxScore>,
+// If a term_scorer reach TERMINATED in the process return false remove the term_scorer and
+// return.
+fn align_scorers<TPostings: PostingsWithBlockMax>(
+    term_scorers: &mut Vec<TermScorerWithMaxScore<TPostings>>,
     pivot_doc: DocId,
     before_pivot_len: usize,
 ) -> bool {
@@ -126,7 +131,10 @@ fn align_scorers(
 // Assumes terms_scorers[..pivot_len] are positioned on the same doc (pivot_doc).
 // Advance term_scorers[..pivot_len] and out of these removes the terminated scores.
 // Restores the ordering of term_scorers.
-fn advance_all_scorers_on_pivot(term_scorers: &mut Vec<TermScorerWithMaxScore>, pivot_len: usize) {
+fn advance_all_scorers_on_pivot<TPostings: PostingsWithBlockMax>(
+    term_scorers: &mut Vec<TermScorerWithMaxScore<TPostings>>,
+    pivot_len: usize,
+) {
     for term_scorer in &mut term_scorers[..pivot_len] {
         term_scorer.advance();
     }
@@ -145,12 +153,12 @@ fn advance_all_scorers_on_pivot(term_scorers: &mut Vec<TermScorerWithMaxScore>,
 /// Implements the WAND (Weak AND) algorithm for dynamic pruning
 /// described in the paper "Faster Top-k Document Retrieval Using Block-Max Indexes".
 /// Link: <http://engineering.nyu.edu/~suel/papers/bmw.pdf>
-pub fn block_wand(
-    mut scorers: Vec<TermScorer>,
+pub fn block_wand<TPostings: PostingsWithBlockMax>(
+    mut scorers: Vec<TermScorer<TPostings>>,
     mut threshold: Score,
     callback: &mut dyn FnMut(u32, Score) -> Score,
 ) {
-    let mut scorers: Vec<TermScorerWithMaxScore> = scorers
+    let mut scorers: Vec<TermScorerWithMaxScore<TPostings>> = scorers
         .iter_mut()
         .map(TermScorerWithMaxScore::from)
         .collect();
@@ -166,10 +174,7 @@ pub fn block_wand(
 
         let block_max_score_upperbound: Score = scorers[..pivot_len]
             .iter_mut()
-            .map(|scorer| {
-                scorer.seek_block(pivot_doc);
-                scorer.block_max_score()
-            })
+            .map(|scorer| scorer.seek_block_max(pivot_doc))
             .sum();
 
         // Beware after shallow advance, skip readers can be in advance compared to
@@ -220,21 +225,22 @@ pub fn block_wand(
 ///   - On a block, advance until the end and execute `callback` when the doc score is greater or
 ///     equal to the `threshold`.
 pub fn block_wand_single_scorer(
-    mut scorer: TermScorer,
+    mut scorer: TermScorer<impl PostingsWithBlockMax>,
     mut threshold: Score,
     callback: &mut dyn FnMut(u32, Score) -> Score,
 ) {
     let mut doc = scorer.doc();
+    let mut block_max_score = scorer.seek_block_max(doc);
     loop {
         // We position the scorer on a block that can reach
         // the threshold.
-        while scorer.block_max_score() < threshold {
+        while block_max_score < threshold {
             let last_doc_in_block = scorer.last_doc_in_block();
             if last_doc_in_block == TERMINATED {
                 return;
             }
             doc = last_doc_in_block + 1;
-            scorer.seek_block(doc);
+            block_max_score = scorer.seek_block_max(doc);
         }
         // Seek will effectively load that block.
         doc = scorer.seek(doc);
@@ -256,31 +262,33 @@ pub fn block_wand_single_scorer(
             }
         }
         doc += 1;
-        scorer.seek_block(doc);
+        block_max_score = scorer.seek_block_max(doc);
     }
 }
 
-struct TermScorerWithMaxScore<'a> {
-    scorer: &'a mut TermScorer,
+struct TermScorerWithMaxScore<'a, TPostings: PostingsWithBlockMax> {
+    scorer: &'a mut TermScorer<TPostings>,
     max_score: Score,
 }
 
-impl<'a> From<&'a mut TermScorer> for TermScorerWithMaxScore<'a> {
-    fn from(scorer: &'a mut TermScorer) -> Self {
+impl<'a, TPostings: PostingsWithBlockMax> From<&'a mut TermScorer<TPostings>>
+    for TermScorerWithMaxScore<'a, TPostings>
+{
+    fn from(scorer: &'a mut TermScorer<TPostings>) -> Self {
         let max_score = scorer.max_score();
         TermScorerWithMaxScore { scorer, max_score }
     }
 }
 
-impl Deref for TermScorerWithMaxScore<'_> {
-    type Target = TermScorer;
+impl<TPostings: PostingsWithBlockMax> Deref for TermScorerWithMaxScore<'_, TPostings> {
+    type Target = TermScorer<TPostings>;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
         self.scorer
     }
 }
 
-impl DerefMut for TermScorerWithMaxScore<'_> {
+impl<TPostings: PostingsWithBlockMax> DerefMut for TermScorerWithMaxScore<'_, TPostings> {
     fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
         self.scorer
     }

src/codec/postings/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+use std::io;
+
+/// Block-max WAND algorithm.
+pub mod block_wand;
+use common::OwnedBytes;
+
+use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
+use crate::postings::Postings;
+use crate::query::{Bm25Weight, Scorer};
+use crate::schema::IndexRecordOption;
+use crate::{DocId, Score};
+
+/// Postings codec.
+pub trait PostingsCodec: Send + Sync + 'static {
+    /// Serializer type for the postings codec.
+    type PostingsSerializer: PostingsSerializer;
+    /// Postings type for the postings codec.
+    type Postings: Postings + Clone;
+    /// Creates a new postings serializer.
+    fn new_serializer(
+        &self,
+        avg_fieldnorm: Score,
+        mode: IndexRecordOption,
+        fieldnorm_reader: Option<FieldNormReader>,
+    ) -> Self::PostingsSerializer;
+
+    /// Loads postings
+    ///
+    /// Record option is the option that was passed at indexing time.
+    /// Requested option is the option that is requested.
+    ///
+    /// For instance, we may have term_freq in the posting list
+    /// but we can skip decompressing as we read the posting list.
+    ///
+    /// If record option does not support the requested option,
+    /// this method does NOT return an error and will in fact restrict
+    /// requested_option to what is available.
+    fn load_postings(
+        &self,
+        doc_freq: u32,
+        postings_data: OwnedBytes,
+        record_option: IndexRecordOption,
+        requested_option: IndexRecordOption,
+        positions_data: Option<OwnedBytes>,
+    ) -> io::Result<Self::Postings>;
+
+    /// If your codec supports different ways to accelerate `for_each_pruning` that's
+    /// where you should implement it.
+    ///
+    /// Returning `Err(scorer)` without mutating the scorer nor calling the callback function,
+    /// is never "wrong". It just leaves the responsability to the caller to call a fallback
+    /// implementation on the scorer.
+    ///
+    /// If your codec supports BlockMax-Wand, you just need to have your
+    /// postings implement `PostingsWithBlockMax` and copy what is done in the StandardPostings
+    /// codec to enable it.
+    fn try_accelerated_for_each_pruning(
+        _threshold: Score,
+        scorer: Box<dyn Scorer>,
+        _callback: &mut dyn FnMut(DocId, Score) -> Score,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Scorer>> {
+        Err(scorer)
+    }
+}
+
+/// A postings serializer is a listener that is in charge of serializing postings
+///
+/// IO is done only once per postings, once all of the data has been received.
+/// A serializer will therefore contain internal buffers.
+///
+/// A serializer is created once and recycled for all postings.
+///
+/// Clients should use PostingsSerializer as follows.
+/// ```
+/// // First postings list
+/// serializer.new_term(2, true);
+/// serializer.write_doc(2, 1);
+/// serializer.write_doc(6, 2);
+/// serializer.close_term(3);
+/// serializer.clear();
+/// // Second postings list
+/// serializer.new_term(1, true);
+/// serializer.write_doc(3, 1);
+/// serializer.close_term(3);
+/// ```
+pub trait PostingsSerializer {
+    /// The term_doc_freq here is the number of documents
+    /// in the postings lists.
+    ///
+    /// It can be used to compute the idf that will be used for the
+    /// blockmax parameters.
+    ///
+    /// If not available (e.g. if we do not collect `term_frequencies`
+    /// blockwand is disabled), the term_doc_freq passed will be set 0.
+    fn new_term(&mut self, term_doc_freq: u32, record_term_freq: bool);
+
+    /// Records a new document id for the current term.
+    /// The serializer may ignore it.
+    fn write_doc(&mut self, doc_id: DocId, term_freq: u32);
+
+    /// Closes the current term and writes the postings list associated.
+    fn close_term(&mut self, doc_freq: u32, wrt: &mut impl io::Write) -> io::Result<()>;
+}
+
+/// A light complement interface to Postings to allow block-max wand acceleration.
+pub trait PostingsWithBlockMax: Postings {
+    /// Moves the postings to the block containign `target_doc` and returns
+    /// an upperbound of the score for documents in the block.
+    ///
+    /// `Warning`: Calling this method may leave the postings in an invalid state.
+    /// callers are required to call seek before calling any other of the
+    /// `Postings` method (like doc / advance etc.).
+    fn seek_block_max(&mut self, target_doc: crate::DocId, similarity_weight: &Bm25Weight)
+        -> Score;
+
+    /// Returns the last document in the current block (or Terminated if this
+    /// is the last block).
+    fn last_doc_in_block(&self) -> crate::DocId;
+}

src/codec/standard/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use crate::codec::standard::postings::StandardPostingsCodec;
+use crate::codec::Codec;
+
+/// Tantivy's default postings codec.
+pub mod postings;
+
+/// Tantivy's default codec.
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct StandardCodec;
+
+impl Codec for StandardCodec {
+    type PostingsCodec = StandardPostingsCodec;
+
+    const NAME: &'static str = "standard";
+
+    fn from_json_props(json_value: &serde_json::Value) -> crate::Result<Self> {
+        if !json_value.is_null() {
+            return Err(crate::TantivyError::InvalidArgument(format!(
+                "Codec property for the StandardCodec are unexpected. expected null, got {}",
+                json_value.as_str().unwrap_or("null")
+            )));
+        }
+        Ok(StandardCodec)
+    }
+
+    fn to_json_props(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
+        serde_json::Value::Null
+    }
+
+    fn postings_codec(&self) -> &Self::PostingsCodec {
+        &StandardPostingsCodec
+    }
+}

src/codec/standard/postings/block.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+use crate::postings::compression::COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE;
+use crate::DocId;
+
+pub struct Block {
+    doc_ids: [DocId; COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE],
+    term_freqs: [u32; COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE],
+    len: usize,
+}
+
+impl Block {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Block {
+            doc_ids: [0u32; COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE],
+            term_freqs: [0u32; COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE],
+            len: 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn doc_ids(&self) -> &[DocId] {
+        &self.doc_ids[..self.len]
+    }
+
+    pub fn term_freqs(&self) -> &[u32] {
+        &self.term_freqs[..self.len]
+    }
+
+    pub fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.len = 0;
+    }
+
+    pub fn append_doc(&mut self, doc: DocId, term_freq: u32) {
+        let len = self.len;
+        self.doc_ids[len] = doc;
+        self.term_freqs[len] = term_freq;
+        self.len = len + 1;
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_full(&self) -> bool {
+        self.len == COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.len == 0
+    }
+
+    pub fn last_doc(&self) -> DocId {
+        assert_eq!(self.len, COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE);
+        self.doc_ids[COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE - 1]
+    }
+}

src/codec/standard/postings/block_segment_postings.rs

@@ -1,28 +1,18 @@
 use std::io;
 
-use common::VInt;
+use common::{OwnedBytes, VInt};
 
-use crate::directory::{FileSlice, OwnedBytes};
-use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
-use crate::postings::compression::{BlockDecoder, VIntDecoder, COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE};
-use crate::postings::{BlockInfo, FreqReadingOption, SkipReader};
+use crate::codec::standard::postings::skip::{BlockInfo, SkipReader};
+use crate::codec::standard::postings::FreqReadingOption;
+use crate::postings::compression::{BlockDecoder, VIntDecoder as _, COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE};
 use crate::query::Bm25Weight;
 use crate::schema::IndexRecordOption;
 use crate::{DocId, Score, TERMINATED};
 
-fn max_score<I: Iterator<Item = Score>>(mut it: I) -> Option<Score> {
-    it.next().map(|first| it.fold(first, Score::max))
-}
-
 /// `BlockSegmentPostings` is a cursor iterating over blocks
 /// of documents.
-///
-/// # Warning
-///
-/// While it is useful for some very specific high-performance
-/// use cases, you should prefer using `SegmentPostings` for most usage.
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct BlockSegmentPostings {
+pub(crate) struct BlockSegmentPostings {
     pub(crate) doc_decoder: BlockDecoder,
     block_loaded: bool,
     freq_decoder: BlockDecoder,
@@ -88,7 +78,7 @@ fn split_into_skips_and_postings(
 }
 
 impl BlockSegmentPostings {
-    /// Opens a `BlockSegmentPostings`.
+    /// Opens a `StandardPostingsReader`.
     /// `doc_freq` is the number of documents in the posting list.
     /// `record_option` represents the amount of data available according to the schema.
     /// `requested_option` is the amount of data requested by the user.
@@ -96,11 +86,10 @@ impl BlockSegmentPostings {
     /// term frequency blocks.
     pub(crate) fn open(
         doc_freq: u32,
-        data: FileSlice,
+        bytes: OwnedBytes,
         mut record_option: IndexRecordOption,
         requested_option: IndexRecordOption,
     ) -> io::Result<BlockSegmentPostings> {
-        let bytes = data.read_bytes()?;
         let (skip_data_opt, postings_data) = split_into_skips_and_postings(doc_freq, bytes)?;
         let skip_reader = match skip_data_opt {
             Some(skip_data) => {
@@ -138,76 +127,9 @@ impl BlockSegmentPostings {
         block_segment_postings.load_block();
         Ok(block_segment_postings)
     }
+}
 
-    /// Returns the block_max_score for the current block.
-    /// It does not require the block to be loaded. For instance, it is ok to call this method
-    /// after having called `.shallow_advance(..)`.
-    ///
-    /// See `TermScorer::block_max_score(..)` for more information.
-    pub fn block_max_score(
-        &mut self,
-        fieldnorm_reader: &FieldNormReader,
-        bm25_weight: &Bm25Weight,
-    ) -> Score {
-        if let Some(score) = self.block_max_score_cache {
-            return score;
-        }
-        if let Some(skip_reader_max_score) = self.skip_reader.block_max_score(bm25_weight) {
-            // if we are on a full block, the skip reader should have the block max information
-            // for us
-            self.block_max_score_cache = Some(skip_reader_max_score);
-            return skip_reader_max_score;
-        }
-        // this is the last block of the segment posting list.
-        // If it is actually loaded, we can compute block max manually.
-        if self.block_is_loaded() {
-            let docs = self.doc_decoder.output_array().iter().cloned();
-            let freqs = self.freq_decoder.output_array().iter().cloned();
-            let bm25_scores = docs.zip(freqs).map(|(doc, term_freq)| {
-                let fieldnorm_id = fieldnorm_reader.fieldnorm_id(doc);
-                bm25_weight.score(fieldnorm_id, term_freq)
-            });
-            let block_max_score = max_score(bm25_scores).unwrap_or(0.0);
-            self.block_max_score_cache = Some(block_max_score);
-            return block_max_score;
-        }
-        // We do not have access to any good block max value. We return bm25_weight.max_score()
-        // as it is a valid upperbound.
-        //
-        // We do not cache it however, so that it gets computed when once block is loaded.
-        bm25_weight.max_score()
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn freq_reading_option(&self) -> FreqReadingOption {
-        self.freq_reading_option
-    }
-
-    // Resets the block segment postings on another position
-    // in the postings file.
-    //
-    // This is useful for enumerating through a list of terms,
-    // and consuming the associated posting lists while avoiding
-    // reallocating a `BlockSegmentPostings`.
-    //
-    // # Warning
-    //
-    // This does not reset the positions list.
-    pub(crate) fn reset(&mut self, doc_freq: u32, postings_data: OwnedBytes) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let (skip_data_opt, postings_data) =
-            split_into_skips_and_postings(doc_freq, postings_data)?;
-        self.data = postings_data;
-        self.block_max_score_cache = None;
-        self.block_loaded = false;
-        if let Some(skip_data) = skip_data_opt {
-            self.skip_reader.reset(skip_data, doc_freq);
-        } else {
-            self.skip_reader.reset(OwnedBytes::empty(), doc_freq);
-        }
-        self.doc_freq = doc_freq;
-        self.load_block();
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
+impl BlockSegmentPostings {
     /// Returns the overall number of documents in the block postings.
     /// It does not take in account whether documents are deleted or not.
     ///
@@ -223,7 +145,7 @@ impl BlockSegmentPostings {
     /// returned by `.docs()` is empty.
     #[inline]
     pub fn docs(&self) -> &[DocId] {
-        debug_assert!(self.block_is_loaded());
+        debug_assert!(self.block_loaded);
         self.doc_decoder.output_array()
     }
 
@@ -236,35 +158,24 @@ impl BlockSegmentPostings {
     /// Return the array of `term freq` in the block.
     #[inline]
     pub fn freqs(&self) -> &[u32] {
-        debug_assert!(self.block_is_loaded());
+        debug_assert!(self.block_loaded);
         self.freq_decoder.output_array()
     }
 
     /// Return the frequency at index `idx` of the block.
     #[inline]
     pub fn freq(&self, idx: usize) -> u32 {
-        debug_assert!(self.block_is_loaded());
+        debug_assert!(self.block_loaded);
         self.freq_decoder.output(idx)
     }
 
-    /// Returns the length of the current block.
-    ///
-    /// All blocks have a length of `NUM_DOCS_PER_BLOCK`,
-    /// except the last block that may have a length
-    /// of any number between 1 and `NUM_DOCS_PER_BLOCK - 1`
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn block_len(&self) -> usize {
-        debug_assert!(self.block_is_loaded());
-        self.doc_decoder.output_len
-    }
-
     /// Position on a block that may contains `target_doc`.
     ///
     /// If all docs are smaller than target, the block loaded may be empty,
     /// or be the last an incomplete VInt block.
     pub fn seek(&mut self, target_doc: DocId) -> usize {
         // Move to the block that might contain our document.
-        self.seek_block(target_doc);
+        self.seek_block_without_loading(target_doc);
         self.load_block();
 
         // At this point we are on the block that might contain our document.
@@ -281,29 +192,76 @@ impl BlockSegmentPostings {
         doc
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn position_offset(&self) -> u64 {
+    pub fn position_offset(&self) -> u64 {
         self.skip_reader.position_offset()
     }
 
+    /// Advance to the next block.
+    pub fn advance(&mut self) {
+        self.skip_reader.advance();
+        self.block_loaded = false;
+        self.block_max_score_cache = None;
+        self.load_block();
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the block_max_score for the current block.
+    /// It does not require the block to be loaded. For instance, it is ok to call this method
+    /// after having called `.shallow_advance(..)`.
+    ///
+    /// See `TermScorer::block_max_score(..)` for more information.
+    pub fn block_max_score(&mut self, bm25_weight: &Bm25Weight) -> Score {
+        if let Some(score) = self.block_max_score_cache {
+            return score;
+        }
+        if let Some(skip_reader_max_score) = self.skip_reader.block_max_score(bm25_weight) {
+            // if we are on a full block, the skip reader should have the block max information
+            // for us
+            self.block_max_score_cache = Some(skip_reader_max_score);
+            return skip_reader_max_score;
+        }
+        // We do not have access to any good block max value.
+        // It happens if this is the last block.
+        // We return bm25_weight.max_score() as it is a valid upperbound.
+        //
+        // We do not cache it however, so that it gets computed when once block is loaded.
+        bm25_weight.max_score()
+    }
+}
+
+impl BlockSegmentPostings {
+    /// Returns an empty segment postings object
+    pub fn empty() -> BlockSegmentPostings {
+        BlockSegmentPostings {
+            doc_decoder: BlockDecoder::with_val(TERMINATED),
+            block_loaded: true,
+            freq_decoder: BlockDecoder::with_val(1),
+            freq_reading_option: FreqReadingOption::NoFreq,
+            block_max_score_cache: None,
+            doc_freq: 0,
+            data: OwnedBytes::empty(),
+            skip_reader: SkipReader::new(OwnedBytes::empty(), 0, IndexRecordOption::Basic),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn skip_reader(&self) -> &SkipReader {
+        &self.skip_reader
+    }
+
     /// Dangerous API! This calls seeks the next block on the skip list,
     /// but does not `.load_block()` afterwards.
     ///
     /// `.load_block()` needs to be called manually afterwards.
     /// If all docs are smaller than target, the block loaded may be empty,
     /// or be the last an incomplete VInt block.
-    pub(crate) fn seek_block(&mut self, target_doc: DocId) {
+    pub(crate) fn seek_block_without_loading(&mut self, target_doc: DocId) {
         if self.skip_reader.seek(target_doc) {
             self.block_max_score_cache = None;
             self.block_loaded = false;
         }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn block_is_loaded(&self) -> bool {
-        self.block_loaded
-    }
-
     pub(crate) fn load_block(&mut self) {
-        if self.block_is_loaded() {
+        if self.block_loaded {
             return;
         }
         let offset = self.skip_reader.byte_offset();
@@ -351,68 +309,40 @@ impl BlockSegmentPostings {
         }
         self.block_loaded = true;
     }
-
-    /// Advance to the next block.
-    pub fn advance(&mut self) {
-        self.skip_reader.advance();
-        self.block_loaded = false;
-        self.block_max_score_cache = None;
-        self.load_block();
-    }
-
-    /// Returns an empty segment postings object
-    pub fn empty() -> BlockSegmentPostings {
-        BlockSegmentPostings {
-            doc_decoder: BlockDecoder::with_val(TERMINATED),
-            block_loaded: true,
-            freq_decoder: BlockDecoder::with_val(1),
-            freq_reading_option: FreqReadingOption::NoFreq,
-            block_max_score_cache: None,
-            doc_freq: 0,
-            data: OwnedBytes::empty(),
-            skip_reader: SkipReader::new(OwnedBytes::empty(), 0, IndexRecordOption::Basic),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub(crate) fn skip_reader(&self) -> &SkipReader {
-        &self.skip_reader
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use common::HasLen;
+    use common::OwnedBytes;
 
     use super::BlockSegmentPostings;
+    use crate::codec::postings::PostingsSerializer;
+    use crate::codec::standard::postings::segment_postings::SegmentPostings;
+    use crate::codec::standard::postings::StandardPostingsSerializer;
     use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
-    use crate::index::Index;
     use crate::postings::compression::COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE;
-    use crate::postings::postings::Postings;
-    use crate::postings::SegmentPostings;
-    use crate::schema::{IndexRecordOption, Schema, Term, INDEXED};
-    use crate::DocId;
+    use crate::schema::IndexRecordOption;
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_empty_segment_postings() {
-        let mut postings = SegmentPostings::empty();
-        assert_eq!(postings.doc(), TERMINATED);
-        assert_eq!(postings.advance(), TERMINATED);
-        assert_eq!(postings.advance(), TERMINATED);
-        assert_eq!(postings.doc_freq(), 0);
-        assert_eq!(postings.len(), 0);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_empty_postings_doc_returns_terminated() {
-        let mut postings = SegmentPostings::empty();
-        assert_eq!(postings.doc(), TERMINATED);
-        assert_eq!(postings.advance(), TERMINATED);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_empty_postings_doc_term_freq_returns_0() {
-        let postings = SegmentPostings::empty();
-        assert_eq!(postings.term_freq(), 1);
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    fn build_block_postings(docs: &[u32]) -> BlockSegmentPostings {
+        let doc_freq = docs.len() as u32;
+        let mut postings_serializer =
+            StandardPostingsSerializer::new(1.0f32, IndexRecordOption::Basic, None);
+        postings_serializer.new_term(docs.len() as u32, false);
+        for doc in docs {
+            postings_serializer.write_doc(*doc, 1u32);
+        }
+        let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+        postings_serializer
+            .close_term(doc_freq, &mut buffer)
+            .unwrap();
+        BlockSegmentPostings::open(
+            doc_freq,
+            OwnedBytes::new(buffer),
+            IndexRecordOption::Basic,
+            IndexRecordOption::Basic,
+        )
+        .unwrap()
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -427,7 +357,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_block_segment_postings() -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let mut block_segments = build_block_postings(&(0..100_000).collect::<Vec<u32>>())?;
+        let mut block_segments = build_block_postings(&(0..100_000).collect::<Vec<u32>>());
         let mut offset: u32 = 0u32;
         // checking that the `doc_freq` is correct
         assert_eq!(block_segments.doc_freq(), 100_000);
@@ -452,7 +382,7 @@ mod tests {
         doc_ids.push(129);
         doc_ids.push(130);
         {
-            let block_segments = build_block_postings(&doc_ids)?;
+            let block_segments = build_block_postings(&doc_ids);
             let mut docset = SegmentPostings::from_block_postings(block_segments, None);
             assert_eq!(docset.seek(128), 129);
             assert_eq!(docset.doc(), 129);
@@ -461,7 +391,7 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(docset.advance(), TERMINATED);
         }
         {
-            let block_segments = build_block_postings(&doc_ids).unwrap();
+            let block_segments = build_block_postings(&doc_ids);
             let mut docset = SegmentPostings::from_block_postings(block_segments, None);
             assert_eq!(docset.seek(129), 129);
             assert_eq!(docset.doc(), 129);
@@ -470,7 +400,7 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(docset.advance(), TERMINATED);
         }
         {
-            let block_segments = build_block_postings(&doc_ids)?;
+            let block_segments = build_block_postings(&doc_ids);
             let mut docset = SegmentPostings::from_block_postings(block_segments, None);
             assert_eq!(docset.doc(), 0);
             assert_eq!(docset.seek(131), TERMINATED);
@@ -479,38 +409,13 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn build_block_postings(docs: &[DocId]) -> crate::Result<BlockSegmentPostings> {
-        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-        let int_field = schema_builder.add_u64_field("id", INDEXED);
-        let schema = schema_builder.build();
-        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
-        let mut index_writer = index.writer_for_tests()?;
-        let mut last_doc = 0u32;
-        for &doc in docs {
-            for _ in last_doc..doc {
-                index_writer.add_document(doc!(int_field=>1u64))?;
-            }
-            index_writer.add_document(doc!(int_field=>0u64))?;
-            last_doc = doc + 1;
-        }
-        index_writer.commit()?;
-        let searcher = index.reader()?.searcher();
-        let segment_reader = searcher.segment_reader(0);
-        let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(int_field).unwrap();
-        let term = Term::from_field_u64(int_field, 0u64);
-        let term_info = inverted_index.get_term_info(&term)?.unwrap();
-        let block_postings = inverted_index
-            .read_block_postings_from_terminfo(&term_info, IndexRecordOption::Basic)?;
-        Ok(block_postings)
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_block_segment_postings_seek() -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let mut docs = vec![0];
+        let mut docs = Vec::new();
         for i in 0..1300 {
             docs.push((i * i / 100) + i);
         }
-        let mut block_postings = build_block_postings(&docs[..])?;
+        let mut block_postings = build_block_postings(&docs[..]);
         for i in &[0, 424, 10000] {
             block_postings.seek(*i);
             let docs = block_postings.docs();
@@ -521,40 +426,4 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(block_postings.doc(COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE - 1), TERMINATED);
         Ok(())
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_reset_block_segment_postings() -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-        let int_field = schema_builder.add_u64_field("id", INDEXED);
-        let schema = schema_builder.build();
-        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
-        let mut index_writer = index.writer_for_tests()?;
-        // create two postings list, one containing even number,
-        // the other containing odd numbers.
-        for i in 0..6 {
-            let doc = doc!(int_field=> (i % 2) as u64);
-            index_writer.add_document(doc)?;
-        }
-        index_writer.commit()?;
-        let searcher = index.reader()?.searcher();
-        let segment_reader = searcher.segment_reader(0);
-
-        let mut block_segments;
-        {
-            let term = Term::from_field_u64(int_field, 0u64);
-            let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(int_field)?;
-            let term_info = inverted_index.get_term_info(&term)?.unwrap();
-            block_segments = inverted_index
-                .read_block_postings_from_terminfo(&term_info, IndexRecordOption::Basic)?;
-        }
-        assert_eq!(block_segments.docs(), &[0, 2, 4]);
-        {
-            let term = Term::from_field_u64(int_field, 1u64);
-            let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(int_field)?;
-            let term_info = inverted_index.get_term_info(&term)?.unwrap();
-            inverted_index.reset_block_postings_from_terminfo(&term_info, &mut block_segments)?;
-        }
-        assert_eq!(block_segments.docs(), &[1, 3, 5]);
-        Ok(())
-    }
 }

src/codec/standard/postings/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+use std::io;
+
+use crate::codec::postings::block_wand::{block_wand, block_wand_single_scorer};
+use crate::codec::postings::PostingsCodec;
+use crate::codec::standard::postings::block_segment_postings::BlockSegmentPostings;
+pub use crate::codec::standard::postings::segment_postings::SegmentPostings;
+use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
+use crate::positions::PositionReader;
+use crate::query::term_query::TermScorer;
+use crate::query::{BufferedUnionScorer, Scorer, SumCombiner};
+use crate::schema::IndexRecordOption;
+use crate::{DocSet as _, Score, TERMINATED};
+
+mod block;
+mod block_segment_postings;
+mod segment_postings;
+mod skip;
+mod standard_postings_serializer;
+
+pub use segment_postings::SegmentPostings as StandardPostings;
+pub use standard_postings_serializer::StandardPostingsSerializer;
+
+/// The default postings codec for tantivy.
+pub struct StandardPostingsCodec;
+
+#[expect(clippy::enum_variant_names)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Eq)]
+pub(crate) enum FreqReadingOption {
+    NoFreq,
+    SkipFreq,
+    ReadFreq,
+}
+
+impl PostingsCodec for StandardPostingsCodec {
+    type PostingsSerializer = StandardPostingsSerializer;
+    type Postings = SegmentPostings;
+
+    fn new_serializer(
+        &self,
+        avg_fieldnorm: Score,
+        mode: IndexRecordOption,
+        fieldnorm_reader: Option<FieldNormReader>,
+    ) -> Self::PostingsSerializer {
+        StandardPostingsSerializer::new(avg_fieldnorm, mode, fieldnorm_reader)
+    }
+
+    fn load_postings(
+        &self,
+        doc_freq: u32,
+        postings_data: common::OwnedBytes,
+        record_option: IndexRecordOption,
+        requested_option: IndexRecordOption,
+        positions_data_opt: Option<common::OwnedBytes>,
+    ) -> io::Result<Self::Postings> {
+        // Rationalize record_option/requested_option.
+        let requested_option = requested_option.downgrade(record_option);
+        let block_segment_postings =
+            BlockSegmentPostings::open(doc_freq, postings_data, record_option, requested_option)?;
+        let position_reader = positions_data_opt.map(PositionReader::open).transpose()?;
+        Ok(SegmentPostings::from_block_postings(
+            block_segment_postings,
+            position_reader,
+        ))
+    }
+
+    fn try_accelerated_for_each_pruning(
+        mut threshold: Score,
+        mut scorer: Box<dyn Scorer>,
+        callback: &mut dyn FnMut(crate::DocId, Score) -> Score,
+    ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Scorer>> {
+        scorer = match scorer.downcast::<TermScorer<Self::Postings>>() {
+            Ok(term_scorer) => {
+                block_wand_single_scorer(*term_scorer, threshold, callback);
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+            Err(scorer) => scorer,
+        };
+        let mut union_scorer =
+            scorer.downcast::<BufferedUnionScorer<Box<dyn Scorer>, SumCombiner>>()?;
+        if !union_scorer
+            .scorers()
+            .iter()
+            .all(|scorer| scorer.is::<TermScorer<Self::Postings>>())
+        {
+            return Err(union_scorer);
+        }
+        let doc = union_scorer.doc();
+        if doc == TERMINATED {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        let score = union_scorer.score();
+        if score > threshold {
+            threshold = callback(doc, score);
+        }
+        let boxed_scorers: Vec<Box<dyn Scorer>> = union_scorer.into_scorers();
+        let scorers: Vec<TermScorer<Self::Postings>> = boxed_scorers
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|scorer| {
+                *scorer.downcast::<TermScorer<Self::Postings>>().ok().expect(
+                    "Downcast failed despite the fact we already checked the type was correct",
+                )
+            })
+            .collect();
+        block_wand(scorers, threshold, callback);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}

src/codec/standard/postings/segment_postings.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-use common::HasLen;
+use common::{BitSet, HasLen};
 
+use super::BlockSegmentPostings;
+use crate::codec::postings::PostingsWithBlockMax;
 use crate::docset::DocSet;
-use crate::fastfield::AliveBitSet;
 use crate::positions::PositionReader;
 use crate::postings::compression::COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE;
-use crate::postings::{BlockSegmentPostings, Postings};
-use crate::{DocId, TERMINATED};
+use crate::postings::{DocFreq, Postings};
+use crate::query::Bm25Weight;
+use crate::{DocId, Score};
 
 /// `SegmentPostings` represents the inverted list or postings associated with
 /// a term in a `Segment`.
@@ -29,31 +31,6 @@ impl SegmentPostings {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Compute the number of non-deleted documents.
-    ///
-    /// This method will clone and scan through the posting lists.
-    /// (this is a rather expensive operation).
-    pub fn doc_freq_given_deletes(&self, alive_bitset: &AliveBitSet) -> u32 {
-        let mut docset = self.clone();
-        let mut doc_freq = 0;
-        loop {
-            let doc = docset.doc();
-            if doc == TERMINATED {
-                return doc_freq;
-            }
-            if alive_bitset.is_alive(doc) {
-                doc_freq += 1u32;
-            }
-            docset.advance();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Returns the overall number of documents in the block postings.
-    /// It does not take in account whether documents are deleted or not.
-    pub fn doc_freq(&self) -> u32 {
-        self.block_cursor.doc_freq()
-    }
-
     /// Creates a segment postings object with the given documents
     /// and no frequency encoded.
     ///
@@ -64,13 +41,19 @@ impl SegmentPostings {
     /// buffer with the serialized data.
     #[cfg(test)]
     pub fn create_from_docs(docs: &[u32]) -> SegmentPostings {
-        use crate::directory::FileSlice;
-        use crate::postings::serializer::PostingsSerializer;
+        use common::OwnedBytes;
+
         use crate::schema::IndexRecordOption;
         let mut buffer = Vec::new();
         {
+            use crate::codec::postings::PostingsSerializer;
+
             let mut postings_serializer =
-                PostingsSerializer::new(0.0, IndexRecordOption::Basic, None);
+                crate::codec::standard::postings::StandardPostingsSerializer::new(
+                    0.0,
+                    IndexRecordOption::Basic,
+                    None,
+                );
             postings_serializer.new_term(docs.len() as u32, false);
             for &doc in docs {
                 postings_serializer.write_doc(doc, 1u32);
@@ -81,7 +64,7 @@ impl SegmentPostings {
         }
         let block_segment_postings = BlockSegmentPostings::open(
             docs.len() as u32,
-            FileSlice::from(buffer),
+            OwnedBytes::new(buffer),
             IndexRecordOption::Basic,
             IndexRecordOption::Basic,
         )
@@ -95,9 +78,11 @@ impl SegmentPostings {
         doc_and_tfs: &[(u32, u32)],
         fieldnorms: Option<&[u32]>,
     ) -> SegmentPostings {
-        use crate::directory::FileSlice;
+        use common::OwnedBytes;
+
+        use crate::codec::postings::PostingsSerializer as _;
+        use crate::codec::standard::postings::StandardPostingsSerializer;
         use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
-        use crate::postings::serializer::PostingsSerializer;
         use crate::schema::IndexRecordOption;
         use crate::Score;
         let mut buffer: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
@@ -114,7 +99,7 @@ impl SegmentPostings {
                 total_num_tokens as Score / fieldnorms.len() as Score
             })
             .unwrap_or(0.0);
-        let mut postings_serializer = PostingsSerializer::new(
+        let mut postings_serializer = StandardPostingsSerializer::new(
             average_field_norm,
             IndexRecordOption::WithFreqs,
             fieldnorm_reader,
@@ -128,7 +113,7 @@ impl SegmentPostings {
             .unwrap();
         let block_segment_postings = BlockSegmentPostings::open(
             doc_and_tfs.len() as u32,
-            FileSlice::from(buffer),
+            OwnedBytes::new(buffer),
             IndexRecordOption::WithFreqs,
             IndexRecordOption::WithFreqs,
         )
@@ -158,7 +143,6 @@ impl DocSet for SegmentPostings {
     // next needs to be called a first time to point to the correct element.
     #[inline]
     fn advance(&mut self) -> DocId {
-        debug_assert!(self.block_cursor.block_is_loaded());
         if self.cur == COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE - 1 {
             self.cur = 0;
             self.block_cursor.advance();
@@ -168,20 +152,12 @@ impl DocSet for SegmentPostings {
         self.doc()
     }
 
-    #[inline]
     fn seek(&mut self, target: DocId) -> DocId {
         debug_assert!(self.doc() <= target);
         if self.doc() >= target {
             return self.doc();
         }
 
-        // As an optimization, if the block is already loaded, we can
-        // cheaply check the next doc.
-        self.cur = (self.cur + 1).min(COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE - 1);
-        if self.doc() >= target {
-            return self.doc();
-        }
-
         // Delegate block-local search to BlockSegmentPostings::seek, which returns
         // the in-block index of the first doc >= target.
         self.cur = self.block_cursor.seek(target);
@@ -199,6 +175,19 @@ impl DocSet for SegmentPostings {
     fn size_hint(&self) -> u32 {
         self.len() as u32
     }
+
+    fn fill_bitset(&mut self, bitset: &mut BitSet) {
+        loop {
+            let docs = self.block_cursor.docs();
+            if docs.is_empty() {
+                break;
+            }
+            for &doc in docs {
+                bitset.insert(doc);
+            }
+            self.block_cursor.advance();
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl HasLen for SegmentPostings {
@@ -214,7 +203,7 @@ impl Postings for SegmentPostings {
     ///
     /// # Panics
     ///
-    /// Will panics if called without having called advance before.
+    /// Will panics if called without having cagled advance before.
     fn term_freq(&self) -> u32 {
         debug_assert!(
             // Here we do not use the len of `freqs()`
@@ -229,6 +218,13 @@ impl Postings for SegmentPostings {
         self.block_cursor.freq(self.cur)
     }
 
+    /// Returns the overall number of documents in the block postings.
+    /// It does not take in account whether documents are deleted or not.
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn doc_freq(&self) -> DocFreq {
+        DocFreq::Exact(self.block_cursor.doc_freq())
+    }
+
     fn append_positions_with_offset(&mut self, offset: u32, output: &mut Vec<u32>) {
         let term_freq = self.term_freq();
         let prev_len = output.len();
@@ -252,6 +248,25 @@ impl Postings for SegmentPostings {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    fn has_freq(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.block_cursor.freqs().is_empty()
+    }
+}
+
+impl PostingsWithBlockMax for SegmentPostings {
+    fn seek_block_max(
+        &mut self,
+        target_doc: crate::DocId,
+        similarity_weight: &Bm25Weight,
+    ) -> Score {
+        self.block_cursor.seek_block_without_loading(target_doc);
+        self.block_cursor.block_max_score(similarity_weight)
+    }
+
+    fn last_doc_in_block(&self) -> crate::DocId {
+        self.block_cursor.skip_reader().last_doc_in_block()
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -261,14 +276,15 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::SegmentPostings;
     use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
-    use crate::fastfield::AliveBitSet;
-    use crate::postings::postings::Postings;
+    use crate::postings::Postings;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_empty_segment_postings() {
         let mut postings = SegmentPostings::empty();
+        assert_eq!(postings.doc(), TERMINATED);
         assert_eq!(postings.advance(), TERMINATED);
         assert_eq!(postings.advance(), TERMINATED);
+        assert_eq!(postings.doc_freq(), crate::postings::DocFreq::Exact(0));
         assert_eq!(postings.len(), 0);
     }
 
@@ -284,15 +300,4 @@ mod tests {
         let postings = SegmentPostings::empty();
         assert_eq!(postings.term_freq(), 1);
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_doc_freq() {
-        let docs = SegmentPostings::create_from_docs(&[0, 2, 10]);
-        assert_eq!(docs.doc_freq(), 3);
-        let alive_bitset = AliveBitSet::for_test_from_deleted_docs(&[2], 12);
-        assert_eq!(docs.doc_freq_given_deletes(&alive_bitset), 2);
-        let all_deleted =
-            AliveBitSet::for_test_from_deleted_docs(&[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11], 12);
-        assert_eq!(docs.doc_freq_given_deletes(&all_deleted), 0);
-    }
 }

src/codec/standard/postings/skip.rs

@@ -142,23 +142,6 @@ impl SkipReader {
         skip_reader
     }
 
-    pub fn reset(&mut self, data: OwnedBytes, doc_freq: u32) {
-        self.last_doc_in_block = if doc_freq >= COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE as u32 {
-            0
-        } else {
-            TERMINATED
-        };
-        self.last_doc_in_previous_block = 0u32;
-        self.owned_read = data;
-        self.block_info = BlockInfo::VInt { num_docs: doc_freq };
-        self.byte_offset = 0;
-        self.remaining_docs = doc_freq;
-        self.position_offset = 0u64;
-        if doc_freq >= COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE as u32 {
-            self.read_block_info();
-        }
-    }
-
     // Returns the block max score for this block if available.
     //
     // The block max score is available for all full bitpacked block,

src/codec/standard/postings/standard_postings_serializer.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
+use std::io::{self, Write as _};
+
+use common::{BinarySerializable as _, VInt};
+
+use crate::codec::postings::PostingsSerializer;
+use crate::codec::standard::postings::block::Block;
+use crate::codec::standard::postings::skip::SkipSerializer;
+use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
+use crate::postings::compression::{BlockEncoder, VIntEncoder as _, COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE};
+use crate::query::Bm25Weight;
+use crate::schema::IndexRecordOption;
+use crate::{DocId, Score};
+
+pub struct StandardPostingsSerializer {
+    last_doc_id_encoded: u32,
+
+    block_encoder: BlockEncoder,
+    block: Box<Block>,
+
+    postings_write: Vec<u8>,
+    skip_write: SkipSerializer,
+
+    mode: IndexRecordOption,
+    fieldnorm_reader: Option<FieldNormReader>,
+
+    bm25_weight: Option<Bm25Weight>,
+    avg_fieldnorm: Score, /* Average number of term in the field for that segment.
+                           * this value is used to compute the block wand information. */
+    term_has_freq: bool,
+}
+
+impl StandardPostingsSerializer {
+    pub fn new(
+        avg_fieldnorm: Score,
+        mode: IndexRecordOption,
+        fieldnorm_reader: Option<FieldNormReader>,
+    ) -> StandardPostingsSerializer {
+        Self {
+            last_doc_id_encoded: 0,
+            block_encoder: BlockEncoder::new(),
+            block: Box::new(Block::new()),
+            postings_write: Vec::new(),
+            skip_write: SkipSerializer::new(),
+            mode,
+            fieldnorm_reader,
+            bm25_weight: None,
+            avg_fieldnorm,
+            term_has_freq: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PostingsSerializer for StandardPostingsSerializer {
+    fn new_term(&mut self, term_doc_freq: u32, record_term_freq: bool) {
+        self.clear();
+
+        self.term_has_freq = self.mode.has_freq() && record_term_freq;
+        if !self.term_has_freq {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let num_docs_in_segment: u64 =
+            if let Some(fieldnorm_reader) = self.fieldnorm_reader.as_ref() {
+                fieldnorm_reader.num_docs() as u64
+            } else {
+                return;
+            };
+
+        if num_docs_in_segment == 0 {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        self.bm25_weight = Some(Bm25Weight::for_one_term_without_explain(
+            term_doc_freq as u64,
+            num_docs_in_segment,
+            self.avg_fieldnorm,
+        ));
+    }
+
+    fn write_doc(&mut self, doc_id: DocId, term_freq: u32) {
+        self.block.append_doc(doc_id, term_freq);
+        if self.block.is_full() {
+            self.write_block();
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn close_term(&mut self, doc_freq: u32, output_write: &mut impl io::Write) -> io::Result<()> {
+        if !self.block.is_empty() {
+            // we have doc ids waiting to be written
+            // this happens when the number of doc ids is
+            // not a perfect multiple of our block size.
+            //
+            // In that case, the remaining part is encoded
+            // using variable int encoding.
+            {
+                let block_encoded = self
+                    .block_encoder
+                    .compress_vint_sorted(self.block.doc_ids(), self.last_doc_id_encoded);
+                self.postings_write.write_all(block_encoded)?;
+            }
+            // ... Idem for term frequencies
+            if self.term_has_freq {
+                let block_encoded = self
+                    .block_encoder
+                    .compress_vint_unsorted(self.block.term_freqs());
+                self.postings_write.write_all(block_encoded)?;
+            }
+            self.block.clear();
+        }
+        if doc_freq >= COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE as u32 {
+            let skip_data = self.skip_write.data();
+            VInt(skip_data.len() as u64).serialize(output_write)?;
+            output_write.write_all(skip_data)?;
+        }
+        output_write.write_all(&self.postings_write[..])?;
+        self.skip_write.clear();
+        self.postings_write.clear();
+        self.bm25_weight = None;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl StandardPostingsSerializer {
+    fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.bm25_weight = None;
+        self.block.clear();
+        self.last_doc_id_encoded = 0;
+    }
+
+    fn write_block(&mut self) {
+        {
+            // encode the doc ids
+            let (num_bits, block_encoded): (u8, &[u8]) = self
+                .block_encoder
+                .compress_block_sorted(self.block.doc_ids(), self.last_doc_id_encoded);
+            self.last_doc_id_encoded = self.block.last_doc();
+            self.skip_write
+                .write_doc(self.last_doc_id_encoded, num_bits);
+            // last el block 0, offset block 1,
+            self.postings_write.extend(block_encoded);
+        }
+        if self.term_has_freq {
+            let (num_bits, block_encoded): (u8, &[u8]) = self
+                .block_encoder
+                .compress_block_unsorted(self.block.term_freqs(), true);
+            self.postings_write.extend(block_encoded);
+            self.skip_write.write_term_freq(num_bits);
+            if self.mode.has_positions() {
+                // We serialize the sum of term freqs within the skip information
+                // in order to navigate through positions.
+                let sum_freq = self.block.term_freqs().iter().cloned().sum();
+                self.skip_write.write_total_term_freq(sum_freq);
+            }
+            let mut blockwand_params = (0u8, 0u32);
+            if let Some(bm25_weight) = self.bm25_weight.as_ref() {
+                if let Some(fieldnorm_reader) = self.fieldnorm_reader.as_ref() {
+                    let docs = self.block.doc_ids().iter().cloned();
+                    let term_freqs = self.block.term_freqs().iter().cloned();
+                    let fieldnorms = docs.map(|doc| fieldnorm_reader.fieldnorm_id(doc));
+                    blockwand_params = fieldnorms
+                        .zip(term_freqs)
+                        .max_by(
+                            |(left_fieldnorm_id, left_term_freq),
+                             (right_fieldnorm_id, right_term_freq)| {
+                                let left_score =
+                                    bm25_weight.tf_factor(*left_fieldnorm_id, *left_term_freq);
+                                let right_score =
+                                    bm25_weight.tf_factor(*right_fieldnorm_id, *right_term_freq);
+                                left_score
+                                    .partial_cmp(&right_score)
+                                    .unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal)
+                            },
+                        )
+                        .unwrap();
+                }
+            }
+            let (fieldnorm_id, term_freq) = blockwand_params;
+            self.skip_write.write_blockwand_max(fieldnorm_id, term_freq);
+        }
+        self.block.clear();
+    }
+}

src/collector/facet_collector.rs

@@ -486,9 +486,9 @@ mod tests {
     use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 
     use columnar::Dictionary;
-    use rand::distr::Uniform;
+    use rand::distributions::Uniform;
     use rand::prelude::SliceRandom;
-    use rand::{rng, Rng};
+    use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 
     use super::{FacetCollector, FacetCounts};
     use crate::collector::facet_collector::compress_mapping;
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ mod tests {
         let schema = schema_builder.build();
         let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
 
-        let uniform = Uniform::new_inclusive(1, 100_000).unwrap();
+        let uniform = Uniform::new_inclusive(1, 100_000);
         let mut docs: Vec<TantivyDocument> =
             vec![("a", 10), ("b", 100), ("c", 7), ("d", 12), ("e", 21)]
                 .into_iter()
@@ -741,11 +741,14 @@ mod tests {
                     std::iter::repeat_n(doc, count)
                 })
                 .map(|mut doc| {
-                    doc.add_facet(facet_field, &format!("/facet/{}", rng().sample(uniform)));
+                    doc.add_facet(
+                        facet_field,
+                        &format!("/facet/{}", thread_rng().sample(uniform)),
+                    );
                     doc
                 })
                 .collect();
-        docs[..].shuffle(&mut rng());
+        docs[..].shuffle(&mut thread_rng());
 
         let mut index_writer: IndexWriter = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
         for doc in docs {
@@ -819,8 +822,8 @@ mod tests {
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "unstable"))]
 mod bench {
 
-    use rand::rng;
     use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
+    use rand::thread_rng;
     use test::Bencher;
 
     use crate::collector::FacetCollector;
@@ -843,7 +846,7 @@ mod bench {
             }
         }
         // 40425 docs
-        docs[..].shuffle(&mut rng());
+        docs[..].shuffle(&mut thread_rng());
 
         let mut index_writer: IndexWriter = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
         for doc in docs {

src/collector/sort_key_top_collector.rs

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ mod tests {
         expected: &[(crate::Score, usize)],
     ) {
         let mut vals: Vec<(crate::Score, usize)> = (0..10).map(|val| (val as f32, val)).collect();
-        vals.shuffle(&mut rand::rng());
+        vals.shuffle(&mut rand::thread_rng());
         let vals_merged = merge_top_k(vals.into_iter(), doc_range, ComparatorEnum::from(order));
         assert_eq!(&vals_merged, expected);
     }

src/core/json_utils.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use common::{replace_in_place, JsonPathWriter};
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 
 use crate::indexer::indexing_term::IndexingTerm;
-use crate::postings::{IndexingContext, IndexingPosition, PostingsWriter};
+use crate::postings::{IndexingContext, IndexingPosition, PostingsWriter as _, PostingsWriterEnum};
 use crate::schema::document::{ReferenceValue, ReferenceValueLeaf, Value};
 use crate::schema::{Type, DATE_TIME_PRECISION_INDEXED};
 use crate::time::format_description::well_known::Rfc3339;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fn index_json_object<'a, V: Value<'a>>(
     text_analyzer: &mut TextAnalyzer,
     term_buffer: &mut IndexingTerm,
     json_path_writer: &mut JsonPathWriter,
-    postings_writer: &mut dyn PostingsWriter,
+    postings_writer: &mut PostingsWriterEnum,
     ctx: &mut IndexingContext,
     positions_per_path: &mut IndexingPositionsPerPath,
 ) {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ pub(crate) fn index_json_value<'a, V: Value<'a>>(
     text_analyzer: &mut TextAnalyzer,
     term_buffer: &mut IndexingTerm,
     json_path_writer: &mut JsonPathWriter,
-    postings_writer: &mut dyn PostingsWriter,
+    postings_writer: &mut PostingsWriterEnum,
     ctx: &mut IndexingContext,
     positions_per_path: &mut IndexingPositionsPerPath,
 ) {

src/directory/mmap_directory/mod.rs

@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ mod tests {
             let num_segments = reader.searcher().segment_readers().len();
             assert!(num_segments <= 4);
             let num_components_except_deletes_and_tempstore =
-                crate::index::SegmentComponent::iterator().len() - 1;
+                crate::index::SegmentComponent::iterator().len() - 2;
             let max_num_mmapped = num_components_except_deletes_and_tempstore * num_segments;
             assert_eventually(|| {
                 let num_mmapped = mmap_directory.get_cache_info().mmapped.len();

src/docset.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::borrow::{Borrow, BorrowMut};
 
+use common::BitSet;
+
 use crate::fastfield::AliveBitSet;
 use crate::DocId;
 
@@ -51,55 +53,31 @@ pub trait DocSet: Send {
         doc
     }
 
-    /// !!!Dragons ahead!!!
-    /// In spirit, this is an approximate and dangerous version of `seek`.
-    ///
-    /// It can leave the DocSet in an `invalid` state and might return a
-    /// lower bound of what the result of Seek would have been.
-    ///
-    ///
-    /// More accurately it returns either:
-    /// - Found if the target is in the docset. In that case, the DocSet is left in a valid state.
-    /// - SeekLowerBound(seek_lower_bound) if the target is not in the docset. In that case, The
-    ///   DocSet can be the left in a invalid state. The DocSet should then only receives call to
-    ///   `seek_danger(..)` until it returns `Found`, and get back to a valid state.
-    ///
-    /// `seek_lower_bound` can be any `DocId` (in the docset or not) as long as it is in
-    /// `(target .. seek_result] U {TERMINATED}` where `seek_result` is the first document in the
-    /// docset greater than to `target`.
-    ///
-    /// `seek_danger` may return `SeekLowerBound(TERMINATED)`.
-    ///
-    /// Calling `seek_danger` with TERMINATED as a target is allowed,
-    /// and should always return NewTarget(TERMINATED) or anything larger as TERMINATED is NOT in
-    /// the DocSet.
+    /// Seeks to the target if possible and returns true if the target is in the DocSet.
     ///
     /// DocSets that already have an efficient `seek` method don't need to implement
-    /// `seek_danger`.
+    /// `seek_into_the_danger_zone`. All wrapper DocSets should forward
+    /// `seek_into_the_danger_zone` to the underlying DocSet.
     ///
-    /// Consecutive calls to seek_danger are guaranteed to have strictly increasing `target`
-    /// values.
-    fn seek_danger(&mut self, target: DocId) -> SeekDangerResult {
-        if target >= TERMINATED {
-            debug_assert!(target == TERMINATED);
-            // No need to advance.
-            return SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(target);
-        }
-
-        // The default implementation does not include any
-        // `danger zone` behavior.
-        //
-        // It does not leave the scorer in an invalid state.
-        // For this reason, we can safely call `self.doc()`.
-        let mut doc = self.doc();
-        if doc < target {
-            doc = self.seek(target);
-        }
-        if doc == target {
-            SeekDangerResult::Found
-        } else {
-            SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(doc)
+    /// ## API Behaviour
+    /// If `seek_into_the_danger_zone` is returning true, a call to `doc()` has to return target.
+    /// If `seek_into_the_danger_zone` is returning false, a call to `doc()` may return any doc
+    /// between the last doc that matched and target or a doc that is a valid next hit after
+    /// target. The DocSet is considered to be in an invalid state until
+    /// `seek_into_the_danger_zone` returns true again.
+    ///
+    /// `target` needs to be equal or larger than `doc` when in a valid state.
+    ///
+    /// Consecutive calls are not allowed to have decreasing `target` values.
+    ///
+    /// # Warning
+    /// This is an advanced API used by intersection. The API contract is tricky, avoid using it.
+    fn seek_into_the_danger_zone(&mut self, target: DocId) -> bool {
+        let current_doc = self.doc();
+        if current_doc < target {
+            self.seek(target);
         }
+        self.doc() == target
     }
 
     /// Fills a given mutable buffer with the next doc ids from the
@@ -130,6 +108,15 @@ pub trait DocSet: Send {
         buffer.len()
     }
 
+    /// TODO comment on the size of the bitset
+    fn fill_bitset(&mut self, bitset: &mut BitSet) {
+        let mut doc = self.doc();
+        while doc != TERMINATED {
+            bitset.insert(doc);
+            doc = self.advance();
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the current document
     /// Right after creating a new `DocSet`, the docset points to the first document.
     ///
@@ -190,17 +177,6 @@ pub trait DocSet: Send {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum SeekDangerResult {
-    /// The target was found in the DocSet.
-    Found,
-    /// The target was not found in the DocSet.
-    /// We return a range in which the value could be.
-    /// The given target can be any DocId, that is <= than the first document
-    /// in the docset after the target.
-    SeekLowerBound(DocId),
-}
-
 impl DocSet for &mut dyn DocSet {
     fn advance(&mut self) -> u32 {
         (**self).advance()
@@ -210,8 +186,8 @@ impl DocSet for &mut dyn DocSet {
         (**self).seek(target)
     }
 
-    fn seek_danger(&mut self, target: DocId) -> SeekDangerResult {
-        (**self).seek_danger(target)
+    fn seek_into_the_danger_zone(&mut self, target: DocId) -> bool {
+        (**self).seek_into_the_danger_zone(target)
     }
 
     fn doc(&self) -> u32 {
@@ -246,9 +222,9 @@ impl<TDocSet: DocSet + ?Sized> DocSet for Box<TDocSet> {
         unboxed.seek(target)
     }
 
-    fn seek_danger(&mut self, target: DocId) -> SeekDangerResult {
+    fn seek_into_the_danger_zone(&mut self, target: DocId) -> bool {
         let unboxed: &mut TDocSet = self.borrow_mut();
-        unboxed.seek_danger(target)
+        unboxed.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target)
     }
 
     fn fill_buffer(&mut self, buffer: &mut [DocId; COLLECT_BLOCK_BUFFER_LEN]) -> usize {

src/fastfield/alive_bitset.rs

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ mod tests {
 mod bench {
 
     use rand::prelude::IteratorRandom;
-    use rand::rng;
+    use rand::thread_rng;
     use test::Bencher;
 
     use super::AliveBitSet;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ mod bench {
     }
 
     fn remove_rand(raw: &mut Vec<u32>) {
-        let i = (0..raw.len()).choose(&mut rng()).unwrap();
+        let i = (0..raw.len()).choose(&mut thread_rng()).unwrap();
         raw.remove(i);
     }
 

src/fastfield/mod.rs

@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ mod tests {
         const ONE_HOUR_IN_MICROSECS: i64 = 3_600 * 1_000_000;
         let times: Vec<DateTime> = std::iter::repeat_with(|| {
             // +- One hour.
-            let t = T0 + rng.random_range(-ONE_HOUR_IN_MICROSECS..ONE_HOUR_IN_MICROSECS);
+            let t = T0 + rng.gen_range(-ONE_HOUR_IN_MICROSECS..ONE_HOUR_IN_MICROSECS);
             DateTime::from_timestamp_micros(t)
         })
         .take(1_000)

src/functional_test.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 
-use rand::{rng, Rng};
+use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 
 use crate::indexer::index_writer::MEMORY_BUDGET_NUM_BYTES_MIN;
 use crate::schema::*;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fn test_functional_store() -> crate::Result<()> {
     let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
     let reader = index.reader()?;
 
-    let mut rng = rng();
+    let mut rng = thread_rng();
 
     let mut index_writer: IndexWriter =
         index.writer_with_num_threads(3, 3 * MEMORY_BUDGET_NUM_BYTES_MIN)?;
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ fn test_functional_store() -> crate::Result<()> {
 
     let mut doc_id = 0u64;
     for _iteration in 0..get_num_iterations() {
-        let num_docs: usize = rng.random_range(0..4);
+        let num_docs: usize = rng.gen_range(0..4);
         if !doc_set.is_empty() {
-            let doc_to_remove_id = rng.random_range(0..doc_set.len());
+            let doc_to_remove_id = rng.gen_range(0..doc_set.len());
             let removed_doc_id = doc_set.swap_remove(doc_to_remove_id);
             index_writer.delete_term(Term::from_field_u64(id_field, removed_doc_id));
         }
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ const LOREM: &str = "Doc Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
                      cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat \
                      non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.";
 fn get_text() -> String {
-    use rand::seq::IndexedRandom;
-    let mut rng = rng();
+    use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
+    let mut rng = thread_rng();
     let tokens: Vec<_> = LOREM.split(' ').collect();
-    let random_val = rng.random_range(0..20);
+    let random_val = rng.gen_range(0..20);
 
     (0..random_val)
         .map(|_| tokens.choose(&mut rng).unwrap())
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ fn test_functional_indexing_unsorted() -> crate::Result<()> {
     let index = Index::create_from_tempdir(schema)?;
     let reader = index.reader()?;
 
-    let mut rng = rng();
+    let mut rng = thread_rng();
 
     let mut index_writer: IndexWriter =
         index.writer_with_num_threads(3, 3 * MEMORY_BUDGET_NUM_BYTES_MIN)?;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ fn test_functional_indexing_unsorted() -> crate::Result<()> {
     let mut uncommitted_docs: HashSet<u64> = HashSet::new();
 
     for _ in 0..get_num_iterations() {
-        let random_val = rng.random_range(0..20);
+        let random_val = rng.gen_range(0..20);
         if random_val == 0 {
             index_writer.commit()?;
             committed_docs.extend(&uncommitted_docs);

src/index/codec_configuration.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use crate::codec::{Codec, StandardCodec};
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct CodecConfiguration {
+    name: Cow<'static, str>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "serde_json::Value::is_null")]
+    props: serde_json::Value,
+}
+
+impl CodecConfiguration {
+    pub fn from_codec<C: Codec>(codec: &C) -> Self {
+        CodecConfiguration {
+            name: Cow::Borrowed(C::NAME),
+            props: codec.to_json_props(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn to_codec<C: Codec>(&self) -> crate::Result<C> {
+        if self.name != C::NAME {
+            return Err(crate::TantivyError::InvalidArgument(format!(
+                "Codec name mismatch: expected {}, got {}",
+                C::NAME,
+                self.name
+            )));
+        }
+        C::from_json_props(&self.props)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for CodecConfiguration {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        CodecConfiguration::from_codec(&StandardCodec)
+    }
+}

src/index/index.rs

@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ use std::thread::available_parallelism;
 use super::segment::Segment;
 use super::segment_reader::merge_field_meta_data;
 use super::{FieldMetadata, IndexSettings};
+use crate::codec::StandardCodec;
 use crate::core::{Executor, META_FILEPATH};
 use crate::directory::error::OpenReadError;
 #[cfg(feature = "mmap")]
 use crate::directory::MmapDirectory;
 use crate::directory::{Directory, ManagedDirectory, RamDirectory, INDEX_WRITER_LOCK};
 use crate::error::{DataCorruption, TantivyError};
+use crate::index::codec_configuration::CodecConfiguration;
 use crate::index::{IndexMeta, SegmentId, SegmentMeta, SegmentMetaInventory};
 use crate::indexer::index_writer::{
     IndexWriterOptions, MAX_NUM_THREAD, MEMORY_BUDGET_NUM_BYTES_MIN,
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ fn save_new_metas(
     schema: Schema,
     index_settings: IndexSettings,
     directory: &dyn Directory,
+    codec: CodecConfiguration,
 ) -> crate::Result<()> {
     save_metas(
         &IndexMeta {
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ fn save_new_metas(
             schema,
             opstamp: 0u64,
             payload: None,
+            codec,
         },
         directory,
     )?;
@@ -101,18 +105,21 @@ fn save_new_metas(
 /// };
 /// let index = Index::builder().schema(schema).settings(settings).create_in_ram();
 /// ```
-pub struct IndexBuilder {
+pub struct IndexBuilder<Codec: crate::codec::Codec = StandardCodec> {
     schema: Option<Schema>,
     index_settings: IndexSettings,
     tokenizer_manager: TokenizerManager,
     fast_field_tokenizer_manager: TokenizerManager,
+    codec: Codec,
 }
-impl Default for IndexBuilder {
+
+impl Default for IndexBuilder<StandardCodec> {
     fn default() -> Self {
         IndexBuilder::new()
     }
 }
-impl IndexBuilder {
+
+impl IndexBuilder<StandardCodec> {
     /// Creates a new `IndexBuilder`
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -120,6 +127,21 @@ impl IndexBuilder {
             index_settings: IndexSettings::default(),
             tokenizer_manager: TokenizerManager::default(),
             fast_field_tokenizer_manager: TokenizerManager::default(),
+            codec: StandardCodec,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Codec: crate::codec::Codec> IndexBuilder<Codec> {
+    /// Set the codec
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn codec<NewCodec: crate::codec::Codec>(self, codec: NewCodec) -> IndexBuilder<NewCodec> {
+        IndexBuilder {
+            schema: self.schema,
+            index_settings: self.index_settings,
+            tokenizer_manager: self.tokenizer_manager,
+            fast_field_tokenizer_manager: self.fast_field_tokenizer_manager,
+            codec,
         }
     }
 
@@ -154,7 +176,7 @@ impl IndexBuilder {
     /// The index will be allocated in anonymous memory.
     /// This is useful for indexing small set of documents
     /// for instances like unit test or temporary in memory index.
-    pub fn create_in_ram(self) -> Result<Index, TantivyError> {
+    pub fn create_in_ram(self) -> Result<Index<Codec>, TantivyError> {
         let ram_directory = RamDirectory::create();
         self.create(ram_directory)
     }
@@ -165,7 +187,7 @@ impl IndexBuilder {
     /// If a previous index was in this directory, it returns an
     /// [`TantivyError::IndexAlreadyExists`] error.
     #[cfg(feature = "mmap")]
-    pub fn create_in_dir<P: AsRef<Path>>(self, directory_path: P) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+    pub fn create_in_dir<P: AsRef<Path>>(self, directory_path: P) -> crate::Result<Index<Codec>> {
         let mmap_directory: Box<dyn Directory> = Box::new(MmapDirectory::open(directory_path)?);
         if Index::exists(&*mmap_directory)? {
             return Err(TantivyError::IndexAlreadyExists);
@@ -186,7 +208,7 @@ impl IndexBuilder {
         self,
         dir: impl Into<Box<dyn Directory>>,
         mem_budget: usize,
-    ) -> crate::Result<SingleSegmentIndexWriter<D>> {
+    ) -> crate::Result<SingleSegmentIndexWriter<Codec, D>> {
         let index = self.create(dir)?;
         let index_simple_writer = SingleSegmentIndexWriter::new(index, mem_budget)?;
         Ok(index_simple_writer)
@@ -202,7 +224,7 @@ impl IndexBuilder {
     /// For other unit tests, prefer the [`RamDirectory`], see:
     /// [`IndexBuilder::create_in_ram()`].
     #[cfg(feature = "mmap")]
-    pub fn create_from_tempdir(self) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+    pub fn create_from_tempdir(self) -> crate::Result<Index<Codec>> {
         let mmap_directory: Box<dyn Directory> = Box::new(MmapDirectory::create_from_tempdir()?);
         self.create(mmap_directory)
     }
@@ -215,12 +237,15 @@ impl IndexBuilder {
     }
 
     /// Opens or creates a new index in the provided directory
-    pub fn open_or_create<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(self, dir: T) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+    pub fn open_or_create<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(
+        self,
+        dir: T,
+    ) -> crate::Result<Index<Codec>> {
         let dir: Box<dyn Directory> = dir.into();
         if !Index::exists(&*dir)? {
             return self.create(dir);
         }
-        let mut index = Index::open(dir)?;
+        let mut index: Index<Codec> = Index::<Codec>::open_with_codec(dir)?;
         index.set_tokenizers(self.tokenizer_manager.clone());
         if index.schema() == self.get_expect_schema()? {
             Ok(index)
@@ -244,18 +269,25 @@ impl IndexBuilder {
     /// Creates a new index given an implementation of the trait `Directory`.
     ///
     /// If a directory previously existed, it will be erased.
-    fn create<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(self, dir: T) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+    pub fn create<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(self, dir: T) -> crate::Result<Index<Codec>> {
+        self.create_avoid_monomorphization(dir.into())
+    }
+
+    fn create_avoid_monomorphization(self, dir: Box<dyn Directory>) -> crate::Result<Index<Codec>> {
         self.validate()?;
-        let dir = dir.into();
         let directory = ManagedDirectory::wrap(dir)?;
+        let codec: CodecConfiguration = CodecConfiguration::from_codec(&self.codec);
         save_new_metas(
             self.get_expect_schema()?,
             self.index_settings.clone(),
             &directory,
+            codec,
         )?;
-        let mut metas = IndexMeta::with_schema(self.get_expect_schema()?);
+        let schema = self.get_expect_schema()?;
+        let mut metas = IndexMeta::with_schema_and_codec(schema, &self.codec);
         metas.index_settings = self.index_settings;
-        let mut index = Index::open_from_metas(directory, &metas, SegmentMetaInventory::default());
+        let mut index: Index<Codec> =
+            Index::<Codec>::open_from_metas(directory, &metas, SegmentMetaInventory::default())?;
         index.set_tokenizers(self.tokenizer_manager);
         index.set_fast_field_tokenizers(self.fast_field_tokenizer_manager);
         Ok(index)
@@ -264,7 +296,7 @@ impl IndexBuilder {
 
 /// Search Index
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct Index {
+pub struct Index<Codec: crate::codec::Codec = crate::codec::StandardCodec> {
     directory: ManagedDirectory,
     schema: Schema,
     settings: IndexSettings,
@@ -272,6 +304,7 @@ pub struct Index {
     tokenizers: TokenizerManager,
     fast_field_tokenizers: TokenizerManager,
     inventory: SegmentMetaInventory,
+    codec: Codec,
 }
 
 impl Index {
@@ -279,41 +312,6 @@ impl Index {
     pub fn builder() -> IndexBuilder {
         IndexBuilder::new()
     }
-    /// Examines the directory to see if it contains an index.
-    ///
-    /// Effectively, it only checks for the presence of the `meta.json` file.
-    pub fn exists(dir: &dyn Directory) -> Result<bool, OpenReadError> {
-        dir.exists(&META_FILEPATH)
-    }
-
-    /// Accessor to the search executor.
-    ///
-    /// This pool is used by default when calling `searcher.search(...)`
-    /// to perform search on the individual segments.
-    ///
-    /// By default the executor is single thread, and simply runs in the calling thread.
-    pub fn search_executor(&self) -> &Executor {
-        &self.executor
-    }
-
-    /// Replace the default single thread search executor pool
-    /// by a thread pool with a given number of threads.
-    pub fn set_multithread_executor(&mut self, num_threads: usize) -> crate::Result<()> {
-        self.executor = Executor::multi_thread(num_threads, "tantivy-search-")?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    /// Custom thread pool by a outer thread pool.
-    pub fn set_executor(&mut self, executor: Executor) {
-        self.executor = executor;
-    }
-
-    /// Replace the default single thread search executor pool
-    /// by a thread pool with as many threads as there are CPUs on the system.
-    pub fn set_default_multithread_executor(&mut self) -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let default_num_threads = available_parallelism()?.get();
-        self.set_multithread_executor(default_num_threads)
-    }
 
     /// Creates a new index using the [`RamDirectory`].
     ///
@@ -324,6 +322,13 @@ impl Index {
         IndexBuilder::new().schema(schema).create_in_ram().unwrap()
     }
 
+    /// Examines the directory to see if it contains an index.
+    ///
+    /// Effectively, it only checks for the presence of the `meta.json` file.
+    pub fn exists(directory: &dyn Directory) -> Result<bool, OpenReadError> {
+        directory.exists(&META_FILEPATH)
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new index in a given filepath.
     /// The index will use the [`MmapDirectory`].
     ///
@@ -370,20 +375,107 @@ impl Index {
         schema: Schema,
         settings: IndexSettings,
     ) -> crate::Result<Index> {
-        let dir: Box<dyn Directory> = dir.into();
+        Self::create_to_avoid_monomorphization(dir.into(), schema, settings)
+    }
+
+    fn create_to_avoid_monomorphization(
+        dir: Box<dyn Directory>,
+        schema: Schema,
+        settings: IndexSettings,
+    ) -> crate::Result<Index> {
         let mut builder = IndexBuilder::new().schema(schema);
         builder = builder.settings(settings);
         builder.create(dir)
     }
 
+    /// Opens a new directory from an index path.
+    #[cfg(feature = "mmap")]
+    pub fn open_in_dir<P: AsRef<Path>>(directory_path: P) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+        Self::open_in_dir_to_avoid_monomorphization(directory_path.as_ref())
+    }
+
+    #[inline(never)]
+    fn open_in_dir_to_avoid_monomorphization(directory_path: &Path) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+        let mmap_directory = MmapDirectory::open(directory_path)?;
+        Index::open(mmap_directory)
+    }
+
+    /// Open the index using the provided directory
+    pub fn open<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(directory: T) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+        Index::<StandardCodec>::open_with_codec(directory.into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Codec: crate::codec::Codec> Index<Codec> {
+    /// Returns a version of this index with the standard codec.
+    /// This is useful when you need to pass the index to APIs that
+    /// don't care about the codec (e.g., for reading).
+    pub(crate) fn with_standard_codec(&self) -> Index<StandardCodec> {
+        Index {
+            directory: self.directory.clone(),
+            schema: self.schema.clone(),
+            settings: self.settings.clone(),
+            executor: self.executor.clone(),
+            tokenizers: self.tokenizers.clone(),
+            fast_field_tokenizers: self.fast_field_tokenizers.clone(),
+            inventory: self.inventory.clone(),
+            codec: StandardCodec,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Open the index using the provided directory
+    #[inline(never)]
+    pub fn open_with_codec(directory: Box<dyn Directory>) -> crate::Result<Index<Codec>> {
+        let directory = ManagedDirectory::wrap(directory)?;
+        let inventory = SegmentMetaInventory::default();
+        let metas = load_metas(&directory, &inventory)?;
+        let index: Index<Codec> = Index::<Codec>::open_from_metas(directory, &metas, inventory)?;
+        Ok(index)
+    }
+
+    /// Accessor to the codec.
+    pub fn codec(&self) -> &Codec {
+        &self.codec
+    }
+
+    /// Accessor to the search executor.
+    ///
+    /// This pool is used by default when calling `searcher.search(...)`
+    /// to perform search on the individual segments.
+    ///
+    /// By default the executor is single thread, and simply runs in the calling thread.
+    pub fn search_executor(&self) -> &Executor {
+        &self.executor
+    }
+
+    /// Replace the default single thread search executor pool
+    /// by a thread pool with a given number of threads.
+    pub fn set_multithread_executor(&mut self, num_threads: usize) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        self.executor = Executor::multi_thread(num_threads, "tantivy-search-")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Custom thread pool by a outer thread pool.
+    pub fn set_executor(&mut self, executor: Executor) {
+        self.executor = executor;
+    }
+
+    /// Replace the default single thread search executor pool
+    /// by a thread pool with as many threads as there are CPUs on the system.
+    pub fn set_default_multithread_executor(&mut self) -> crate::Result<()> {
+        let default_num_threads = available_parallelism()?.get();
+        self.set_multithread_executor(default_num_threads)
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new index given a directory and an [`IndexMeta`].
-    fn open_from_metas(
+    fn open_from_metas<C: crate::codec::Codec>(
         directory: ManagedDirectory,
         metas: &IndexMeta,
         inventory: SegmentMetaInventory,
-    ) -> Index {
+    ) -> crate::Result<Index<C>> {
         let schema = metas.schema.clone();
-        Index {
+        let codec = metas.codec.to_codec::<C>()?;
+        Ok(Index {
             settings: metas.index_settings.clone(),
             directory,
             schema,
@@ -391,7 +483,8 @@ impl Index {
             fast_field_tokenizers: TokenizerManager::default(),
             executor: Executor::single_thread(),
             inventory,
-        }
+            codec,
+        })
     }
 
     /// Setter for the tokenizer manager.
@@ -447,7 +540,7 @@ impl Index {
     /// Create a default [`IndexReader`] for the given index.
     ///
     /// See [`Index.reader_builder()`].
-    pub fn reader(&self) -> crate::Result<IndexReader> {
+    pub fn reader(&self) -> crate::Result<IndexReader<Codec>> {
         self.reader_builder().try_into()
     }
 
@@ -455,17 +548,10 @@ impl Index {
     ///
     /// Most project should create at most one reader for a given index.
     /// This method is typically called only once per `Index` instance.
-    pub fn reader_builder(&self) -> IndexReaderBuilder {
+    pub fn reader_builder(&self) -> IndexReaderBuilder<Codec> {
         IndexReaderBuilder::new(self.clone())
     }
 
-    /// Opens a new directory from an index path.
-    #[cfg(feature = "mmap")]
-    pub fn open_in_dir<P: AsRef<Path>>(directory_path: P) -> crate::Result<Index> {
-        let mmap_directory = MmapDirectory::open(directory_path)?;
-        Index::open(mmap_directory)
-    }
-
     /// Returns the list of the segment metas tracked by the index.
     ///
     /// Such segments can of course be part of the index,
@@ -506,16 +592,6 @@ impl Index {
         self.inventory.new_segment_meta(segment_id, max_doc)
     }
 
-    /// Open the index using the provided directory
-    pub fn open<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(directory: T) -> crate::Result<Index> {
-        let directory = directory.into();
-        let directory = ManagedDirectory::wrap(directory)?;
-        let inventory = SegmentMetaInventory::default();
-        let metas = load_metas(&directory, &inventory)?;
-        let index = Index::open_from_metas(directory, &metas, inventory);
-        Ok(index)
-    }
-
     /// Reads the index meta file from the directory.
     pub fn load_metas(&self) -> crate::Result<IndexMeta> {
         load_metas(self.directory(), &self.inventory)
@@ -539,7 +615,7 @@ impl Index {
     pub fn writer_with_options<D: Document>(
         &self,
         options: IndexWriterOptions,
-    ) -> crate::Result<IndexWriter<D>> {
+    ) -> crate::Result<IndexWriter<Codec, D>> {
         let directory_lock = self
             .directory
             .acquire_lock(&INDEX_WRITER_LOCK)
@@ -581,7 +657,7 @@ impl Index {
         &self,
         num_threads: usize,
         overall_memory_budget_in_bytes: usize,
-    ) -> crate::Result<IndexWriter<D>> {
+    ) -> crate::Result<IndexWriter<Codec, D>> {
         let memory_arena_in_bytes_per_thread = overall_memory_budget_in_bytes / num_threads;
         let options = IndexWriterOptions::builder()
             .num_worker_threads(num_threads)
@@ -595,7 +671,7 @@ impl Index {
     /// That index writer only simply has a single thread and a memory budget of 15 MB.
     /// Using a single thread gives us a deterministic allocation of DocId.
     #[cfg(test)]
-    pub fn writer_for_tests<D: Document>(&self) -> crate::Result<IndexWriter<D>> {
+    pub fn writer_for_tests<D: Document>(&self) -> crate::Result<IndexWriter<Codec, D>> {
         self.writer_with_num_threads(1, MEMORY_BUDGET_NUM_BYTES_MIN)
     }
 
@@ -613,7 +689,7 @@ impl Index {
     pub fn writer<D: Document>(
         &self,
         memory_budget_in_bytes: usize,
-    ) -> crate::Result<IndexWriter<D>> {
+    ) -> crate::Result<IndexWriter<Codec, D>> {
         let mut num_threads = std::cmp::min(available_parallelism()?.get(), MAX_NUM_THREAD);
         let memory_budget_num_bytes_per_thread = memory_budget_in_bytes / num_threads;
         if memory_budget_num_bytes_per_thread < MEMORY_BUDGET_NUM_BYTES_MIN {
@@ -640,7 +716,7 @@ impl Index {
     }
 
     /// Returns the list of segments that are searchable
-    pub fn searchable_segments(&self) -> crate::Result<Vec<Segment>> {
+    pub fn searchable_segments(&self) -> crate::Result<Vec<Segment<Codec>>> {
         Ok(self
             .searchable_segment_metas()?
             .into_iter()
@@ -649,12 +725,12 @@ impl Index {
     }
 
     #[doc(hidden)]
-    pub fn segment(&self, segment_meta: SegmentMeta) -> Segment {
+    pub fn segment(&self, segment_meta: SegmentMeta) -> Segment<Codec> {
         Segment::for_index(self.clone(), segment_meta)
     }
 
     /// Creates a new segment.
-    pub fn new_segment(&self) -> Segment {
+    pub fn new_segment(&self) -> Segment<Codec> {
         let segment_meta = self
             .inventory
             .new_segment_meta(SegmentId::generate_random(), 0);

src/index/index_meta.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use super::SegmentComponent;
-use crate::index::SegmentId;
+use crate::codec::Codec;
+use crate::index::{CodecConfiguration, SegmentId};
 use crate::schema::Schema;
 use crate::store::Compressor;
 use crate::{Inventory, Opstamp, TrackedObject};
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ impl SegmentMetaInventory {
         let inner = InnerSegmentMeta {
             segment_id,
             max_doc,
+            include_temp_doc_store: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(true)),
             deletes: None,
         };
         SegmentMeta::from(self.inventory.track(inner))
@@ -82,6 +86,15 @@ impl SegmentMeta {
         self.tracked.segment_id
     }
 
+    /// Removes the Component::TempStore from the alive list and
+    /// therefore marks the temp docstore file to be deleted by
+    /// the garbage collection.
+    pub fn untrack_temp_docstore(&self) {
+        self.tracked
+            .include_temp_doc_store
+            .store(false, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+
     /// Returns the number of deleted documents.
     pub fn num_deleted_docs(&self) -> u32 {
         self.tracked
@@ -99,9 +112,20 @@ impl SegmentMeta {
     /// is by removing all files that have been created by tantivy
     /// and are not used by any segment anymore.
     pub fn list_files(&self) -> HashSet<PathBuf> {
-        SegmentComponent::iterator()
-            .map(|component| self.relative_path(*component))
-            .collect::<HashSet<PathBuf>>()
+        if self
+            .tracked
+            .include_temp_doc_store
+            .load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed)
+        {
+            SegmentComponent::iterator()
+                .map(|component| self.relative_path(*component))
+                .collect::<HashSet<PathBuf>>()
+        } else {
+            SegmentComponent::iterator()
+                .filter(|comp| *comp != &SegmentComponent::TempStore)
+                .map(|component| self.relative_path(*component))
+                .collect::<HashSet<PathBuf>>()
+        }
     }
 
     /// Returns the relative path of a component of our segment.
@@ -115,6 +139,7 @@ impl SegmentMeta {
             SegmentComponent::Positions => ".pos".to_string(),
             SegmentComponent::Terms => ".term".to_string(),
             SegmentComponent::Store => ".store".to_string(),
+            SegmentComponent::TempStore => ".store.temp".to_string(),
             SegmentComponent::FastFields => ".fast".to_string(),
             SegmentComponent::FieldNorms => ".fieldnorm".to_string(),
             SegmentComponent::Delete => format!(".{}.del", self.delete_opstamp().unwrap_or(0)),
@@ -159,6 +184,7 @@ impl SegmentMeta {
             segment_id: inner_meta.segment_id,
             max_doc,
             deletes: None,
+            include_temp_doc_store: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(true)),
         });
         SegmentMeta { tracked }
     }
@@ -177,6 +203,7 @@ impl SegmentMeta {
         let tracked = self.tracked.map(move |inner_meta| InnerSegmentMeta {
             segment_id: inner_meta.segment_id,
             max_doc: inner_meta.max_doc,
+            include_temp_doc_store: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(true)),
             deletes: Some(delete_meta),
         });
         SegmentMeta { tracked }
@@ -188,6 +215,14 @@ struct InnerSegmentMeta {
     segment_id: SegmentId,
     max_doc: u32,
     pub deletes: Option<DeleteMeta>,
+    /// If you want to avoid the SegmentComponent::TempStore file to be covered by
+    /// garbage collection and deleted, set this to true. This is used during merge.
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    #[serde(default = "default_temp_store")]
+    pub(crate) include_temp_doc_store: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+}
+fn default_temp_store() -> Arc<AtomicBool> {
+    Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false))
 }
 
 impl InnerSegmentMeta {
@@ -286,6 +321,8 @@ pub struct IndexMeta {
     /// This payload is entirely unused by tantivy.
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub payload: Option<String>,
+    /// Codec configuration for the index.
+    pub codec: CodecConfiguration,
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
@@ -297,6 +334,8 @@ struct UntrackedIndexMeta {
     pub opstamp: Opstamp,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub payload: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub codec: CodecConfiguration,
 }
 
 impl UntrackedIndexMeta {
@@ -311,6 +350,7 @@ impl UntrackedIndexMeta {
             schema: self.schema,
             opstamp: self.opstamp,
             payload: self.payload,
+            codec: self.codec,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -321,13 +361,14 @@ impl IndexMeta {
     ///
     /// This new index does not contains any segments.
     /// Opstamp will the value `0u64`.
-    pub fn with_schema(schema: Schema) -> IndexMeta {
+    pub fn with_schema_and_codec<C: Codec>(schema: Schema, codec: &C) -> IndexMeta {
         IndexMeta {
             index_settings: IndexSettings::default(),
             segments: vec![],
             schema,
             opstamp: 0u64,
             payload: None,
+            codec: CodecConfiguration::from_codec(codec),
         }
     }
 
@@ -378,11 +419,12 @@ mod tests {
             schema,
             opstamp: 0u64,
             payload: None,
+            codec: Default::default(),
         };
         let json = serde_json::ser::to_string(&index_metas).expect("serialization failed");
         assert_eq!(
             json,
-            r#"{"index_settings":{"docstore_compression":"none","docstore_blocksize":16384},"segments":[],"schema":[{"name":"text","type":"text","options":{"indexing":{"record":"position","fieldnorms":true,"tokenizer":"default"},"stored":false,"fast":false}}],"opstamp":0}"#
+            r#"{"index_settings":{"docstore_compression":"none","docstore_blocksize":16384},"segments":[],"schema":[{"name":"text","type":"text","options":{"indexing":{"record":"position","fieldnorms":true,"tokenizer":"default"},"stored":false,"fast":false}}],"opstamp":0,"codec":{"name":"standard"}}"#
         );
 
         let deser_meta: UntrackedIndexMeta = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();

src/index/inverted_index_reader.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use std::io;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use common::json_path_writer::JSON_END_OF_PATH;
-use common::{BinarySerializable, ByteCount};
+use common::{BinarySerializable, ByteCount, OwnedBytes};
 #[cfg(feature = "quickwit")]
 use futures_util::{FutureExt, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
 #[cfg(feature = "quickwit")]
@@ -9,9 +10,13 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 #[cfg(feature = "quickwit")]
 use tantivy_fst::automaton::{AlwaysMatch, Automaton};
 
+use crate::codec::postings::PostingsCodec;
+use crate::codec::{Codec, ObjectSafeCodec, StandardCodec};
 use crate::directory::FileSlice;
-use crate::positions::PositionReader;
-use crate::postings::{BlockSegmentPostings, SegmentPostings, TermInfo};
+use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
+use crate::postings::{Postings, TermInfo};
+use crate::query::term_query::TermScorer;
+use crate::query::{Bm25Weight, PhraseScorer, Scorer};
 use crate::schema::{IndexRecordOption, Term, Type};
 use crate::termdict::TermDictionary;
 
@@ -33,6 +38,7 @@ pub struct InvertedIndexReader {
     positions_file_slice: FileSlice,
     record_option: IndexRecordOption,
     total_num_tokens: u64,
+    codec: Arc<dyn ObjectSafeCodec>,
 }
 
 /// Object that records the amount of space used by a field in an inverted index.
@@ -68,6 +74,7 @@ impl InvertedIndexReader {
         postings_file_slice: FileSlice,
         positions_file_slice: FileSlice,
         record_option: IndexRecordOption,
+        codec: Arc<dyn ObjectSafeCodec>,
     ) -> io::Result<InvertedIndexReader> {
         let (total_num_tokens_slice, postings_body) = postings_file_slice.split(8);
         let total_num_tokens = u64::deserialize(&mut total_num_tokens_slice.read_bytes()?)?;
@@ -77,6 +84,7 @@ impl InvertedIndexReader {
             positions_file_slice,
             record_option,
             total_num_tokens,
+            codec,
         })
     }
 
@@ -89,6 +97,7 @@ impl InvertedIndexReader {
             positions_file_slice: FileSlice::empty(),
             record_option,
             total_num_tokens: 0u64,
+            codec: Arc::new(StandardCodec),
         }
     }
 
@@ -160,61 +169,98 @@ impl InvertedIndexReader {
         Ok(fields)
     }
 
-    /// Resets the block segment to another position of the postings
-    /// file.
-    ///
-    /// This is useful for enumerating through a list of terms,
-    /// and consuming the associated posting lists while avoiding
-    /// reallocating a [`BlockSegmentPostings`].
-    ///
-    /// # Warning
-    ///
-    /// This does not reset the positions list.
-    pub fn reset_block_postings_from_terminfo(
+    pub(crate) fn new_term_scorer_specialized<C: Codec>(
         &self,
         term_info: &TermInfo,
-        block_postings: &mut BlockSegmentPostings,
-    ) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let postings_slice = self
-            .postings_file_slice
-            .slice(term_info.postings_range.clone());
-        let postings_bytes = postings_slice.read_bytes()?;
-        block_postings.reset(term_info.doc_freq, postings_bytes)?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    /// Returns a block postings given a `Term`.
-    /// This method is for an advanced usage only.
-    ///
-    /// Most users should prefer using [`Self::read_postings()`] instead.
-    pub fn read_block_postings(
-        &self,
-        term: &Term,
         option: IndexRecordOption,
-    ) -> io::Result<Option<BlockSegmentPostings>> {
-        self.get_term_info(term)?
-            .map(move |term_info| self.read_block_postings_from_terminfo(&term_info, option))
-            .transpose()
+        fieldnorm_reader: FieldNormReader,
+        similarity_weight: Bm25Weight,
+        codec: &C,
+    ) -> io::Result<TermScorer<<<C as Codec>::PostingsCodec as PostingsCodec>::Postings>> {
+        let postings = self.read_postings_from_terminfo_specialized(term_info, option, codec)?;
+        let term_scorer = TermScorer::new(postings, fieldnorm_reader, similarity_weight);
+        Ok(term_scorer)
     }
 
-    /// Returns a block postings given a `term_info`.
-    /// This method is for an advanced usage only.
-    ///
-    /// Most users should prefer using [`Self::read_postings()`] instead.
-    pub fn read_block_postings_from_terminfo(
+    pub(crate) fn new_phrase_scorer_type_specialized<C: Codec>(
+        &self,
+        term_infos: &[(usize, TermInfo)],
+        similarity_weight_opt: Option<Bm25Weight>,
+        fieldnorm_reader: FieldNormReader,
+        slop: u32,
+        codec: &C,
+    ) -> io::Result<PhraseScorer<<<C as Codec>::PostingsCodec as PostingsCodec>::Postings>> {
+        let mut offset_and_term_postings: Vec<(
+            usize,
+            <<C as Codec>::PostingsCodec as PostingsCodec>::Postings,
+        )> = Vec::with_capacity(term_infos.len());
+        for (offset, term_info) in term_infos {
+            let postings = self.read_postings_from_terminfo_specialized(
+                term_info,
+                IndexRecordOption::WithFreqsAndPositions,
+                codec,
+            )?;
+            offset_and_term_postings.push((*offset, postings));
+        }
+        let phrase_scorer = PhraseScorer::new(
+            offset_and_term_postings,
+            similarity_weight_opt,
+            fieldnorm_reader,
+            slop,
+        );
+        Ok(phrase_scorer)
+    }
+
+    /// Build a new term scorer.
+    pub fn new_term_scorer(
         &self,
         term_info: &TermInfo,
-        requested_option: IndexRecordOption,
-    ) -> io::Result<BlockSegmentPostings> {
+        option: IndexRecordOption,
+        fieldnorm_reader: FieldNormReader,
+        similarity_weight: Bm25Weight,
+    ) -> io::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
+        let term_scorer = self.codec.load_term_scorer_type_erased(
+            term_info,
+            option,
+            self,
+            fieldnorm_reader,
+            similarity_weight,
+        )?;
+        Ok(term_scorer)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a postings object specific with a concrete type.
+    ///
+    /// This requires you to provied the actual codec.
+    pub fn read_postings_from_terminfo_specialized<C: Codec>(
+        &self,
+        term_info: &TermInfo,
+        option: IndexRecordOption,
+        codec: &C,
+    ) -> io::Result<<<C as Codec>::PostingsCodec as PostingsCodec>::Postings> {
+        let option = option.downgrade(self.record_option);
         let postings_data = self
             .postings_file_slice
-            .slice(term_info.postings_range.clone());
-        BlockSegmentPostings::open(
-            term_info.doc_freq,
-            postings_data,
-            self.record_option,
-            requested_option,
-        )
+            .slice(term_info.postings_range.clone())
+            .read_bytes()?;
+        let positions_data: Option<OwnedBytes> = if option.has_positions() {
+            let positions_data = self
+                .positions_file_slice
+                .slice(term_info.positions_range.clone())
+                .read_bytes()?;
+            Some(positions_data)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        let postings: <<C as Codec>::PostingsCodec as PostingsCodec>::Postings =
+            codec.postings_codec().load_postings(
+                term_info.doc_freq,
+                postings_data,
+                self.record_option,
+                option,
+                positions_data,
+            )?;
+        Ok(postings)
     }
 
     /// Returns a posting object given a `term_info`.
@@ -225,25 +271,9 @@ impl InvertedIndexReader {
         &self,
         term_info: &TermInfo,
         option: IndexRecordOption,
-    ) -> io::Result<SegmentPostings> {
-        let option = option.downgrade(self.record_option);
-
-        let block_postings = self.read_block_postings_from_terminfo(term_info, option)?;
-        let position_reader = {
-            if option.has_positions() {
-                let positions_data = self
-                    .positions_file_slice
-                    .read_bytes_slice(term_info.positions_range.clone())?;
-                let position_reader = PositionReader::open(positions_data)?;
-                Some(position_reader)
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
-        };
-        Ok(SegmentPostings::from_block_postings(
-            block_postings,
-            position_reader,
-        ))
+    ) -> io::Result<Box<dyn Postings>> {
+        self.codec
+            .load_postings_type_erased(term_info, option, self)
     }
 
     /// Returns the total number of tokens recorded for all documents
@@ -266,7 +296,7 @@ impl InvertedIndexReader {
         &self,
         term: &Term,
         option: IndexRecordOption,
-    ) -> io::Result<Option<SegmentPostings>> {
+    ) -> io::Result<Option<Box<dyn Postings>>> {
         self.get_term_info(term)?
             .map(move |term_info| self.read_postings_from_terminfo(&term_info, option))
             .transpose()

src/index/mod.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! It contains `Index` and `Segment`, where a `Index` consists of one or more `Segment`s.
 
+mod codec_configuration;
 mod index;
 mod index_meta;
 mod inverted_index_reader;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ mod segment_component;
 mod segment_id;
 mod segment_reader;
 
+pub use self::codec_configuration::CodecConfiguration;
 pub use self::index::{Index, IndexBuilder};
 pub(crate) use self::index_meta::SegmentMetaInventory;
 pub use self::index_meta::{IndexMeta, IndexSettings, Order, SegmentMeta};

src/index/segment.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use super::SegmentComponent;
+use crate::codec::StandardCodec;
 use crate::directory::error::{OpenReadError, OpenWriteError};
 use crate::directory::{Directory, FileSlice, WritePtr};
 use crate::index::{Index, SegmentId, SegmentMeta};
@@ -10,25 +11,25 @@ use crate::Opstamp;
 
 /// A segment is a piece of the index.
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct Segment {
-    index: Index,
+pub struct Segment<C: crate::codec::Codec = StandardCodec> {
+    index: Index<C>,
     meta: SegmentMeta,
 }
 
-impl fmt::Debug for Segment {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+impl<C: crate::codec::Codec> fmt::Debug for Segment<C> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "Segment({:?})", self.id().uuid_string())
     }
 }
 
-impl Segment {
+impl<C: crate::codec::Codec> Segment<C> {
     /// Creates a new segment given an `Index` and a `SegmentId`
-    pub(crate) fn for_index(index: Index, meta: SegmentMeta) -> Segment {
+    pub(crate) fn for_index(index: Index<C>, meta: SegmentMeta) -> Segment<C> {
         Segment { index, meta }
     }
 
     /// Returns the index the segment belongs to.
-    pub fn index(&self) -> &Index {
+    pub fn index(&self) -> &Index<C> {
         &self.index
     }
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ impl Segment {
     ///
     /// This method is only used when updating `max_doc` from 0
     /// as we finalize a fresh new segment.
-    pub fn with_max_doc(self, max_doc: u32) -> Segment {
+    pub fn with_max_doc(self, max_doc: u32) -> Segment<C> {
         Segment {
             index: self.index,
             meta: self.meta.with_max_doc(max_doc),
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ impl Segment {
 
     #[doc(hidden)]
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn with_delete_meta(self, num_deleted_docs: u32, opstamp: Opstamp) -> Segment {
+    pub fn with_delete_meta(self, num_deleted_docs: u32, opstamp: Opstamp) -> Segment<C> {
         Segment {
             index: self.index,
             meta: self.meta.with_delete_meta(num_deleted_docs, opstamp),

src/index/segment_component.rs

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ pub enum SegmentComponent {
     /// Accessing a document from the store is relatively slow, as it
     /// requires to decompress the entire block it belongs to.
     Store,
+    /// Temporary storage of the documents, before streamed to `Store`.
+    TempStore,
     /// Bitset describing which document of the segment is alive.
     /// (It was representing deleted docs but changed to represent alive docs from v0.17)
     Delete,
@@ -31,13 +33,14 @@ pub enum SegmentComponent {
 impl SegmentComponent {
     /// Iterates through the components.
     pub fn iterator() -> slice::Iter<'static, SegmentComponent> {
-        static SEGMENT_COMPONENTS: [SegmentComponent; 7] = [
+        static SEGMENT_COMPONENTS: [SegmentComponent; 8] = [
             SegmentComponent::Postings,
             SegmentComponent::Positions,
             SegmentComponent::FastFields,
             SegmentComponent::FieldNorms,
             SegmentComponent::Terms,
             SegmentComponent::Store,
+            SegmentComponent::TempStore,
             SegmentComponent::Delete,
         ];
         SEGMENT_COMPONENTS.iter()

src/index/segment_reader.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use common::{ByteCount, HasLen};
 use fnv::FnvHashMap;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
+use crate::codec::ObjectSafeCodec;
 use crate::directory::{CompositeFile, FileSlice};
 use crate::error::DataCorruption;
 use crate::fastfield::{intersect_alive_bitsets, AliveBitSet, FacetReader, FastFieldReaders};
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ pub struct SegmentReader {
     store_file: FileSlice,
     alive_bitset_opt: Option<AliveBitSet>,
     schema: Schema,
+
+    pub(crate) codec: Arc<dyn ObjectSafeCodec>,
 }
 
 impl SegmentReader {
@@ -140,15 +143,16 @@ impl SegmentReader {
     }
 
     /// Open a new segment for reading.
-    pub fn open(segment: &Segment) -> crate::Result<SegmentReader> {
+    pub fn open<C: crate::codec::Codec>(segment: &Segment<C>) -> crate::Result<SegmentReader> {
         Self::open_with_custom_alive_set(segment, None)
     }
 
     /// Open a new segment for reading.
-    pub fn open_with_custom_alive_set(
-        segment: &Segment,
+    pub fn open_with_custom_alive_set<C: crate::codec::Codec>(
+        segment: &Segment<C>,
         custom_bitset: Option<AliveBitSet>,
     ) -> crate::Result<SegmentReader> {
+        let codec: Arc<dyn ObjectSafeCodec> = Arc::new(segment.index().codec().clone());
         let termdict_file = segment.open_read(SegmentComponent::Terms)?;
         let termdict_composite = CompositeFile::open(&termdict_file)?;
 
@@ -204,6 +208,7 @@ impl SegmentReader {
             alive_bitset_opt,
             positions_composite,
             schema,
+            codec,
         })
     }
 
@@ -273,6 +278,7 @@ impl SegmentReader {
             postings_file,
             positions_file,
             record_option,
+            self.codec.clone(),
         )?);
 
         // by releasing the lock in between, we may end up opening the inverting index

src/indexer/index_writer.rs

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use smallvec::smallvec;
 use super::operation::{AddOperation, UserOperation};
 use super::segment_updater::SegmentUpdater;
 use super::{AddBatch, AddBatchReceiver, AddBatchSender, PreparedCommit};
+use crate::codec::{Codec, StandardCodec};
 use crate::directory::{DirectoryLock, GarbageCollectionResult, TerminatingWrite};
 use crate::error::TantivyError;
 use crate::fastfield::write_alive_bitset;
@@ -68,12 +69,12 @@ pub struct IndexWriterOptions {
 /// indexing queue.
 /// Each indexing thread builds its own independent [`Segment`], via
 /// a `SegmentWriter` object.
-pub struct IndexWriter<D: Document = TantivyDocument> {
+pub struct IndexWriter<C: Codec = StandardCodec, D: Document = TantivyDocument> {
     // the lock is just used to bind the
     // lifetime of the lock with that of the IndexWriter.
     _directory_lock: Option<DirectoryLock>,
 
-    index: Index,
+    index: Index<C>,
 
     options: IndexWriterOptions,
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ pub struct IndexWriter<D: Document = TantivyDocument> {
     index_writer_status: IndexWriterStatus<D>,
     operation_sender: AddBatchSender<D>,
 
-    segment_updater: SegmentUpdater,
+    segment_updater: SegmentUpdater<C>,
 
     worker_id: usize,
 
@@ -128,8 +129,8 @@ fn compute_deleted_bitset(
 /// is `==` target_opstamp.
 /// For instance, there was no delete operation between the state of the `segment_entry` and
 /// the `target_opstamp`, `segment_entry` is not updated.
-pub fn advance_deletes(
-    mut segment: Segment,
+pub fn advance_deletes<C: Codec>(
+    mut segment: Segment<C>,
     segment_entry: &mut SegmentEntry,
     target_opstamp: Opstamp,
 ) -> crate::Result<()> {
@@ -179,11 +180,11 @@ pub fn advance_deletes(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn index_documents<D: Document>(
+fn index_documents<C: crate::codec::Codec, D: Document>(
     memory_budget: usize,
-    segment: Segment,
+    segment: Segment<C>,
     grouped_document_iterator: &mut dyn Iterator<Item = AddBatch<D>>,
-    segment_updater: &SegmentUpdater,
+    segment_updater: &SegmentUpdater<C>,
     mut delete_cursor: DeleteCursor,
 ) -> crate::Result<()> {
     let mut segment_writer = SegmentWriter::for_segment(memory_budget, segment.clone())?;
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ fn index_documents<D: Document>(
     let alive_bitset_opt = apply_deletes(&segment_with_max_doc, &mut delete_cursor, &doc_opstamps)?;
 
     let meta = segment_with_max_doc.meta().clone();
-
+    meta.untrack_temp_docstore();
     // update segment_updater inventory to remove tempstore
     let segment_entry = SegmentEntry::new(meta, delete_cursor, alive_bitset_opt);
     segment_updater.schedule_add_segment(segment_entry).wait()?;
@@ -226,8 +227,8 @@ fn index_documents<D: Document>(
 }
 
 /// `doc_opstamps` is required to be non-empty.
-fn apply_deletes(
-    segment: &Segment,
+fn apply_deletes<C: crate::codec::Codec>(
+    segment: &Segment<C>,
     delete_cursor: &mut DeleteCursor,
     doc_opstamps: &[Opstamp],
 ) -> crate::Result<Option<BitSet>> {
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ fn apply_deletes(
     })
 }
 
-impl<D: Document> IndexWriter<D> {
+impl<C: Codec, D: Document> IndexWriter<C, D> {
     /// Create a new index writer. Attempts to acquire a lockfile.
     ///
     /// The lockfile should be deleted on drop, but it is possible
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ impl<D: Document> IndexWriter<D> {
     /// If the memory arena per thread is too small or too big, returns
     /// `TantivyError::InvalidArgument`
     pub(crate) fn new(
-        index: &Index,
+        index: &Index<C>,
         options: IndexWriterOptions,
         directory_lock: DirectoryLock,
     ) -> crate::Result<Self> {
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ impl<D: Document> IndexWriter<D> {
     }
 
     /// Accessor to the index.
-    pub fn index(&self) -> &Index {
+    pub fn index(&self) -> &Index<C> {
         &self.index
     }
 
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ impl<D: Document> IndexWriter<D> {
     /// It is safe to start writing file associated with the new `Segment`.
     /// These will not be garbage collected as long as an instance object of
     /// `SegmentMeta` object associated with the new `Segment` is "alive".
-    pub fn new_segment(&self) -> Segment {
+    pub fn new_segment(&self) -> Segment<C> {
         self.index.new_segment()
     }
 
@@ -615,7 +616,7 @@ impl<D: Document> IndexWriter<D> {
     /// It is also possible to add a payload to the `commit`
     /// using this API.
     /// See [`PreparedCommit::set_payload()`].
-    pub fn prepare_commit(&mut self) -> crate::Result<PreparedCommit<'_, D>> {
+    pub fn prepare_commit(&mut self) -> crate::Result<PreparedCommit<'_, C, D>> {
         // Here, because we join all of the worker threads,
         // all of the segment update for this commit have been
         // sent.
@@ -665,7 +666,7 @@ impl<D: Document> IndexWriter<D> {
         self.prepare_commit()?.commit()
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn segment_updater(&self) -> &SegmentUpdater {
+    pub(crate) fn segment_updater(&self) -> &SegmentUpdater<C> {
         &self.segment_updater
     }
 
@@ -804,7 +805,7 @@ impl<D: Document> IndexWriter<D> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<D: Document> Drop for IndexWriter<D> {
+impl<C: Codec, D: Document> Drop for IndexWriter<C, D> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         self.segment_updater.kill();
         self.drop_sender();

src/indexer/merge_index_test.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use crate::codec::StandardCodec;
     use crate::collector::TopDocs;
     use crate::fastfield::AliveBitSet;
     use crate::index::Index;
-    use crate::postings::Postings;
+    use crate::postings::{DocFreq, Postings};
     use crate::query::QueryParser;
     use crate::schema::{
         self, BytesOptions, Facet, FacetOptions, IndexRecordOption, NumericOptions,
@@ -121,21 +122,26 @@ mod tests {
             let my_text_field = index.schema().get_field("text_field").unwrap();
             let term_a = Term::from_field_text(my_text_field, "text");
             let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(my_text_field).unwrap();
+            let term_info = inverted_index.get_term_info(&term_a).unwrap().unwrap();
             let mut postings = inverted_index
-                .read_postings(&term_a, IndexRecordOption::WithFreqsAndPositions)
-                .unwrap()
+                .read_postings_from_terminfo_specialized(
+                    &term_info,
+                    IndexRecordOption::WithFreqsAndPositions,
+                    &StandardCodec,
+                )
                 .unwrap();
-            assert_eq!(postings.doc_freq(), 2);
+            assert_eq!(postings.doc_freq(), DocFreq::Exact(2));
             let fallback_bitset = AliveBitSet::for_test_from_deleted_docs(&[0], 100);
             assert_eq!(
-                postings.doc_freq_given_deletes(
+                crate::indexer::merger::doc_freq_given_deletes(
+                    &postings,
                     segment_reader.alive_bitset().unwrap_or(&fallback_bitset)
                 ),
                 2
             );
 
             assert_eq!(postings.term_freq(), 1);
-            let mut output = vec![];
+            let mut output = Vec::new();
             postings.positions(&mut output);
             assert_eq!(output, vec![1]);
             postings.advance();

src/indexer/merger.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use common::ReadOnlyBitSet;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use measure_time::debug_time;
 
+use crate::codec::postings::PostingsCodec;
+use crate::codec::{Codec, StandardCodec};
 use crate::directory::WritePtr;
 use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
 use crate::error::DataCorruption;
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::fieldnorm::{FieldNormReader, FieldNormReaders, FieldNormsSerializer,
 use crate::index::{Segment, SegmentComponent, SegmentReader};
 use crate::indexer::doc_id_mapping::{MappingType, SegmentDocIdMapping};
 use crate::indexer::SegmentSerializer;
-use crate::postings::{InvertedIndexSerializer, Postings, SegmentPostings};
+use crate::postings::{InvertedIndexSerializer, Postings};
 use crate::schema::{value_type_to_column_type, Field, FieldType, Schema};
 use crate::store::StoreWriter;
 use crate::termdict::{TermMerger, TermOrdinal};
@@ -76,10 +78,11 @@ fn estimate_total_num_tokens(readers: &[SegmentReader], field: Field) -> crate::
     Ok(total_num_tokens)
 }
 
-pub struct IndexMerger {
+pub struct IndexMerger<C: Codec = StandardCodec> {
     schema: Schema,
     pub(crate) readers: Vec<SegmentReader>,
     max_doc: u32,
+    codec: C,
 }
 
 struct DeltaComputer {
@@ -144,8 +147,8 @@ fn extract_fast_field_required_columns(schema: &Schema) -> Vec<(String, ColumnTy
         .collect()
 }
 
-impl IndexMerger {
-    pub fn open(schema: Schema, segments: &[Segment]) -> crate::Result<IndexMerger> {
+impl<C: Codec> IndexMerger<C> {
+    pub fn open(schema: Schema, segments: &[Segment<C>]) -> crate::Result<IndexMerger<C>> {
         let alive_bitset = segments.iter().map(|_| None).collect_vec();
         Self::open_with_custom_alive_set(schema, segments, alive_bitset)
     }
@@ -162,11 +165,15 @@ impl IndexMerger {
     // This can be used to merge but also apply an additional filter.
     // One use case is demux, which is basically taking a list of
     // segments and partitions them e.g. by a value in a field.
+    //
+    // # Panics if segments is empty.
     pub fn open_with_custom_alive_set(
         schema: Schema,
-        segments: &[Segment],
+        segments: &[Segment<C>],
         alive_bitset_opt: Vec<Option<AliveBitSet>>,
-    ) -> crate::Result<IndexMerger> {
+    ) -> crate::Result<IndexMerger<C>> {
+        assert!(!segments.is_empty());
+        let codec = segments[0].index().codec().clone();
         let mut readers = vec![];
         for (segment, new_alive_bitset_opt) in segments.iter().zip(alive_bitset_opt) {
             if segment.meta().num_docs() > 0 {
@@ -189,6 +196,7 @@ impl IndexMerger {
             schema,
             readers,
             max_doc,
+            codec,
         })
     }
 
@@ -287,7 +295,7 @@ impl IndexMerger {
         &self,
         indexed_field: Field,
         _field_type: &FieldType,
-        serializer: &mut InvertedIndexSerializer,
+        serializer: &mut InvertedIndexSerializer<C>,
         fieldnorm_reader: Option<FieldNormReader>,
         doc_id_mapping: &SegmentDocIdMapping,
     ) -> crate::Result<()> {
@@ -355,7 +363,10 @@ impl IndexMerger {
                          indexed. Have you modified the schema?",
         );
 
-        let mut segment_postings_containing_the_term: Vec<(usize, SegmentPostings)> = vec![];
+        let mut segment_postings_containing_the_term: Vec<(
+            usize,
+            <C::PostingsCodec as PostingsCodec>::Postings,
+        )> = Vec::with_capacity(self.readers.len());
 
         while merged_terms.advance() {
             segment_postings_containing_the_term.clear();
@@ -367,17 +378,24 @@ impl IndexMerger {
             for (segment_ord, term_info) in merged_terms.current_segment_ords_and_term_infos() {
                 let segment_reader = &self.readers[segment_ord];
                 let inverted_index: &InvertedIndexReader = &field_readers[segment_ord];
-                let segment_postings = inverted_index
-                    .read_postings_from_terminfo(&term_info, segment_postings_option)?;
+                let postings = inverted_index.read_postings_from_terminfo_specialized(
+                    &term_info,
+                    segment_postings_option,
+                    &self.codec,
+                )?;
                 let alive_bitset_opt = segment_reader.alive_bitset();
                 let doc_freq = if let Some(alive_bitset) = alive_bitset_opt {
-                    segment_postings.doc_freq_given_deletes(alive_bitset)
+                    doc_freq_given_deletes(&postings, alive_bitset)
                 } else {
-                    segment_postings.doc_freq()
+                    // We do not an exact document frequency here.
+                    match postings.doc_freq() {
+                        crate::postings::DocFreq::Approximate(_) => exact_doc_freq(&postings),
+                        crate::postings::DocFreq::Exact(doc_freq) => doc_freq,
+                    }
                 };
                 if doc_freq > 0u32 {
                     total_doc_freq += doc_freq;
-                    segment_postings_containing_the_term.push((segment_ord, segment_postings));
+                    segment_postings_containing_the_term.push((segment_ord, postings));
                 }
             }
 
@@ -395,11 +413,7 @@ impl IndexMerger {
             assert!(!segment_postings_containing_the_term.is_empty());
 
             let has_term_freq = {
-                let has_term_freq = !segment_postings_containing_the_term[0]
-                    .1
-                    .block_cursor
-                    .freqs()
-                    .is_empty();
+                let has_term_freq = segment_postings_containing_the_term[0].1.has_freq();
                 for (_, postings) in &segment_postings_containing_the_term[1..] {
                     // This may look at a strange way to test whether we have term freq or not.
                     // With JSON object, the schema is not sufficient to know whether a term
@@ -415,7 +429,7 @@ impl IndexMerger {
                     //
                     // Overall the reliable way to know if we have actual frequencies loaded or not
                     // is to check whether the actual decoded array is empty or not.
-                    if has_term_freq == postings.block_cursor.freqs().is_empty() {
+                    if postings.has_freq() != has_term_freq {
                         return Err(DataCorruption::comment_only(
                             "Term freqs are inconsistent across segments",
                         )
@@ -467,7 +481,7 @@ impl IndexMerger {
 
     fn write_postings(
         &self,
-        serializer: &mut InvertedIndexSerializer,
+        serializer: &mut InvertedIndexSerializer<C>,
         fieldnorm_readers: FieldNormReaders,
         doc_id_mapping: &SegmentDocIdMapping,
     ) -> crate::Result<()> {
@@ -525,7 +539,7 @@ impl IndexMerger {
     ///
     /// # Returns
     /// The number of documents in the resulting segment.
-    pub fn write(&self, mut serializer: SegmentSerializer) -> crate::Result<u32> {
+    pub fn write(&self, mut serializer: SegmentSerializer<C>) -> crate::Result<u32> {
         let doc_id_mapping = self.get_doc_id_from_concatenated_data()?;
         debug!("write-fieldnorms");
         if let Some(fieldnorms_serializer) = serializer.extract_fieldnorms_serializer() {
@@ -553,6 +567,43 @@ impl IndexMerger {
     }
 }
 
+/// Compute the number of non-deleted documents.
+///
+/// This method will clone and scan through the posting lists.
+/// (this is a rather expensive operation).
+pub(crate) fn doc_freq_given_deletes<P: Postings + Clone>(
+    postings: &P,
+    alive_bitset: &AliveBitSet,
+) -> u32 {
+    let mut docset = postings.clone();
+    let mut doc_freq = 0;
+    loop {
+        let doc = docset.doc();
+        if doc == TERMINATED {
+            return doc_freq;
+        }
+        if alive_bitset.is_alive(doc) {
+            doc_freq += 1u32;
+        }
+        docset.advance();
+    }
+}
+
+/// If the postings is not able to inform us of the document frequency,
+/// we just scan through it.
+pub(crate) fn exact_doc_freq<P: Postings + Clone>(postings: &P) -> u32 {
+    let mut docset = postings.clone();
+    let mut doc_freq = 0;
+    loop {
+        let doc = docset.doc();
+        if doc == TERMINATED {
+            return doc_freq;
+        }
+        doc_freq += 1u32;
+        docset.advance();
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 
@@ -561,12 +612,16 @@ mod tests {
     use proptest::strategy::Strategy;
     use schema::FAST;
 
+    use crate::codec::postings::PostingsCodec;
+    use crate::codec::standard::postings::StandardPostingsCodec;
     use crate::collector::tests::{
         BytesFastFieldTestCollector, FastFieldTestCollector, TEST_COLLECTOR_WITH_SCORE,
     };
     use crate::collector::{Count, FacetCollector};
+    use crate::fastfield::AliveBitSet;
     use crate::index::{Index, SegmentId};
     use crate::indexer::NoMergePolicy;
+    use crate::postings::{DocFreq, Postings as _};
     use crate::query::{AllQuery, BooleanQuery, EnableScoring, Scorer, TermQuery};
     use crate::schema::{
         Facet, FacetOptions, IndexRecordOption, NumericOptions, TantivyDocument, Term,
@@ -1518,10 +1573,10 @@ mod tests {
         let searcher = reader.searcher();
         let mut term_scorer = term_query
             .specialized_weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?
-            .term_scorer_for_test(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?
+            .term_scorer_for_test(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)
             .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(term_scorer.doc(), 0);
-        assert_nearly_equals!(term_scorer.block_max_score(), 0.0079681855);
+        assert_nearly_equals!(term_scorer.seek_block_max(0), 0.0079681855);
         assert_nearly_equals!(term_scorer.score(), 0.0079681855);
         for _ in 0..81 {
             writer.add_document(doc!(text=>"hello happy tax payer"))?;
@@ -1534,13 +1589,13 @@ mod tests {
         for segment_reader in searcher.segment_readers() {
             let mut term_scorer = term_query
                 .specialized_weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?
-                .term_scorer_for_test(segment_reader, 1.0)?
+                .term_scorer_for_test(segment_reader, 1.0)
                 .unwrap();
             // the difference compared to before is intrinsic to the bm25 formula. no worries
             // there.
             for doc in segment_reader.doc_ids_alive() {
                 assert_eq!(term_scorer.doc(), doc);
-                assert_nearly_equals!(term_scorer.block_max_score(), 0.003478312);
+                assert_nearly_equals!(term_scorer.seek_block_max(doc), 0.003478312);
                 assert_nearly_equals!(term_scorer.score(), 0.003478312);
                 term_scorer.advance();
             }
@@ -1560,12 +1615,12 @@ mod tests {
         let segment_reader = searcher.segment_reader(0u32);
         let mut term_scorer = term_query
             .specialized_weight(EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher))?
-            .term_scorer_for_test(segment_reader, 1.0)?
+            .term_scorer_for_test(segment_reader, 1.0)
             .unwrap();
         // the difference compared to before is intrinsic to the bm25 formula. no worries there.
         for doc in segment_reader.doc_ids_alive() {
             assert_eq!(term_scorer.doc(), doc);
-            assert_nearly_equals!(term_scorer.block_max_score(), 0.003478312);
+            assert_nearly_equals!(term_scorer.seek_block_max(doc), 0.003478312);
             assert_nearly_equals!(term_scorer.score(), 0.003478312);
             term_scorer.advance();
         }
@@ -1579,4 +1634,16 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(((super::MAX_DOC_LIMIT - 1) as i32) >= 0);
         assert!((super::MAX_DOC_LIMIT as i32) < 0);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_doc_freq_given_delete() {
+        let docs =
+            <StandardPostingsCodec as PostingsCodec>::Postings::create_from_docs(&[0, 2, 10]);
+        assert_eq!(docs.doc_freq(), DocFreq::Exact(3));
+        let alive_bitset = AliveBitSet::for_test_from_deleted_docs(&[2], 12);
+        assert_eq!(super::doc_freq_given_deletes(&docs, &alive_bitset), 2);
+        let all_deleted =
+            AliveBitSet::for_test_from_deleted_docs(&[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11], 12);
+        assert_eq!(super::doc_freq_given_deletes(&docs, &all_deleted), 0);
+    }
 }

src/indexer/prepared_commit.rs

@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 use super::IndexWriter;
+use crate::codec::Codec;
 use crate::schema::document::Document;
 use crate::{FutureResult, Opstamp, TantivyDocument};
 
 /// A prepared commit
-pub struct PreparedCommit<'a, D: Document = TantivyDocument> {
-    index_writer: &'a mut IndexWriter<D>,
+pub struct PreparedCommit<'a, C: Codec, D: Document = TantivyDocument> {
+    index_writer: &'a mut IndexWriter<C, D>,
     payload: Option<String>,
     opstamp: Opstamp,
 }
 
-impl<'a, D: Document> PreparedCommit<'a, D> {
-    pub(crate) fn new(index_writer: &'a mut IndexWriter<D>, opstamp: Opstamp) -> Self {
+impl<'a, C: Codec, D: Document> PreparedCommit<'a, C, D> {
+    pub(crate) fn new(index_writer: &'a mut IndexWriter<C, D>, opstamp: Opstamp) -> Self {
         Self {
             index_writer,
             payload: None,

src/indexer/segment_serializer.rs

@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@ use crate::store::StoreWriter;
 
 /// Segment serializer is in charge of laying out on disk
 /// the data accumulated and sorted by the `SegmentWriter`.
-pub struct SegmentSerializer {
-    segment: Segment,
+pub struct SegmentSerializer<C: crate::codec::Codec> {
+    segment: Segment<C>,
     pub(crate) store_writer: StoreWriter,
     fast_field_write: WritePtr,
     fieldnorms_serializer: Option<FieldNormsSerializer>,
-    postings_serializer: InvertedIndexSerializer,
+    postings_serializer: InvertedIndexSerializer<C>,
 }
 
-impl SegmentSerializer {
+impl<C: crate::codec::Codec> SegmentSerializer<C> {
     /// Creates a new `SegmentSerializer`.
-    pub fn for_segment(mut segment: Segment) -> crate::Result<SegmentSerializer> {
+    pub fn for_segment(mut segment: Segment<C>) -> crate::Result<SegmentSerializer<C>> {
         let settings = segment.index().settings().clone();
         let store_writer = {
             let store_write = segment.open_write(SegmentComponent::Store)?;
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ impl SegmentSerializer {
         self.store_writer.mem_usage()
     }
 
-    pub fn segment(&self) -> &Segment {
+    pub fn segment(&self) -> &Segment<C> {
         &self.segment
     }
 
     /// Accessor to the `PostingsSerializer`.
-    pub fn get_postings_serializer(&mut self) -> &mut InvertedIndexSerializer {
+    pub fn get_postings_serializer(&mut self) -> &mut InvertedIndexSerializer<C> {
         &mut self.postings_serializer
     }
 

src/indexer/segment_updater.rs

@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use rayon::{ThreadPool, ThreadPoolBuilder};
 
 use super::segment_manager::SegmentManager;
+use crate::codec::Codec;
 use crate::core::META_FILEPATH;
 use crate::directory::{Directory, DirectoryClone, GarbageCollectionResult};
 use crate::fastfield::AliveBitSet;
-use crate::index::{Index, IndexMeta, IndexSettings, Segment, SegmentId, SegmentMeta};
+use crate::index::{
+    CodecConfiguration, Index, IndexMeta, IndexSettings, Segment, SegmentId, SegmentMeta,
+};
 use crate::indexer::delete_queue::DeleteCursor;
 use crate::indexer::index_writer::advance_deletes;
 use crate::indexer::merge_operation::MergeOperationInventory;
@@ -61,10 +64,10 @@ pub(crate) fn save_metas(metas: &IndexMeta, directory: &dyn Directory) -> crate:
 // We voluntarily pass a merge_operation ref to guarantee that
 // the merge_operation is alive during the process
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub(crate) struct SegmentUpdater(Arc<InnerSegmentUpdater>);
+pub(crate) struct SegmentUpdater<C: Codec>(Arc<InnerSegmentUpdater<C>>);
 
-impl Deref for SegmentUpdater {
-    type Target = InnerSegmentUpdater;
+impl<C: Codec> Deref for SegmentUpdater<C> {
+    type Target = InnerSegmentUpdater<C>;
 
     #[inline]
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
@@ -72,8 +75,8 @@ impl Deref for SegmentUpdater {
     }
 }
 
-fn garbage_collect_files(
-    segment_updater: SegmentUpdater,
+fn garbage_collect_files<C: Codec>(
+    segment_updater: SegmentUpdater<C>,
 ) -> crate::Result<GarbageCollectionResult> {
     info!("Running garbage collection");
     let mut index = segment_updater.index.clone();
@@ -84,8 +87,8 @@ fn garbage_collect_files(
 
 /// Merges a list of segments the list of segment givens in the `segment_entries`.
 /// This function happens in the calling thread and is computationally expensive.
-fn merge(
-    index: &Index,
+fn merge<Codec: crate::codec::Codec>(
+    index: &Index<Codec>,
     mut segment_entries: Vec<SegmentEntry>,
     target_opstamp: Opstamp,
 ) -> crate::Result<Option<SegmentEntry>> {
@@ -108,13 +111,13 @@ fn merge(
 
     let delete_cursor = segment_entries[0].delete_cursor().clone();
 
-    let segments: Vec<Segment> = segment_entries
+    let segments: Vec<Segment<Codec>> = segment_entries
         .iter()
         .map(|segment_entry| index.segment(segment_entry.meta().clone()))
         .collect();
 
     // An IndexMerger is like a "view" of our merged segments.
-    let merger: IndexMerger = IndexMerger::open(index.schema(), &segments[..])?;
+    let merger: IndexMerger<Codec> = IndexMerger::open(index.schema(), &segments[..])?;
 
     // ... we just serialize this index merger in our new segment to merge the segments.
     let segment_serializer = SegmentSerializer::for_segment(merged_segment.clone())?;
@@ -139,10 +142,10 @@ fn merge(
 /// meant to work if you have an `IndexWriter` running for the origin indices, or
 /// the destination `Index`.
 #[doc(hidden)]
-pub fn merge_indices<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(
-    indices: &[Index],
-    output_directory: T,
-) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+pub fn merge_indices<Codec: crate::codec::Codec>(
+    indices: &[Index<Codec>],
+    output_directory: Box<dyn Directory>,
+) -> crate::Result<Index<Codec>> {
     if indices.is_empty() {
         // If there are no indices to merge, there is no need to do anything.
         return Err(crate::TantivyError::InvalidArgument(
@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ pub fn merge_indices<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(
         ));
     }
 
-    let mut segments: Vec<Segment> = Vec::new();
+    let mut segments: Vec<Segment<Codec>> = Vec::new();
     for index in indices {
         segments.extend(index.searchable_segments()?);
     }
@@ -185,12 +188,12 @@ pub fn merge_indices<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(
 /// meant to work if you have an `IndexWriter` running for the origin indices, or
 /// the destination `Index`.
 #[doc(hidden)]
-pub fn merge_filtered_segments<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(
-    segments: &[Segment],
+pub fn merge_filtered_segments<C: crate::codec::Codec, T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(
+    segments: &[Segment<C>],
     target_settings: IndexSettings,
     filter_doc_ids: Vec<Option<AliveBitSet>>,
     output_directory: T,
-) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+) -> crate::Result<Index<C>> {
     if segments.is_empty() {
         // If there are no indices to merge, there is no need to do anything.
         return Err(crate::TantivyError::InvalidArgument(
@@ -211,14 +214,15 @@ pub fn merge_filtered_segments<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(
         ));
     }
 
-    let mut merged_index = Index::create(
-        output_directory,
-        target_schema.clone(),
-        target_settings.clone(),
-    )?;
+    let mut merged_index: Index<C> = Index::builder()
+        .schema(target_schema.clone())
+        .codec(segments[0].index().codec().clone())
+        .settings(target_settings.clone())
+        .create(output_directory.into())?;
+
     let merged_segment = merged_index.new_segment();
     let merged_segment_id = merged_segment.id();
-    let merger: IndexMerger =
+    let merger: IndexMerger<C> =
         IndexMerger::open_with_custom_alive_set(merged_index.schema(), segments, filter_doc_ids)?;
     let segment_serializer = SegmentSerializer::for_segment(merged_segment)?;
     let num_docs = merger.write(segment_serializer)?;
@@ -235,6 +239,7 @@ pub fn merge_filtered_segments<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(
             ))
             .trim_end()
     );
+    let codec_configuration = CodecConfiguration::from_codec(segments[0].index().codec());
 
     let index_meta = IndexMeta {
         index_settings: target_settings, // index_settings of all segments should be the same
@@ -242,6 +247,7 @@ pub fn merge_filtered_segments<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(
         schema: target_schema,
         opstamp: 0u64,
         payload: Some(stats),
+        codec: codec_configuration,
     };
 
     // save the meta.json
@@ -250,7 +256,7 @@ pub fn merge_filtered_segments<T: Into<Box<dyn Directory>>>(
     Ok(merged_index)
 }
 
-pub(crate) struct InnerSegmentUpdater {
+pub(crate) struct InnerSegmentUpdater<C: Codec> {
     // we keep a copy of the current active IndexMeta to
     // avoid loading the file every time we need it in the
     // `SegmentUpdater`.
@@ -261,7 +267,7 @@ pub(crate) struct InnerSegmentUpdater {
     pool: ThreadPool,
     merge_thread_pool: ThreadPool,
 
-    index: Index,
+    index: Index<C>,
     segment_manager: SegmentManager,
     merge_policy: RwLock<Arc<dyn MergePolicy>>,
     killed: AtomicBool,
@@ -269,13 +275,13 @@ pub(crate) struct InnerSegmentUpdater {
     merge_operations: MergeOperationInventory,
 }
 
-impl SegmentUpdater {
+impl<Codec: crate::codec::Codec> SegmentUpdater<Codec> {
     pub fn create(
-        index: Index,
+        index: Index<Codec>,
         stamper: Stamper,
         delete_cursor: &DeleteCursor,
         num_merge_threads: usize,
-    ) -> crate::Result<SegmentUpdater> {
+    ) -> crate::Result<Self> {
         let segments = index.searchable_segment_metas()?;
         let segment_manager = SegmentManager::from_segments(segments, delete_cursor);
         let pool = ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
@@ -404,12 +410,14 @@ impl SegmentUpdater {
             //
             // Segment 1 from disk 1, Segment 1 from disk 2, etc.
             committed_segment_metas.sort_by_key(|segment_meta| -(segment_meta.max_doc() as i32));
+            let codec = CodecConfiguration::from_codec(index.codec());
             let index_meta = IndexMeta {
                 index_settings: index.settings().clone(),
                 segments: committed_segment_metas,
                 schema: index.schema(),
                 opstamp,
                 payload: commit_message,
+                codec,
             };
             // TODO add context to the error.
             save_metas(&index_meta, directory.box_clone().borrow_mut())?;
@@ -443,7 +451,7 @@ impl SegmentUpdater {
         opstamp: Opstamp,
         payload: Option<String>,
     ) -> FutureResult<Opstamp> {
-        let segment_updater: SegmentUpdater = self.clone();
+        let segment_updater: SegmentUpdater<Codec> = self.clone();
         self.schedule_task(move || {
             let segment_entries = segment_updater.purge_deletes(opstamp)?;
             segment_updater.segment_manager.commit(segment_entries);
@@ -702,6 +710,7 @@ impl SegmentUpdater {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::merge_indices;
+    use crate::codec::StandardCodec;
     use crate::collector::TopDocs;
     use crate::directory::RamDirectory;
     use crate::fastfield::AliveBitSet;
@@ -915,7 +924,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_merge_empty_indices_array() {
-        let merge_result = merge_indices(&[], RamDirectory::default());
+        let merge_result = merge_indices::<StandardCodec>(&[], Box::new(RamDirectory::default()));
         assert!(merge_result.is_err());
     }
 
@@ -942,7 +951,10 @@ mod tests {
         };
 
         // mismatched schema index list
-        let result = merge_indices(&[first_index, second_index], RamDirectory::default());
+        let result = merge_indices(
+            &[first_index, second_index],
+            Box::new(RamDirectory::default()),
+        );
         assert!(result.is_err());
 
         Ok(())

src/indexer/segment_writer.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use tokenizer_api::BoxTokenStream;
 
 use super::operation::AddOperation;
+use crate::codec::Codec;
 use crate::fastfield::FastFieldsWriter;
 use crate::fieldnorm::{FieldNormReaders, FieldNormsWriter};
 use crate::index::{Segment, SegmentComponent};
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::indexer::segment_serializer::SegmentSerializer;
 use crate::json_utils::{index_json_value, IndexingPositionsPerPath};
 use crate::postings::{
     compute_table_memory_size, serialize_postings, IndexingContext, IndexingPosition,
-    PerFieldPostingsWriter, PostingsWriter,
+    PerFieldPostingsWriter, PostingsWriter, PostingsWriterEnum,
 };
 use crate::schema::document::{Document, Value};
 use crate::schema::{FieldEntry, FieldType, Schema, DATE_TIME_PRECISION_INDEXED};
@@ -45,11 +46,11 @@ fn compute_initial_table_size(per_thread_memory_budget: usize) -> crate::Result<
 ///
 /// They creates the postings list in anonymous memory.
 /// The segment is laid on disk when the segment gets `finalized`.
-pub struct SegmentWriter {
+pub struct SegmentWriter<Codec: crate::codec::Codec> {
     pub(crate) max_doc: DocId,
     pub(crate) ctx: IndexingContext,
     pub(crate) per_field_postings_writers: PerFieldPostingsWriter,
-    pub(crate) segment_serializer: SegmentSerializer,
+    pub(crate) segment_serializer: SegmentSerializer<Codec>,
     pub(crate) fast_field_writers: FastFieldsWriter,
     pub(crate) fieldnorms_writer: FieldNormsWriter,
     pub(crate) json_path_writer: JsonPathWriter,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ pub struct SegmentWriter {
     schema: Schema,
 }
 
-impl SegmentWriter {
+impl<Codec: crate::codec::Codec> SegmentWriter<Codec> {
     /// Creates a new `SegmentWriter`
     ///
     /// The arguments are defined as follows
@@ -70,7 +71,10 @@ impl SegmentWriter {
     ///   behavior as a memory limit.
     /// - segment: The segment being written
     /// - schema
-    pub fn for_segment(memory_budget_in_bytes: usize, segment: Segment) -> crate::Result<Self> {
+    pub fn for_segment(
+        memory_budget_in_bytes: usize,
+        segment: Segment<Codec>,
+    ) -> crate::Result<Self> {
         let schema = segment.schema();
         let tokenizer_manager = segment.index().tokenizers().clone();
         let tokenizer_manager_fast_field = segment.index().fast_field_tokenizer().clone();
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ impl SegmentWriter {
             }
 
             let (term_buffer, ctx) = (&mut self.term_buffer, &mut self.ctx);
-            let postings_writer: &mut dyn PostingsWriter =
+            let postings_writer: &mut PostingsWriterEnum =
                 self.per_field_postings_writers.get_for_field_mut(field);
             term_buffer.clear_with_field(field);
 
@@ -386,13 +390,13 @@ impl SegmentWriter {
 /// to the `SegmentSerializer`.
 ///
 /// `doc_id_map` is used to map to the new doc_id order.
-fn remap_and_write(
+fn remap_and_write<C: Codec>(
     schema: Schema,
     per_field_postings_writers: &PerFieldPostingsWriter,
     ctx: IndexingContext,
     fast_field_writers: FastFieldsWriter,
     fieldnorms_writer: &FieldNormsWriter,
-    mut serializer: SegmentSerializer,
+    mut serializer: SegmentSerializer<C>,
 ) -> crate::Result<()> {
     debug!("remap-and-write");
     if let Some(fieldnorms_serializer) = serializer.extract_fieldnorms_serializer() {

src/indexer/single_segment_index_writer.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
+use crate::codec::StandardCodec;
+use crate::index::CodecConfiguration;
 use crate::indexer::operation::AddOperation;
 use crate::indexer::segment_updater::save_metas;
 use crate::indexer::SegmentWriter;
@@ -7,22 +9,25 @@ use crate::schema::document::Document;
 use crate::{Directory, Index, IndexMeta, Opstamp, Segment, TantivyDocument};
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
-pub struct SingleSegmentIndexWriter<D: Document = TantivyDocument> {
-    segment_writer: SegmentWriter,
-    segment: Segment,
+pub struct SingleSegmentIndexWriter<
+    Codec: crate::codec::Codec = StandardCodec,
+    D: Document = TantivyDocument,
+> {
+    segment_writer: SegmentWriter<Codec>,
+    segment: Segment<Codec>,
     opstamp: Opstamp,
-    _phantom: PhantomData<D>,
+    _doc: PhantomData<D>,
 }
 
-impl<D: Document> SingleSegmentIndexWriter<D> {
-    pub fn new(index: Index, mem_budget: usize) -> crate::Result<Self> {
+impl<Codec: crate::codec::Codec, D: Document> SingleSegmentIndexWriter<Codec, D> {
+    pub fn new(index: Index<Codec>, mem_budget: usize) -> crate::Result<Self> {
         let segment = index.new_segment();
         let segment_writer = SegmentWriter::for_segment(mem_budget, segment.clone())?;
         Ok(Self {
             segment_writer,
             segment,
             opstamp: 0,
-            _phantom: PhantomData,
+            _doc: PhantomData,
         })
     }
 
@@ -37,10 +42,10 @@ impl<D: Document> SingleSegmentIndexWriter<D> {
             .add_document(AddOperation { opstamp, document })
     }
 
-    pub fn finalize(self) -> crate::Result<Index> {
+    pub fn finalize(self) -> crate::Result<Index<Codec>> {
         let max_doc = self.segment_writer.max_doc();
         self.segment_writer.finalize()?;
-        let segment: Segment = self.segment.with_max_doc(max_doc);
+        let segment: Segment<Codec> = self.segment.with_max_doc(max_doc);
         let index = segment.index();
         let index_meta = IndexMeta {
             index_settings: index.settings().clone(),
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ impl<D: Document> SingleSegmentIndexWriter<D> {
             schema: index.schema(),
             opstamp: 0,
             payload: None,
+            codec: CodecConfiguration::from_codec(index.codec()),
         };
         save_metas(&index_meta, index.directory())?;
         index.directory().sync_directory()?;

src/lib.rs

@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ mod functional_test;
 
 #[macro_use]
 mod macros;
+
+/// Tantivy codecs describes how data is layed out on disk.
+pub mod codec;
 mod future_result;
 
 // Re-exports
@@ -377,7 +380,7 @@ pub mod tests {
 
     use common::{BinarySerializable, FixedSize};
     use query_grammar::{UserInputAst, UserInputLeaf, UserInputLiteral};
-    use rand::distr::{Bernoulli, Uniform};
+    use rand::distributions::{Bernoulli, Uniform};
     use rand::rngs::StdRng;
     use rand::{Rng, SeedableRng};
     use time::OffsetDateTime;
@@ -428,7 +431,7 @@ pub mod tests {
     pub fn generate_nonunique_unsorted(max_value: u32, n_elems: usize) -> Vec<u32> {
         let seed: [u8; 32] = [1; 32];
         StdRng::from_seed(seed)
-            .sample_iter(&Uniform::new(0u32, max_value).unwrap())
+            .sample_iter(&Uniform::new(0u32, max_value))
             .take(n_elems)
             .collect::<Vec<u32>>()
     }

src/postings/compression/mod.rs

@@ -397,10 +397,7 @@ mod bench {
         let mut seed: [u8; 32] = [0; 32];
         seed[31] = seed_val;
         let mut rng = StdRng::from_seed(seed);
-        (0u32..)
-            .filter(|_| rng.random_bool(ratio))
-            .take(n)
-            .collect()
+        (0u32..).filter(|_| rng.gen_bool(ratio)).take(n).collect()
     }
 
     pub fn generate_array(n: usize, ratio: f64) -> Vec<u32> {

src/postings/json_postings_writer.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::io;
 use common::json_path_writer::JSON_END_OF_PATH;
 use stacker::Addr;
 
+use crate::codec::Codec;
 use crate::indexer::indexing_term::IndexingTerm;
 use crate::indexer::path_to_unordered_id::OrderedPathId;
 use crate::postings::postings_writer::SpecializedPostingsWriter;
@@ -22,12 +23,6 @@ pub(crate) struct JsonPostingsWriter<Rec: Recorder> {
     non_str_posting_writer: SpecializedPostingsWriter<DocIdRecorder>,
 }
 
-impl<Rec: Recorder> From<JsonPostingsWriter<Rec>> for Box<dyn PostingsWriter> {
-    fn from(json_postings_writer: JsonPostingsWriter<Rec>) -> Box<dyn PostingsWriter> {
-        Box::new(json_postings_writer)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<Rec: Recorder> PostingsWriter for JsonPostingsWriter<Rec> {
     #[inline]
     fn subscribe(
@@ -58,12 +53,12 @@ impl<Rec: Recorder> PostingsWriter for JsonPostingsWriter<Rec> {
     }
 
     /// The actual serialization format is handled by the `PostingsSerializer`.
-    fn serialize(
+    fn serialize<C: Codec>(
         &self,
         ordered_term_addrs: &[(Field, OrderedPathId, &[u8], Addr)],
         ordered_id_to_path: &[&str],
         ctx: &IndexingContext,
-        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer,
+        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<C>,
     ) -> io::Result<()> {
         let mut term_buffer = JsonTermSerializer(Vec::with_capacity(48));
         let mut buffer_lender = BufferLender::default();

src/postings/loaded_postings.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
-use crate::postings::{Postings, SegmentPostings};
+use crate::postings::{DocFreq, Postings};
 use crate::DocId;
 
 /// `LoadedPostings` is a `DocSet` and `Postings` implementation.
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ impl LoadedPostings {
     /// Creates a new `LoadedPostings` from a `SegmentPostings`.
     ///
     /// It will also preload positions, if positions are available in the SegmentPostings.
-    pub fn load(segment_postings: &mut SegmentPostings) -> LoadedPostings {
-        let num_docs = segment_postings.doc_freq() as usize;
+    pub fn load(postings: &mut Box<dyn Postings>) -> LoadedPostings {
+        let num_docs: usize = u32::from(postings.doc_freq()) as usize;
         let mut doc_ids = Vec::with_capacity(num_docs);
         let mut positions = Vec::with_capacity(num_docs);
         let mut position_offsets = Vec::with_capacity(num_docs);
-        while segment_postings.doc() != TERMINATED {
+        while postings.doc() != TERMINATED {
             position_offsets.push(positions.len() as u32);
-            doc_ids.push(segment_postings.doc());
-            segment_postings.append_positions_with_offset(0, &mut positions);
-            segment_postings.advance();
+            doc_ids.push(postings.doc());
+            postings.append_positions_with_offset(0, &mut positions);
+            postings.advance();
         }
         position_offsets.push(positions.len() as u32);
         LoadedPostings {
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ impl Postings for LoadedPostings {
             output.push(*pos + offset);
         }
     }
+
+    fn has_freq(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn doc_freq(&self) -> DocFreq {
+        DocFreq::Exact(self.doc_ids.len() as u32)
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]

src/postings/mod.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ mod block_search;
 
 pub(crate) use self::block_search::branchless_binary_search;
 
-mod block_segment_postings;
 pub(crate) mod compression;
 mod indexing_context;
 mod json_postings_writer;
@@ -13,32 +12,22 @@ mod per_field_postings_writer;
 mod postings;
 mod postings_writer;
 mod recorder;
-mod segment_postings;
 mod serializer;
-mod skip;
 mod term_info;
 
 pub(crate) use loaded_postings::LoadedPostings;
+pub use postings::DocFreq;
 pub(crate) use stacker::compute_table_memory_size;
 
-pub use self::block_segment_postings::BlockSegmentPostings;
 pub(crate) use self::indexing_context::IndexingContext;
 pub(crate) use self::per_field_postings_writer::PerFieldPostingsWriter;
 pub use self::postings::Postings;
-pub(crate) use self::postings_writer::{serialize_postings, IndexingPosition, PostingsWriter};
-pub use self::segment_postings::SegmentPostings;
+pub(crate) use self::postings_writer::{
+    serialize_postings, IndexingPosition, PostingsWriter, PostingsWriterEnum,
+};
 pub use self::serializer::{FieldSerializer, InvertedIndexSerializer};
-pub(crate) use self::skip::{BlockInfo, SkipReader};
 pub use self::term_info::TermInfo;
 
-#[expect(clippy::enum_variant_names)]
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Eq)]
-pub(crate) enum FreqReadingOption {
-    NoFreq,
-    SkipFreq,
-    ReadFreq,
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) mod tests {
     use std::mem;
@@ -49,6 +38,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
     use crate::index::{Index, SegmentComponent, SegmentReader};
     use crate::indexer::operation::AddOperation;
     use crate::indexer::SegmentWriter;
+    use crate::postings::DocFreq;
     use crate::query::Scorer;
     use crate::schema::{
         Field, IndexRecordOption, Schema, Term, TextFieldIndexing, TextOptions, INDEXED, TEXT,
@@ -279,11 +269,11 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
             }
             {
                 let term_a = Term::from_field_text(text_field, "a");
-                let mut postings_a = segment_reader
+                let mut postings_a: Box<dyn Postings> = segment_reader
                     .inverted_index(term_a.field())?
                     .read_postings(&term_a, IndexRecordOption::WithFreqsAndPositions)?
                     .unwrap();
-                assert_eq!(postings_a.len(), 1000);
+                assert_eq!(postings_a.doc_freq(), DocFreq::Exact(1000));
                 assert_eq!(postings_a.doc(), 0);
                 assert_eq!(postings_a.term_freq(), 6);
                 postings_a.positions(&mut positions);
@@ -306,7 +296,7 @@ pub(crate) mod tests {
                     .inverted_index(term_e.field())?
                     .read_postings(&term_e, IndexRecordOption::WithFreqsAndPositions)?
                     .unwrap();
-                assert_eq!(postings_e.len(), 1000 - 2);
+                assert_eq!(postings_e.doc_freq(), DocFreq::Exact(1000 - 2));
                 for i in 2u32..1000u32 {
                     assert_eq!(postings_e.term_freq(), i);
                     postings_e.positions(&mut positions);
@@ -604,13 +594,13 @@ mod bench {
             let mut index_writer: IndexWriter = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
             for _ in 0..posting_list_size {
                 let mut doc = TantivyDocument::default();
-                if rng.random_bool(1f64 / 15f64) {
+                if rng.gen_bool(1f64 / 15f64) {
                     doc.add_text(text_field, "a");
                 }
-                if rng.random_bool(1f64 / 10f64) {
+                if rng.gen_bool(1f64 / 10f64) {
                     doc.add_text(text_field, "b");
                 }
-                if rng.random_bool(1f64 / 5f64) {
+                if rng.gen_bool(1f64 / 5f64) {
                     doc.add_text(text_field, "c");
                 }
                 doc.add_text(text_field, "d");

src/postings/per_field_postings_writer.rs

@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 use crate::postings::json_postings_writer::JsonPostingsWriter;
-use crate::postings::postings_writer::SpecializedPostingsWriter;
+use crate::postings::postings_writer::{PostingsWriterEnum, SpecializedPostingsWriter};
 use crate::postings::recorder::{DocIdRecorder, TermFrequencyRecorder, TfAndPositionRecorder};
-use crate::postings::PostingsWriter;
 use crate::schema::{Field, FieldEntry, FieldType, IndexRecordOption, Schema};
 
 pub(crate) struct PerFieldPostingsWriter {
-    per_field_postings_writers: Vec<Box<dyn PostingsWriter>>,
+    per_field_postings_writers: Vec<PostingsWriterEnum>,
 }
 
 impl PerFieldPostingsWriter {
     pub fn for_schema(schema: &Schema) -> Self {
-        let per_field_postings_writers = schema
+        let per_field_postings_writers: Vec<PostingsWriterEnum> = schema
             .fields()
             .map(|(_, field_entry)| posting_writer_from_field_entry(field_entry))
             .collect();
@@ -19,16 +18,16 @@ impl PerFieldPostingsWriter {
         }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn get_for_field(&self, field: Field) -> &dyn PostingsWriter {
-        self.per_field_postings_writers[field.field_id() as usize].as_ref()
+    pub(crate) fn get_for_field(&self, field: Field) -> &PostingsWriterEnum {
+        &self.per_field_postings_writers[field.field_id() as usize]
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn get_for_field_mut(&mut self, field: Field) -> &mut dyn PostingsWriter {
-        self.per_field_postings_writers[field.field_id() as usize].as_mut()
+    pub(crate) fn get_for_field_mut(&mut self, field: Field) -> &mut PostingsWriterEnum {
+        &mut self.per_field_postings_writers[field.field_id() as usize]
     }
 }
 
-fn posting_writer_from_field_entry(field_entry: &FieldEntry) -> Box<dyn PostingsWriter> {
+fn posting_writer_from_field_entry(field_entry: &FieldEntry) -> PostingsWriterEnum {
     match *field_entry.field_type() {
         FieldType::Str(ref text_options) => text_options
             .get_indexing_options()
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ fn posting_writer_from_field_entry(field_entry: &FieldEntry) -> Box<dyn Postings
         | FieldType::Date(_)
         | FieldType::Bytes(_)
         | FieldType::IpAddr(_)
-        | FieldType::Facet(_) => Box::<SpecializedPostingsWriter<DocIdRecorder>>::default(),
+        | FieldType::Facet(_) => <SpecializedPostingsWriter<DocIdRecorder>>::default().into(),
         FieldType::JsonObject(ref json_object_options) => {
             if let Some(text_indexing_option) = json_object_options.get_text_indexing_options() {
                 match text_indexing_option.index_option() {

src/postings/postings.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 use crate::docset::DocSet;
 
+/// Result of the doc_freq method.
+///
+/// Postings can inform us that the document frequency is approximate.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum DocFreq {
+    /// The document frequency is approximate.
+    Approximate(u32),
+    /// The document frequency is exact.
+    Exact(u32),
+}
+
+impl From<DocFreq> for u32 {
+    fn from(doc_freq: DocFreq) -> Self {
+        match doc_freq {
+            DocFreq::Approximate(approximate_doc_freq) => approximate_doc_freq,
+            DocFreq::Exact(doc_freq) => doc_freq,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Postings (also called inverted list)
 ///
 /// For a given term, it is the list of doc ids of the doc
@@ -14,6 +34,9 @@ pub trait Postings: DocSet + 'static {
     /// The number of times the term appears in the document.
     fn term_freq(&self) -> u32;
 
+    /// Returns the number of documents containing the term in the segment.
+    fn doc_freq(&self) -> DocFreq;
+
     /// Returns the positions offsetted with a given value.
     /// It is not necessary to clear the `output` before calling this method.
     /// The output vector will be resized to the `term_freq`.
@@ -31,6 +54,16 @@ pub trait Postings: DocSet + 'static {
     fn positions(&mut self, output: &mut Vec<u32>) {
         self.positions_with_offset(0u32, output);
     }
+
+    /// Returns true if the term_frequency is available.
+    ///
+    /// This is a tricky question, because on JSON fields, it is possible
+    /// for a text term to have term freq, whereas a number term in the field has none.
+    ///
+    /// This function returns whether the actual term has term frequencies or not.
+    /// In this above JSON field example, `has_freq` should return true for the
+    /// earlier and false for the latter.
+    fn has_freq(&self) -> bool;
 }
 
 impl Postings for Box<dyn Postings> {
@@ -41,4 +74,12 @@ impl Postings for Box<dyn Postings> {
     fn append_positions_with_offset(&mut self, offset: u32, output: &mut Vec<u32>) {
         (**self).append_positions_with_offset(offset, output);
     }
+
+    fn has_freq(&self) -> bool {
+        (**self).has_freq()
+    }
+
+    fn doc_freq(&self) -> DocFreq {
+        (**self).doc_freq()
+    }
 }

src/postings/postings_writer.rs

@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ use std::ops::Range;
 
 use stacker::Addr;
 
+use crate::codec::Codec;
 use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReaders;
 use crate::indexer::indexing_term::IndexingTerm;
 use crate::indexer::path_to_unordered_id::OrderedPathId;
-use crate::postings::recorder::{BufferLender, Recorder};
+use crate::postings::json_postings_writer::JsonPostingsWriter;
+use crate::postings::recorder::{
+    BufferLender, DocIdRecorder, Recorder, TermFrequencyRecorder, TfAndPositionRecorder,
+};
 use crate::postings::{
     FieldSerializer, IndexingContext, InvertedIndexSerializer, PerFieldPostingsWriter,
 };
@@ -45,12 +49,12 @@ fn make_field_partition(
 /// Serialize the inverted index.
 /// It pushes all term, one field at a time, towards the
 /// postings serializer.
-pub(crate) fn serialize_postings(
+pub(crate) fn serialize_postings<C: Codec>(
     ctx: IndexingContext,
     schema: Schema,
     per_field_postings_writers: &PerFieldPostingsWriter,
     fieldnorm_readers: FieldNormReaders,
-    serializer: &mut InvertedIndexSerializer,
+    serializer: &mut InvertedIndexSerializer<C>,
 ) -> crate::Result<()> {
     // Replace unordered ids by ordered ids to be able to sort
     let unordered_id_to_ordered_id: Vec<OrderedPathId> =
@@ -100,6 +104,141 @@ pub(crate) struct IndexingPosition {
     pub end_position: u32,
 }
 
+pub enum PostingsWriterEnum {
+    DocId(SpecializedPostingsWriter<DocIdRecorder>),
+    DocIdTf(SpecializedPostingsWriter<TermFrequencyRecorder>),
+    DocTfAndPosition(SpecializedPostingsWriter<TfAndPositionRecorder>),
+    JsonDocId(JsonPostingsWriter<DocIdRecorder>),
+    JsonDocIdTf(JsonPostingsWriter<TermFrequencyRecorder>),
+    JsonDocTfAndPosition(JsonPostingsWriter<TfAndPositionRecorder>),
+}
+
+impl From<SpecializedPostingsWriter<DocIdRecorder>> for PostingsWriterEnum {
+    fn from(doc_id_recorder_writer: SpecializedPostingsWriter<DocIdRecorder>) -> Self {
+        PostingsWriterEnum::DocId(doc_id_recorder_writer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<SpecializedPostingsWriter<TermFrequencyRecorder>> for PostingsWriterEnum {
+    fn from(doc_id_tf_recorder_writer: SpecializedPostingsWriter<TermFrequencyRecorder>) -> Self {
+        PostingsWriterEnum::DocIdTf(doc_id_tf_recorder_writer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<SpecializedPostingsWriter<TfAndPositionRecorder>> for PostingsWriterEnum {
+    fn from(
+        doc_id_tf_and_positions_recorder_writer: SpecializedPostingsWriter<TfAndPositionRecorder>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        PostingsWriterEnum::DocTfAndPosition(doc_id_tf_and_positions_recorder_writer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<JsonPostingsWriter<DocIdRecorder>> for PostingsWriterEnum {
+    fn from(doc_id_recorder_writer: JsonPostingsWriter<DocIdRecorder>) -> Self {
+        PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocId(doc_id_recorder_writer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<JsonPostingsWriter<TermFrequencyRecorder>> for PostingsWriterEnum {
+    fn from(doc_id_tf_recorder_writer: JsonPostingsWriter<TermFrequencyRecorder>) -> Self {
+        PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocIdTf(doc_id_tf_recorder_writer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<JsonPostingsWriter<TfAndPositionRecorder>> for PostingsWriterEnum {
+    fn from(
+        doc_id_tf_and_positions_recorder_writer: JsonPostingsWriter<TfAndPositionRecorder>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocTfAndPosition(doc_id_tf_and_positions_recorder_writer)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PostingsWriter for PostingsWriterEnum {
+    fn subscribe(&mut self, doc: DocId, pos: u32, term: &IndexingTerm, ctx: &mut IndexingContext) {
+        match self {
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocId(writer) => writer.subscribe(doc, pos, term, ctx),
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocIdTf(writer) => writer.subscribe(doc, pos, term, ctx),
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocTfAndPosition(writer) => writer.subscribe(doc, pos, term, ctx),
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocId(writer) => writer.subscribe(doc, pos, term, ctx),
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocIdTf(writer) => writer.subscribe(doc, pos, term, ctx),
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocTfAndPosition(writer) => {
+                writer.subscribe(doc, pos, term, ctx)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn serialize<C: Codec>(
+        &self,
+        term_addrs: &[(Field, OrderedPathId, &[u8], Addr)],
+        ordered_id_to_path: &[&str],
+        ctx: &IndexingContext,
+        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<C>,
+    ) -> io::Result<()> {
+        match self {
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocId(writer) => {
+                writer.serialize(term_addrs, ordered_id_to_path, ctx, serializer)
+            }
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocIdTf(writer) => {
+                writer.serialize(term_addrs, ordered_id_to_path, ctx, serializer)
+            }
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocTfAndPosition(writer) => {
+                writer.serialize(term_addrs, ordered_id_to_path, ctx, serializer)
+            }
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocId(writer) => {
+                writer.serialize(term_addrs, ordered_id_to_path, ctx, serializer)
+            }
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocIdTf(writer) => {
+                writer.serialize(term_addrs, ordered_id_to_path, ctx, serializer)
+            }
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocTfAndPosition(writer) => {
+                writer.serialize(term_addrs, ordered_id_to_path, ctx, serializer)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Tokenize a text and subscribe all of its token.
+    fn index_text(
+        &mut self,
+        doc_id: DocId,
+        token_stream: &mut dyn TokenStream,
+        term_buffer: &mut IndexingTerm,
+        ctx: &mut IndexingContext,
+        indexing_position: &mut IndexingPosition,
+    ) {
+        match self {
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocId(writer) => {
+                writer.index_text(doc_id, token_stream, term_buffer, ctx, indexing_position)
+            }
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocIdTf(writer) => {
+                writer.index_text(doc_id, token_stream, term_buffer, ctx, indexing_position)
+            }
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocTfAndPosition(writer) => {
+                writer.index_text(doc_id, token_stream, term_buffer, ctx, indexing_position)
+            }
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocId(writer) => {
+                writer.index_text(doc_id, token_stream, term_buffer, ctx, indexing_position)
+            }
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocIdTf(writer) => {
+                writer.index_text(doc_id, token_stream, term_buffer, ctx, indexing_position)
+            }
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocTfAndPosition(writer) => {
+                writer.index_text(doc_id, token_stream, term_buffer, ctx, indexing_position)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn total_num_tokens(&self) -> u64 {
+        match self {
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocId(writer) => writer.total_num_tokens(),
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocIdTf(writer) => writer.total_num_tokens(),
+            PostingsWriterEnum::DocTfAndPosition(writer) => writer.total_num_tokens(),
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocId(writer) => writer.total_num_tokens(),
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocIdTf(writer) => writer.total_num_tokens(),
+            PostingsWriterEnum::JsonDocTfAndPosition(writer) => writer.total_num_tokens(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// The `PostingsWriter` is in charge of receiving documenting
 /// and building a `Segment` in anonymous memory.
 ///
@@ -116,12 +255,12 @@ pub(crate) trait PostingsWriter: Send + Sync {
 
     /// Serializes the postings on disk.
     /// The actual serialization format is handled by the `PostingsSerializer`.
-    fn serialize(
+    fn serialize<C: Codec>(
         &self,
         term_addrs: &[(Field, OrderedPathId, &[u8], Addr)],
         ordered_id_to_path: &[&str],
         ctx: &IndexingContext,
-        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer,
+        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<C>,
     ) -> io::Result<()>;
 
     /// Tokenize a text and subscribe all of its token.
@@ -171,22 +310,14 @@ pub(crate) struct SpecializedPostingsWriter<Rec: Recorder> {
     _recorder_type: PhantomData<Rec>,
 }
 
-impl<Rec: Recorder> From<SpecializedPostingsWriter<Rec>> for Box<dyn PostingsWriter> {
-    fn from(
-        specialized_postings_writer: SpecializedPostingsWriter<Rec>,
-    ) -> Box<dyn PostingsWriter> {
-        Box::new(specialized_postings_writer)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<Rec: Recorder> SpecializedPostingsWriter<Rec> {
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn serialize_one_term(
+    pub(crate) fn serialize_one_term<C: Codec>(
         term: &[u8],
         addr: Addr,
         buffer_lender: &mut BufferLender,
         ctx: &IndexingContext,
-        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer,
+        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<C>,
     ) -> io::Result<()> {
         let recorder: Rec = ctx.term_index.read(addr);
         let term_doc_freq = recorder.term_doc_freq().unwrap_or(0u32);
@@ -227,12 +358,12 @@ impl<Rec: Recorder> PostingsWriter for SpecializedPostingsWriter<Rec> {
         });
     }
 
-    fn serialize(
+    fn serialize<C: Codec>(
         &self,
         term_addrs: &[(Field, OrderedPathId, &[u8], Addr)],
         _ordered_id_to_path: &[&str],
         ctx: &IndexingContext,
-        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer,
+        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<C>,
     ) -> io::Result<()> {
         let mut buffer_lender = BufferLender::default();
         for (_field, _path_id, term, addr) in term_addrs {

src/postings/recorder.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use common::read_u32_vint;
 use stacker::{ExpUnrolledLinkedList, MemoryArena};
 
+use crate::codec::Codec;
 use crate::postings::FieldSerializer;
 use crate::DocId;
 
@@ -67,10 +68,10 @@ pub(crate) trait Recorder: Copy + Default + Send + Sync + 'static {
     /// Close the document. It will help record the term frequency.
     fn close_doc(&mut self, arena: &mut MemoryArena);
     /// Pushes the postings information to the serializer.
-    fn serialize(
+    fn serialize<C: Codec>(
         &self,
         arena: &MemoryArena,
-        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<'_>,
+        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<C>,
         buffer_lender: &mut BufferLender,
     );
     /// Returns the number of document containing this term.
@@ -110,10 +111,10 @@ impl Recorder for DocIdRecorder {
     #[inline]
     fn close_doc(&mut self, _arena: &mut MemoryArena) {}
 
-    fn serialize(
+    fn serialize<C: Codec>(
         &self,
         arena: &MemoryArena,
-        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<'_>,
+        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<C>,
         buffer_lender: &mut BufferLender,
     ) {
         let buffer = buffer_lender.lend_u8();
@@ -178,10 +179,10 @@ impl Recorder for TermFrequencyRecorder {
         self.current_tf = 0;
     }
 
-    fn serialize(
+    fn serialize<C: Codec>(
         &self,
         arena: &MemoryArena,
-        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<'_>,
+        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<C>,
         buffer_lender: &mut BufferLender,
     ) {
         let buffer = buffer_lender.lend_u8();
@@ -235,10 +236,10 @@ impl Recorder for TfAndPositionRecorder {
         self.stack.writer(arena).write_u32_vint(POSITION_END);
     }
 
-    fn serialize(
+    fn serialize<C: Codec>(
         &self,
         arena: &MemoryArena,
-        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<'_>,
+        serializer: &mut FieldSerializer<C>,
         buffer_lender: &mut BufferLender,
     ) {
         let (buffer_u8, buffer_positions) = buffer_lender.lend_all();

src/postings/serializer.rs

@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 
-use common::{BinarySerializable, CountingWriter, VInt};
+use common::{BinarySerializable, CountingWriter};
 
 use super::TermInfo;
+use crate::codec::postings::PostingsSerializer;
+use crate::codec::Codec;
 use crate::directory::{CompositeWrite, WritePtr};
 use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
 use crate::index::Segment;
 use crate::positions::PositionSerializer;
-use crate::postings::compression::{BlockEncoder, VIntEncoder, COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE};
-use crate::postings::skip::SkipSerializer;
-use crate::query::Bm25Weight;
 use crate::schema::{Field, FieldEntry, FieldType, IndexRecordOption, Schema};
 use crate::termdict::TermDictionaryBuilder;
 use crate::{DocId, Score};
@@ -46,22 +44,27 @@ use crate::{DocId, Score};
 ///
 /// A description of the serialization format is
 /// [available here](https://fulmicoton.gitbooks.io/tantivy-doc/content/inverted-index.html).
-pub struct InvertedIndexSerializer {
+pub struct InvertedIndexSerializer<C: Codec> {
     terms_write: CompositeWrite<WritePtr>,
     postings_write: CompositeWrite<WritePtr>,
     positions_write: CompositeWrite<WritePtr>,
     schema: Schema,
+    codec: C,
 }
 
-impl InvertedIndexSerializer {
+use crate::codec::postings::PostingsCodec;
+
+impl<C: Codec> InvertedIndexSerializer<C> {
     /// Open a new `InvertedIndexSerializer` for the given segment
-    pub fn open(segment: &mut Segment) -> crate::Result<InvertedIndexSerializer> {
+    pub fn open(segment: &mut Segment<C>) -> crate::Result<InvertedIndexSerializer<C>> {
         use crate::index::SegmentComponent::{Positions, Postings, Terms};
+        let codec = segment.index().codec().clone();
         let inv_index_serializer = InvertedIndexSerializer {
             terms_write: CompositeWrite::wrap(segment.open_write(Terms)?),
             postings_write: CompositeWrite::wrap(segment.open_write(Postings)?),
             positions_write: CompositeWrite::wrap(segment.open_write(Positions)?),
             schema: segment.schema(),
+            codec,
         };
         Ok(inv_index_serializer)
     }
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ impl InvertedIndexSerializer {
         field: Field,
         total_num_tokens: u64,
         fieldnorm_reader: Option<FieldNormReader>,
-    ) -> io::Result<FieldSerializer<'_>> {
+    ) -> io::Result<FieldSerializer<'_, C>> {
         let field_entry: &FieldEntry = self.schema.get_field_entry(field);
         let term_dictionary_write = self.terms_write.for_field(field);
         let postings_write = self.postings_write.for_field(field);
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ impl InvertedIndexSerializer {
             postings_write,
             positions_write,
             fieldnorm_reader,
+            &self.codec,
         )
     }
 
@@ -102,9 +106,9 @@ impl InvertedIndexSerializer {
 
 /// The field serializer is in charge of
 /// the serialization of a specific field.
-pub struct FieldSerializer<'a> {
+pub struct FieldSerializer<'a, C: Codec> {
     term_dictionary_builder: TermDictionaryBuilder<&'a mut CountingWriter<WritePtr>>,
-    postings_serializer: PostingsSerializer,
+    postings_serializer: <C::PostingsCodec as PostingsCodec>::PostingsSerializer,
     positions_serializer_opt: Option<PositionSerializer<&'a mut CountingWriter<WritePtr>>>,
     current_term_info: TermInfo,
     term_open: bool,
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ pub struct FieldSerializer<'a> {
     postings_start_offset: u64,
 }
 
-impl<'a> FieldSerializer<'a> {
+impl<'a, C: Codec> FieldSerializer<'a, C> {
     fn create(
         field_type: &FieldType,
         total_num_tokens: u64,
@@ -120,7 +124,8 @@ impl<'a> FieldSerializer<'a> {
         postings_write: &'a mut CountingWriter<WritePtr>,
         positions_write: &'a mut CountingWriter<WritePtr>,
         fieldnorm_reader: Option<FieldNormReader>,
-    ) -> io::Result<FieldSerializer<'a>> {
+        codec: &C,
+    ) -> io::Result<FieldSerializer<'a, C>> {
         total_num_tokens.serialize(postings_write)?;
         let index_record_option = field_type
             .index_record_option()
@@ -130,8 +135,11 @@ impl<'a> FieldSerializer<'a> {
             .as_ref()
             .map(|ff_reader| total_num_tokens as Score / ff_reader.num_docs() as Score)
             .unwrap_or(0.0);
-        let postings_serializer =
-            PostingsSerializer::new(average_fieldnorm, index_record_option, fieldnorm_reader);
+        let postings_serializer = codec.postings_codec().new_serializer(
+            average_fieldnorm,
+            index_record_option,
+            fieldnorm_reader,
+        );
         let positions_serializer_opt = if index_record_option.has_positions() {
             Some(PositionSerializer::new(positions_write))
         } else {
@@ -184,7 +192,6 @@ impl<'a> FieldSerializer<'a> {
             "Called new_term, while the previous term was not closed."
         );
         self.term_open = true;
-        self.postings_serializer.clear();
         self.current_term_info = self.current_term_info();
         self.term_dictionary_builder.insert_key(term)?;
         self.postings_serializer
@@ -248,223 +255,3 @@ impl<'a> FieldSerializer<'a> {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
-
-struct Block {
-    doc_ids: [DocId; COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE],
-    term_freqs: [u32; COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE],
-    len: usize,
-}
-
-impl Block {
-    fn new() -> Self {
-        Block {
-            doc_ids: [0u32; COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE],
-            term_freqs: [0u32; COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE],
-            len: 0,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn doc_ids(&self) -> &[DocId] {
-        &self.doc_ids[..self.len]
-    }
-
-    fn term_freqs(&self) -> &[u32] {
-        &self.term_freqs[..self.len]
-    }
-
-    fn clear(&mut self) {
-        self.len = 0;
-    }
-
-    fn append_doc(&mut self, doc: DocId, term_freq: u32) {
-        let len = self.len;
-        self.doc_ids[len] = doc;
-        self.term_freqs[len] = term_freq;
-        self.len = len + 1;
-    }
-
-    fn is_full(&self) -> bool {
-        self.len == COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE
-    }
-
-    fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.len == 0
-    }
-
-    fn last_doc(&self) -> DocId {
-        assert_eq!(self.len, COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE);
-        self.doc_ids[COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE - 1]
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct PostingsSerializer {
-    last_doc_id_encoded: u32,
-
-    block_encoder: BlockEncoder,
-    block: Box<Block>,
-
-    postings_write: Vec<u8>,
-    skip_write: SkipSerializer,
-
-    mode: IndexRecordOption,
-    fieldnorm_reader: Option<FieldNormReader>,
-
-    bm25_weight: Option<Bm25Weight>,
-    avg_fieldnorm: Score, /* Average number of term in the field for that segment.
-                           * this value is used to compute the block wand information. */
-    term_has_freq: bool,
-}
-
-impl PostingsSerializer {
-    pub fn new(
-        avg_fieldnorm: Score,
-        mode: IndexRecordOption,
-        fieldnorm_reader: Option<FieldNormReader>,
-    ) -> PostingsSerializer {
-        PostingsSerializer {
-            block_encoder: BlockEncoder::new(),
-            block: Box::new(Block::new()),
-
-            postings_write: Vec::new(),
-            skip_write: SkipSerializer::new(),
-
-            last_doc_id_encoded: 0u32,
-            mode,
-
-            fieldnorm_reader,
-            bm25_weight: None,
-            avg_fieldnorm,
-            term_has_freq: false,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn new_term(&mut self, term_doc_freq: u32, record_term_freq: bool) {
-        self.bm25_weight = None;
-
-        self.term_has_freq = self.mode.has_freq() && record_term_freq;
-        if !self.term_has_freq {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let num_docs_in_segment: u64 =
-            if let Some(fieldnorm_reader) = self.fieldnorm_reader.as_ref() {
-                fieldnorm_reader.num_docs() as u64
-            } else {
-                return;
-            };
-
-        if num_docs_in_segment == 0 {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        self.bm25_weight = Some(Bm25Weight::for_one_term_without_explain(
-            term_doc_freq as u64,
-            num_docs_in_segment,
-            self.avg_fieldnorm,
-        ));
-    }
-
-    fn write_block(&mut self) {
-        {
-            // encode the doc ids
-            let (num_bits, block_encoded): (u8, &[u8]) = self
-                .block_encoder
-                .compress_block_sorted(self.block.doc_ids(), self.last_doc_id_encoded);
-            self.last_doc_id_encoded = self.block.last_doc();
-            self.skip_write
-                .write_doc(self.last_doc_id_encoded, num_bits);
-            // last el block 0, offset block 1,
-            self.postings_write.extend(block_encoded);
-        }
-        if self.term_has_freq {
-            let (num_bits, block_encoded): (u8, &[u8]) = self
-                .block_encoder
-                .compress_block_unsorted(self.block.term_freqs(), true);
-            self.postings_write.extend(block_encoded);
-            self.skip_write.write_term_freq(num_bits);
-            if self.mode.has_positions() {
-                // We serialize the sum of term freqs within the skip information
-                // in order to navigate through positions.
-                let sum_freq = self.block.term_freqs().iter().cloned().sum();
-                self.skip_write.write_total_term_freq(sum_freq);
-            }
-            let mut blockwand_params = (0u8, 0u32);
-            if let Some(bm25_weight) = self.bm25_weight.as_ref() {
-                if let Some(fieldnorm_reader) = self.fieldnorm_reader.as_ref() {
-                    let docs = self.block.doc_ids().iter().cloned();
-                    let term_freqs = self.block.term_freqs().iter().cloned();
-                    let fieldnorms = docs.map(|doc| fieldnorm_reader.fieldnorm_id(doc));
-                    blockwand_params = fieldnorms
-                        .zip(term_freqs)
-                        .max_by(
-                            |(left_fieldnorm_id, left_term_freq),
-                             (right_fieldnorm_id, right_term_freq)| {
-                                let left_score =
-                                    bm25_weight.tf_factor(*left_fieldnorm_id, *left_term_freq);
-                                let right_score =
-                                    bm25_weight.tf_factor(*right_fieldnorm_id, *right_term_freq);
-                                left_score
-                                    .partial_cmp(&right_score)
-                                    .unwrap_or(Ordering::Equal)
-                            },
-                        )
-                        .unwrap();
-                }
-            }
-            let (fieldnorm_id, term_freq) = blockwand_params;
-            self.skip_write.write_blockwand_max(fieldnorm_id, term_freq);
-        }
-        self.block.clear();
-    }
-
-    pub fn write_doc(&mut self, doc_id: DocId, term_freq: u32) {
-        self.block.append_doc(doc_id, term_freq);
-        if self.block.is_full() {
-            self.write_block();
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub fn close_term(
-        &mut self,
-        doc_freq: u32,
-        output_write: &mut impl std::io::Write,
-    ) -> io::Result<()> {
-        if !self.block.is_empty() {
-            // we have doc ids waiting to be written
-            // this happens when the number of doc ids is
-            // not a perfect multiple of our block size.
-            //
-            // In that case, the remaining part is encoded
-            // using variable int encoding.
-            {
-                let block_encoded = self
-                    .block_encoder
-                    .compress_vint_sorted(self.block.doc_ids(), self.last_doc_id_encoded);
-                self.postings_write.write_all(block_encoded)?;
-            }
-            // ... Idem for term frequencies
-            if self.term_has_freq {
-                let block_encoded = self
-                    .block_encoder
-                    .compress_vint_unsorted(self.block.term_freqs());
-                self.postings_write.write_all(block_encoded)?;
-            }
-            self.block.clear();
-        }
-        if doc_freq >= COMPRESSION_BLOCK_SIZE as u32 {
-            let skip_data = self.skip_write.data();
-            VInt(skip_data.len() as u64).serialize(output_write)?;
-            output_write.write_all(skip_data)?;
-        }
-        output_write.write_all(&self.postings_write[..])?;
-        self.skip_write.clear();
-        self.postings_write.clear();
-        self.bm25_weight = None;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn clear(&mut self) {
-        self.block.clear();
-        self.last_doc_id_encoded = 0;
-    }
-}

src/query/all_query.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::docset::{DocSet, COLLECT_BLOCK_BUFFER_LEN, TERMINATED};
 use crate::index::SegmentReader;
 use crate::query::boost_query::BoostScorer;
 use crate::query::explanation::does_not_match;
-use crate::query::{EnableScoring, Explanation, Query, Scorer, Weight};
+use crate::query::{box_scorer, EnableScoring, Explanation, Query, Scorer, Weight};
 use crate::{DocId, Score};
 
 /// Query that matches all of the documents.
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ impl Weight for AllWeight {
     fn scorer(&self, reader: &SegmentReader, boost: Score) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
         let all_scorer = AllScorer::new(reader.max_doc());
         if boost != 1.0 {
-            Ok(Box::new(BoostScorer::new(all_scorer, boost)))
+            Ok(box_scorer(BoostScorer::new(all_scorer, boost)))
         } else {
-            Ok(Box::new(all_scorer))
+            Ok(box_scorer(all_scorer))
         }
     }
 

src/query/automaton_weight.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::postings::TermInfo;
 use crate::query::{BitSetDocSet, ConstScorer, Explanation, Scorer, Weight};
 use crate::schema::{Field, IndexRecordOption};
 use crate::termdict::{TermDictionary, TermStreamer};
-use crate::{DocId, Score, TantivyError};
+use crate::{DocId, DocSet, Score, TantivyError};
 
 /// A weight struct for Fuzzy Term and Regex Queries
 pub struct AutomatonWeight<A> {
@@ -92,18 +92,9 @@ where
         let mut term_stream = self.automaton_stream(term_dict)?;
         while term_stream.advance() {
             let term_info = term_stream.value();
-            let mut block_segment_postings = inverted_index
-                .read_block_postings_from_terminfo(term_info, IndexRecordOption::Basic)?;
-            loop {
-                let docs = block_segment_postings.docs();
-                if docs.is_empty() {
-                    break;
-                }
-                for &doc in docs {
-                    doc_bitset.insert(doc);
-                }
-                block_segment_postings.advance();
-            }
+            let mut block_segment_postings =
+                inverted_index.read_postings_from_terminfo(term_info, IndexRecordOption::Basic)?;
+            block_segment_postings.fill_bitset(&mut doc_bitset);
         }
         let doc_bitset = BitSetDocSet::from(doc_bitset);
         let const_scorer = ConstScorer::new(doc_bitset, boost);

src/query/bitset/mod.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ impl BitSetDocSet {
         self.cursor_bucket = bucket_addr;
         self.cursor_tinybitset = self.docs.tinyset(bucket_addr);
     }
+
+    /// Returns the number of documents in the bitset.
+    ///
+    /// This call is not free: it will bitcount the number of bits in the bitset.
+    pub fn doc_freq(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.docs.len() as u32
+    }
 }
 
 impl From<BitSet> for BitSetDocSet {

src/query/boolean_query/boolean_weight.rs

@@ -2,23 +2,16 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use crate::docset::COLLECT_BLOCK_BUFFER_LEN;
 use crate::index::SegmentReader;
-use crate::postings::FreqReadingOption;
 use crate::query::disjunction::Disjunction;
 use crate::query::explanation::does_not_match;
 use crate::query::score_combiner::{DoNothingCombiner, ScoreCombiner};
-use crate::query::term_query::TermScorer;
-use crate::query::weight::{for_each_docset_buffered, for_each_pruning_scorer, for_each_scorer};
+use crate::query::weight::{for_each_docset_buffered, for_each_scorer};
 use crate::query::{
-    intersect_scorers, AllScorer, BufferedUnionScorer, EmptyScorer, Exclude, Explanation, Occur,
-    RequiredOptionalScorer, Scorer, Weight,
+    box_scorer, intersect_scorers, AllScorer, BufferedUnionScorer, EmptyScorer, Exclude,
+    Explanation, Occur, RequiredOptionalScorer, Scorer, Weight,
 };
 use crate::{DocId, Score};
 
-enum SpecializedScorer {
-    TermUnion(Vec<TermScorer>),
-    Other(Box<dyn Scorer>),
-}
-
 fn scorer_disjunction<TScoreCombiner>(
     scorers: Vec<Box<dyn Scorer>>,
     score_combiner: TScoreCombiner,
@@ -32,7 +25,7 @@ where
     if scorers.len() == 1 {
         return scorers.into_iter().next().unwrap(); // Safe unwrap.
     }
-    Box::new(Disjunction::new(
+    box_scorer(Disjunction::new(
         scorers,
         score_combiner,
         minimum_match_required,
@@ -44,56 +37,18 @@ fn scorer_union<TScoreCombiner>(
     scorers: Vec<Box<dyn Scorer>>,
     score_combiner_fn: impl Fn() -> TScoreCombiner,
     num_docs: u32,
-) -> SpecializedScorer
+) -> Box<dyn Scorer>
 where
     TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner,
 {
-    assert!(!scorers.is_empty());
-    if scorers.len() == 1 {
-        return SpecializedScorer::Other(scorers.into_iter().next().unwrap()); //< we checked the size beforehand
-    }
-
-    {
-        let is_all_term_queries = scorers.iter().all(|scorer| scorer.is::<TermScorer>());
-        if is_all_term_queries {
-            let scorers: Vec<TermScorer> = scorers
-                .into_iter()
-                .map(|scorer| *(scorer.downcast::<TermScorer>().map_err(|_| ()).unwrap()))
-                .collect();
-            if scorers
-                .iter()
-                .all(|scorer| scorer.freq_reading_option() == FreqReadingOption::ReadFreq)
-            {
-                // Block wand is only available if we read frequencies.
-                return SpecializedScorer::TermUnion(scorers);
-            } else {
-                return SpecializedScorer::Other(Box::new(BufferedUnionScorer::build(
-                    scorers,
-                    score_combiner_fn,
-                    num_docs,
-                )));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    SpecializedScorer::Other(Box::new(BufferedUnionScorer::build(
-        scorers,
-        score_combiner_fn,
-        num_docs,
-    )))
-}
-
-fn into_box_scorer<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner>(
-    scorer: SpecializedScorer,
-    score_combiner_fn: impl Fn() -> TScoreCombiner,
-    num_docs: u32,
-) -> Box<dyn Scorer> {
-    match scorer {
-        SpecializedScorer::TermUnion(term_scorers) => {
-            let union_scorer =
-                BufferedUnionScorer::build(term_scorers, score_combiner_fn, num_docs);
-            Box::new(union_scorer)
-        }
-        SpecializedScorer::Other(scorer) => scorer,
+    match scorers.len() {
+        0 => box_scorer(EmptyScorer),
+        1 => scorers.into_iter().next().unwrap(),
+        _ => box_scorer(BufferedUnionScorer::build(
+            scorers,
+            score_combiner_fn,
+            num_docs,
+        )),
     }
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +65,7 @@ fn effective_must_scorer(
     if must_scorers.is_empty() {
         if removed_all_scorer_count > 0 {
             // Had AllScorer(s) only - all docs match
-            Some(Box::new(AllScorer::new(max_doc)))
+            Some(box_scorer(AllScorer::new(max_doc)))
         } else {
             // No MUST constraint at all
             None
@@ -128,28 +83,26 @@ fn effective_must_scorer(
 /// When `scoring_enabled` is false, we can just return AllScorer alone since
 /// we don't need score contributions from the should_scorer.
 fn effective_should_scorer_for_union<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner>(
-    should_scorer: SpecializedScorer,
+    should_scorer: Box<dyn Scorer>,
     removed_all_scorer_count: usize,
     max_doc: DocId,
     num_docs: u32,
     score_combiner_fn: impl Fn() -> TScoreCombiner,
     scoring_enabled: bool,
-) -> SpecializedScorer {
+) -> Box<dyn Scorer> {
     if removed_all_scorer_count > 0 {
         if scoring_enabled {
             // Need to union to get score contributions from both
-            let all_scorers: Vec<Box<dyn Scorer>> = vec![
-                into_box_scorer(should_scorer, &score_combiner_fn, num_docs),
-                Box::new(AllScorer::new(max_doc)),
-            ];
-            SpecializedScorer::Other(Box::new(BufferedUnionScorer::build(
+            let all_scorers: Vec<Box<dyn Scorer>> =
+                vec![should_scorer, box_scorer(AllScorer::new(max_doc))];
+            box_scorer(BufferedUnionScorer::build(
                 all_scorers,
                 score_combiner_fn,
                 num_docs,
-            )))
+            ))
         } else {
             // Scoring disabled - AllScorer alone is sufficient
-            SpecializedScorer::Other(Box::new(AllScorer::new(max_doc)))
+            box_scorer(AllScorer::new(max_doc))
         }
     } else {
         should_scorer
@@ -160,9 +113,9 @@ enum ShouldScorersCombinationMethod {
     // Should scorers are irrelevant.
     Ignored,
     // Only contributes to final score.
-    Optional(SpecializedScorer),
+    Optional(Box<dyn Scorer>),
     // Regardless of score, the should scorers may impact whether a document is matching or not.
-    Required(SpecializedScorer),
+    Required(Box<dyn Scorer>),
 }
 
 /// Weight associated to the `BoolQuery`.
@@ -224,7 +177,7 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner> BooleanWeight<TScoreCombiner> {
         reader: &SegmentReader,
         boost: Score,
         score_combiner_fn: impl Fn() -> TComplexScoreCombiner,
-    ) -> crate::Result<SpecializedScorer> {
+    ) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
         let num_docs = reader.num_docs();
         let mut per_occur_scorers = self.per_occur_scorers(reader, boost)?;
 
@@ -234,7 +187,7 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner> BooleanWeight<TScoreCombiner> {
         let must_special_scorer_counts = remove_and_count_all_and_empty_scorers(&mut must_scorers);
 
         if must_special_scorer_counts.num_empty_scorers > 0 {
-            return Ok(SpecializedScorer::Other(Box::new(EmptyScorer)));
+            return Ok(box_scorer(EmptyScorer));
         }
 
         let mut should_scorers = per_occur_scorers.remove(&Occur::Should).unwrap_or_default();
@@ -249,7 +202,7 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner> BooleanWeight<TScoreCombiner> {
 
         if exclude_special_scorer_counts.num_all_scorers > 0 {
             // We exclude all documents at one point.
-            return Ok(SpecializedScorer::Other(Box::new(EmptyScorer)));
+            return Ok(box_scorer(EmptyScorer));
         }
 
         let effective_minimum_number_should_match = self
@@ -261,7 +214,7 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner> BooleanWeight<TScoreCombiner> {
             if effective_minimum_number_should_match > num_of_should_scorers {
                 // We don't have enough scorers to satisfy the minimum number of should matches.
                 // The request will match no documents.
-                return Ok(SpecializedScorer::Other(Box::new(EmptyScorer)));
+                return Ok(box_scorer(EmptyScorer));
             }
             match effective_minimum_number_should_match {
                 0 if num_of_should_scorers == 0 => ShouldScorersCombinationMethod::Ignored,
@@ -281,16 +234,22 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner> BooleanWeight<TScoreCombiner> {
                     must_scorers.append(&mut should_scorers);
                     ShouldScorersCombinationMethod::Ignored
                 }
-                _ => ShouldScorersCombinationMethod::Required(SpecializedScorer::Other(
-                    scorer_disjunction(
-                        should_scorers,
-                        score_combiner_fn(),
-                        effective_minimum_number_should_match,
-                    ),
+                _ => ShouldScorersCombinationMethod::Required(scorer_disjunction(
+                    should_scorers,
+                    score_combiner_fn(),
+                    effective_minimum_number_should_match,
                 )),
             }
         };
 
+        let exclude_scorer_opt: Option<Box<dyn Scorer>> = if exclude_scorers.is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            let exclude_scorers_union: Box<dyn Scorer> =
+                scorer_union(exclude_scorers, DoNothingCombiner::default, num_docs);
+            Some(exclude_scorers_union)
+        };
+
         let include_scorer = match (should_scorers, must_scorers) {
             (ShouldScorersCombinationMethod::Ignored, must_scorers) => {
                 // No SHOULD clauses (or they were absorbed into MUST).
@@ -303,8 +262,8 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner> BooleanWeight<TScoreCombiner> {
                     reader.max_doc(),
                     num_docs,
                 )
-                .unwrap_or_else(|| Box::new(EmptyScorer));
-                SpecializedScorer::Other(boxed_scorer)
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| box_scorer(EmptyScorer));
+                boxed_scorer
             }
             (ShouldScorersCombinationMethod::Optional(should_scorer), must_scorers) => {
                 // Optional SHOULD: contributes to scoring but not required for matching.
@@ -329,16 +288,12 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner> BooleanWeight<TScoreCombiner> {
                     Some(must_scorer) => {
                         // Has MUST constraint: SHOULD only affects scoring.
                         if self.scoring_enabled {
-                            SpecializedScorer::Other(Box::new(RequiredOptionalScorer::<
-                                _,
-                                _,
-                                TScoreCombiner,
-                            >::new(
+                            box_scorer(RequiredOptionalScorer::<_, _, TScoreCombiner>::new(
                                 must_scorer,
-                                into_box_scorer(should_scorer, &score_combiner_fn, num_docs),
-                            )))
+                                should_scorer,
+                            ))
                         } else {
-                            SpecializedScorer::Other(must_scorer)
+                            must_scorer
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -358,33 +313,16 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner> BooleanWeight<TScoreCombiner> {
                     }
                     Some(must_scorer) => {
                         // Has MUST constraint: intersect MUST with SHOULD.
-                        let should_boxed =
-                            into_box_scorer(should_scorer, &score_combiner_fn, num_docs);
-                        SpecializedScorer::Other(intersect_scorers(
-                            vec![must_scorer, should_boxed],
-                            num_docs,
-                        ))
+                        intersect_scorers(vec![must_scorer, should_scorer], num_docs)
                     }
                 }
             }
         };
-        if exclude_scorers.is_empty() {
-            return Ok(include_scorer);
-        }
-
-        let include_scorer_boxed = into_box_scorer(include_scorer, &score_combiner_fn, num_docs);
-        let scorer: Box<dyn Scorer> = if exclude_scorers.len() == 1 {
-            let exclude_scorer = exclude_scorers.pop().unwrap();
-            match exclude_scorer.downcast::<TermScorer>() {
-                // Cast to TermScorer succeeded
-                Ok(exclude_scorer) => Box::new(Exclude::new(include_scorer_boxed, *exclude_scorer)),
-                // We get back the original Box<dyn Scorer>
-                Err(exclude_scorer) => Box::new(Exclude::new(include_scorer_boxed, exclude_scorer)),
-            }
+        if let Some(exclude_scorer) = exclude_scorer_opt {
+            Ok(box_scorer(Exclude::new(include_scorer, exclude_scorer)))
         } else {
-            Box::new(Exclude::new(include_scorer_boxed, exclude_scorers))
-        };
-        Ok(SpecializedScorer::Other(scorer))
+            Ok(include_scorer)
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -414,7 +352,6 @@ fn remove_and_count_all_and_empty_scorers(
 
 impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner + Sync> Weight for BooleanWeight<TScoreCombiner> {
     fn scorer(&self, reader: &SegmentReader, boost: Score) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
-        let num_docs = reader.num_docs();
         if self.weights.is_empty() {
             Ok(Box::new(EmptyScorer))
         } else if self.weights.len() == 1 {
@@ -426,14 +363,8 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner + Sync> Weight for BooleanWeight<TScoreCombin
             }
         } else if self.scoring_enabled {
             self.complex_scorer(reader, boost, &self.score_combiner_fn)
-                .map(|specialized_scorer| {
-                    into_box_scorer(specialized_scorer, &self.score_combiner_fn, num_docs)
-                })
         } else {
             self.complex_scorer(reader, boost, DoNothingCombiner::default)
-                .map(|specialized_scorer| {
-                    into_box_scorer(specialized_scorer, DoNothingCombiner::default, num_docs)
-                })
         }
     }
 
@@ -462,20 +393,8 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner + Sync> Weight for BooleanWeight<TScoreCombin
         reader: &SegmentReader,
         callback: &mut dyn FnMut(DocId, Score),
     ) -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let scorer = self.complex_scorer(reader, 1.0, &self.score_combiner_fn)?;
-        match scorer {
-            SpecializedScorer::TermUnion(term_scorers) => {
-                let mut union_scorer = BufferedUnionScorer::build(
-                    term_scorers,
-                    &self.score_combiner_fn,
-                    reader.num_docs(),
-                );
-                for_each_scorer(&mut union_scorer, callback);
-            }
-            SpecializedScorer::Other(mut scorer) => {
-                for_each_scorer(scorer.as_mut(), callback);
-            }
-        }
+        let mut scorer = self.complex_scorer(reader, 1.0, &self.score_combiner_fn)?;
+        for_each_scorer(scorer.as_mut(), callback);
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -484,22 +403,9 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner + Sync> Weight for BooleanWeight<TScoreCombin
         reader: &SegmentReader,
         callback: &mut dyn FnMut(&[DocId]),
     ) -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let scorer = self.complex_scorer(reader, 1.0, || DoNothingCombiner)?;
+        let mut scorer = self.complex_scorer(reader, 1.0, || DoNothingCombiner)?;
         let mut buffer = [0u32; COLLECT_BLOCK_BUFFER_LEN];
-
-        match scorer {
-            SpecializedScorer::TermUnion(term_scorers) => {
-                let mut union_scorer = BufferedUnionScorer::build(
-                    term_scorers,
-                    &self.score_combiner_fn,
-                    reader.num_docs(),
-                );
-                for_each_docset_buffered(&mut union_scorer, &mut buffer, callback);
-            }
-            SpecializedScorer::Other(mut scorer) => {
-                for_each_docset_buffered(scorer.as_mut(), &mut buffer, callback);
-            }
-        }
+        for_each_docset_buffered(scorer.as_mut(), &mut buffer, callback);
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -520,14 +426,7 @@ impl<TScoreCombiner: ScoreCombiner + Sync> Weight for BooleanWeight<TScoreCombin
         callback: &mut dyn FnMut(DocId, Score) -> Score,
     ) -> crate::Result<()> {
         let scorer = self.complex_scorer(reader, 1.0, &self.score_combiner_fn)?;
-        match scorer {
-            SpecializedScorer::TermUnion(term_scorers) => {
-                super::block_wand(term_scorers, threshold, callback);
-            }
-            SpecializedScorer::Other(mut scorer) => {
-                for_each_pruning_scorer(scorer.as_mut(), threshold, callback);
-            }
-        }
+        reader.codec.for_each_pruning(threshold, scorer, callback);
         Ok(())
     }
 }

src/query/boolean_query/mod.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-mod block_wand;
 mod boolean_query;
 mod boolean_weight;
 
-pub(crate) use self::block_wand::{block_wand, block_wand_single_scorer};
 pub use self::boolean_query::BooleanQuery;
 pub use self::boolean_weight::BooleanWeight;
 

src/query/boost_query.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
-use crate::docset::{SeekDangerResult, COLLECT_BLOCK_BUFFER_LEN};
+use crate::docset::COLLECT_BLOCK_BUFFER_LEN;
 use crate::fastfield::AliveBitSet;
 use crate::query::{EnableScoring, Explanation, Query, Scorer, Weight};
 use crate::{DocId, DocSet, Score, SegmentReader, Term};
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ impl<S: Scorer> DocSet for BoostScorer<S> {
     fn seek(&mut self, target: DocId) -> DocId {
         self.underlying.seek(target)
     }
-    fn seek_danger(&mut self, target: DocId) -> SeekDangerResult {
-        self.underlying.seek_danger(target)
+    fn seek_into_the_danger_zone(&mut self, target: DocId) -> bool {
+        self.underlying.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target)
     }
 
     fn fill_buffer(&mut self, buffer: &mut [DocId; COLLECT_BLOCK_BUFFER_LEN]) -> usize {

src/query/const_score_query.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
 use crate::docset::COLLECT_BLOCK_BUFFER_LEN;
-use crate::query::{EnableScoring, Explanation, Query, Scorer, Weight};
+use crate::query::{box_scorer, EnableScoring, Explanation, Query, Scorer, Weight};
 use crate::{DocId, DocSet, Score, SegmentReader, TantivyError, Term};
 
 /// `ConstScoreQuery` is a wrapper over a query to provide a constant score.
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ impl ConstWeight {
 impl Weight for ConstWeight {
     fn scorer(&self, reader: &SegmentReader, boost: Score) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
         let inner_scorer = self.weight.scorer(reader, boost)?;
-        Ok(Box::new(ConstScorer::new(inner_scorer, boost * self.score)))
+        Ok(box_scorer(ConstScorer::new(
+            inner_scorer,
+            boost * self.score,
+        )))
     }
 
     fn explain(&self, reader: &SegmentReader, doc: u32) -> crate::Result<Explanation> {

src/query/disjunction.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::collections::BinaryHeap;
 
-use crate::docset::SeekDangerResult;
 use crate::query::score_combiner::DoNothingCombiner;
 use crate::query::{ScoreCombiner, Scorer};
 use crate::{DocId, DocSet, Score, TERMINATED};
@@ -68,12 +67,10 @@ impl<T: Scorer> DocSet for ScorerWrapper<T> {
         self.current_doc = doc_id;
         doc_id
     }
-    fn seek_danger(&mut self, target: DocId) -> SeekDangerResult {
-        let result = self.scorer.seek_danger(target);
-        if result == SeekDangerResult::Found {
-            self.current_doc = target;
-        }
-        result
+    fn seek_into_the_danger_zone(&mut self, target: DocId) -> bool {
+        let found = self.scorer.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target);
+        self.current_doc = self.scorer.doc();
+        found
     }
 
     fn doc(&self) -> DocId {

src/query/empty_query.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use super::Scorer;
 use crate::docset::TERMINATED;
 use crate::index::SegmentReader;
 use crate::query::explanation::does_not_match;
-use crate::query::{EnableScoring, Explanation, Query, Weight};
+use crate::query::{box_scorer, EnableScoring, Explanation, Query, Weight};
 use crate::{DocId, DocSet, Score, Searcher};
 
 /// `EmptyQuery` is a dummy `Query` in which no document matches.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ impl Query for EmptyQuery {
 pub struct EmptyWeight;
 impl Weight for EmptyWeight {
     fn scorer(&self, _reader: &SegmentReader, _boost: Score) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
-        Ok(Box::new(EmptyScorer))
+        Ok(box_scorer(EmptyScorer))
     }
 
     fn explain(&self, _reader: &SegmentReader, doc: DocId) -> crate::Result<Explanation> {

src/query/exclude.rs

@@ -1,71 +1,48 @@
-use crate::docset::{DocSet, SeekDangerResult, TERMINATED};
+use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
 use crate::query::Scorer;
 use crate::{DocId, Score};
 
-/// An exclusion set is a set of documents
-/// that should be excluded from a given DocSet.
+#[inline]
+fn is_within<TDocSetExclude: DocSet>(docset: &mut TDocSetExclude, doc: DocId) -> bool {
+    docset.doc() <= doc && docset.seek(doc) == doc
+}
+
+/// Filters a given `DocSet` by removing the docs from a given `DocSet`.
 ///
-/// It can be a single DocSet, or a Vec of DocSets.
-pub trait ExclusionSet: Send {
-    /// Returns `true` if the given `doc` is in the exclusion set.
-    fn contains(&mut self, doc: DocId) -> bool;
-}
-
-impl<TDocSet: DocSet> ExclusionSet for TDocSet {
-    #[inline]
-    fn contains(&mut self, doc: DocId) -> bool {
-        self.seek_danger(doc) == SeekDangerResult::Found
-    }
-}
-
-impl<TDocSet: DocSet> ExclusionSet for Vec<TDocSet> {
-    #[inline]
-    fn contains(&mut self, doc: DocId) -> bool {
-        for docset in self.iter_mut() {
-            if docset.seek_danger(doc) == SeekDangerResult::Found {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        false
-    }
-}
-
-/// Filters a given `DocSet` by removing the docs from an exclusion set.
-///
-/// The excluding docsets have no impact on scoring.
-pub struct Exclude<TDocSet, TExclusionSet> {
+/// The excluding docset has no impact on scoring.
+pub struct Exclude<TDocSet, TDocSetExclude> {
     underlying_docset: TDocSet,
-    exclusion_set: TExclusionSet,
+    excluding_docset: TDocSetExclude,
 }
 
-impl<TDocSet, TExclusionSet> Exclude<TDocSet, TExclusionSet>
+impl<TDocSet, TDocSetExclude> Exclude<TDocSet, TDocSetExclude>
 where
     TDocSet: DocSet,
-    TExclusionSet: ExclusionSet,
+    TDocSetExclude: DocSet,
 {
     /// Creates a new `ExcludeScorer`
     pub fn new(
         mut underlying_docset: TDocSet,
-        mut exclusion_set: TExclusionSet,
-    ) -> Exclude<TDocSet, TExclusionSet> {
+        mut excluding_docset: TDocSetExclude,
+    ) -> Exclude<TDocSet, TDocSetExclude> {
         while underlying_docset.doc() != TERMINATED {
             let target = underlying_docset.doc();
-            if !exclusion_set.contains(target) {
+            if !is_within(&mut excluding_docset, target) {
                 break;
             }
             underlying_docset.advance();
         }
         Exclude {
             underlying_docset,
-            exclusion_set,
+            excluding_docset,
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<TDocSet, TExclusionSet> DocSet for Exclude<TDocSet, TExclusionSet>
+impl<TDocSet, TDocSetExclude> DocSet for Exclude<TDocSet, TDocSetExclude>
 where
     TDocSet: DocSet,
-    TExclusionSet: ExclusionSet,
+    TDocSetExclude: DocSet,
 {
     fn advance(&mut self) -> DocId {
         loop {
@@ -73,7 +50,7 @@ where
             if candidate == TERMINATED {
                 return TERMINATED;
             }
-            if !self.exclusion_set.contains(candidate) {
+            if !is_within(&mut self.excluding_docset, candidate) {
                 return candidate;
             }
         }
@@ -84,7 +61,7 @@ where
         if candidate == TERMINATED {
             return TERMINATED;
         }
-        if !self.exclusion_set.contains(candidate) {
+        if !is_within(&mut self.excluding_docset, candidate) {
             return candidate;
         }
         self.advance()
@@ -102,10 +79,10 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<TScorer, TExclusionSet> Scorer for Exclude<TScorer, TExclusionSet>
+impl<TScorer, TDocSetExclude> Scorer for Exclude<TScorer, TDocSetExclude>
 where
     TScorer: Scorer,
-    TExclusionSet: ExclusionSet + 'static,
+    TDocSetExclude: DocSet + 'static,
 {
     #[inline]
     fn score(&mut self) -> Score {

src/query/exist_query.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use core::fmt::Debug;
 use columnar::{ColumnIndex, DynamicColumn};
 use common::BitSet;
 
-use super::{ConstScorer, EmptyScorer};
+use super::{box_scorer, ConstScorer, EmptyScorer};
 use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
 use crate::index::SegmentReader;
 use crate::query::all_query::AllScorer;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ impl Weight for ExistsWeight {
             }
         }
         if non_empty_columns.is_empty() {
-            return Ok(Box::new(EmptyScorer));
+            return Ok(box_scorer(EmptyScorer));
         }
 
         // If any column is full, all docs match.
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ impl Weight for ExistsWeight {
         {
             let all_scorer = AllScorer::new(max_doc);
             if boost != 1.0f32 {
-                return Ok(Box::new(BoostScorer::new(all_scorer, boost)));
+                return Ok(box_scorer(BoostScorer::new(all_scorer, boost)));
             } else {
-                return Ok(Box::new(all_scorer));
+                return Ok(box_scorer(all_scorer));
             }
         }
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl Weight for ExistsWeight {
         // NOTE: A lower number may be better for very sparse columns
         if non_empty_columns.len() < 4 {
             let docset = ExistsDocSet::new(non_empty_columns, reader.max_doc());
-            return Ok(Box::new(ConstScorer::new(docset, boost)));
+            return Ok(box_scorer(ConstScorer::new(docset, boost)));
         }
 
         // If we have many dynamic columns, precompute a bitset of matching docs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ impl Weight for ExistsWeight {
             }
         }
         let docset = BitSetDocSet::from(doc_bitset);
-        Ok(Box::new(ConstScorer::new(docset, boost)))
+        Ok(box_scorer(ConstScorer::new(docset, boost)))
     }
 
     fn explain(&self, reader: &SegmentReader, doc: DocId) -> crate::Result<Explanation> {

src/query/intersection.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use super::size_hint::estimate_intersection;
-use crate::docset::{DocSet, SeekDangerResult, TERMINATED};
+use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
 use crate::query::term_query::TermScorer;
-use crate::query::{EmptyScorer, Scorer};
+use crate::query::{box_scorer, EmptyScorer, Scorer};
 use crate::{DocId, Score};
 
 /// Returns the intersection scorer.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub fn intersect_scorers(
     num_docs_segment: u32,
 ) -> Box<dyn Scorer> {
     if scorers.is_empty() {
-        return Box::new(EmptyScorer);
+        return box_scorer(EmptyScorer);
     }
     if scorers.len() == 1 {
         return scorers.pop().unwrap();
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn intersect_scorers(
     scorers.sort_by_key(|scorer| scorer.cost());
     let doc = go_to_first_doc(&mut scorers[..]);
     if doc == TERMINATED {
-        return Box::new(EmptyScorer);
+        return box_scorer(EmptyScorer);
     }
     // We know that we have at least 2 elements.
     let left = scorers.remove(0);
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ pub fn intersect_scorers(
         .iter()
         .all(|&scorer| scorer.is::<TermScorer>());
     if all_term_scorers {
-        return Box::new(Intersection {
+        return box_scorer(Intersection {
             left: *(left.downcast::<TermScorer>().map_err(|_| ()).unwrap()),
             right: *(right.downcast::<TermScorer>().map_err(|_| ()).unwrap()),
             others: scorers,
             num_docs: num_docs_segment,
         });
     }
-    Box::new(Intersection {
+    box_scorer(Intersection {
         left,
         right,
         others: scorers,
@@ -84,14 +84,6 @@ impl<TDocSet: DocSet> Intersection<TDocSet, TDocSet> {
         docsets.sort_by_key(|docset| docset.cost());
         go_to_first_doc(&mut docsets);
         let left = docsets.remove(0);
-        debug_assert!({
-            let doc = left.doc();
-            if doc == TERMINATED {
-                true
-            } else {
-                docsets.iter().all(|docset| docset.doc() == doc)
-            }
-        });
         let right = docsets.remove(0);
         Intersection {
             left,
@@ -116,61 +108,46 @@ impl<TDocSet: DocSet, TOtherDocSet: DocSet> DocSet for Intersection<TDocSet, TOt
     #[inline]
     fn advance(&mut self) -> DocId {
         let (left, right) = (&mut self.left, &mut self.right);
+        let mut candidate = left.advance();
+        if candidate == TERMINATED {
+            return TERMINATED;
+        }
 
-        // Invariant:
-        // - candidate is always <= to the next document in the intersection.
-        // - candidate strictly increases at every occurence of the loop.
-        let mut candidate = left.doc() + 1;
+        loop {
+            // In the first part we look for a document in the intersection
+            // of the two rarest `DocSet` in the intersection.
 
-        // Termination: candidate strictly increases.
-        'outer: while candidate < TERMINATED {
-            // As we enter the loop, we should always have candidate < next_doc.
-
-            candidate = left.seek(candidate);
-
-            // Left is positionned on `candidate`.
-            debug_assert_eq!(left.doc(), candidate);
-
-            if let SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(seek_lower_bound) = right.seek_danger(candidate)
-            {
-                debug_assert!(
-                    seek_lower_bound == TERMINATED || seek_lower_bound > candidate,
-                    "seek_lower_bound {seek_lower_bound} must be greater than candidate \
-                     {candidate}"
-                );
-                candidate = seek_lower_bound;
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            // Left and right are positionned on `candidate`.
-            debug_assert_eq!(right.doc(), candidate);
-
-            for other in &mut self.others {
-                if let SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(seek_lower_bound) =
-                    other.seek_danger(candidate)
-                {
-                    // One of the scorer does not match, let's restart at the top of the loop.
-                    debug_assert!(
-                        seek_lower_bound == TERMINATED || seek_lower_bound > candidate,
-                        "seek_lower_bound {seek_lower_bound} must be greater than candidate \
-                         {candidate}"
-                    );
-                    candidate = seek_lower_bound;
-                    continue 'outer;
+            loop {
+                if right.seek_into_the_danger_zone(candidate) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                let right_doc = right.doc();
+                // TODO: Think about which value would make sense here
+                // It depends on the DocSet implementation, when a seek would outweigh an advance.
+                if right_doc > candidate.wrapping_add(100) {
+                    candidate = left.seek(right_doc);
+                } else {
+                    candidate = left.advance();
+                }
+                if candidate == TERMINATED {
+                    return TERMINATED;
                 }
             }
 
-            // At this point all scorers are in a valid state, aligned on the next document in the
-            // intersection.
-            debug_assert!(self.others.iter().all(|docset| docset.doc() == candidate));
-            return candidate;
+            debug_assert_eq!(left.doc(), right.doc());
+            // test the remaining scorers
+            if self
+                .others
+                .iter_mut()
+                .all(|docset| docset.seek_into_the_danger_zone(candidate))
+            {
+                debug_assert_eq!(candidate, self.left.doc());
+                debug_assert_eq!(candidate, self.right.doc());
+                debug_assert!(self.others.iter().all(|docset| docset.doc() == candidate));
+                return candidate;
+            }
+            candidate = left.advance();
         }
-
-        // We make sure our docset is in a valid state.
-        // In particular, we want .doc() to return TERMINATED.
-        left.seek(TERMINATED);
-
-        TERMINATED
     }
 
     fn seek(&mut self, target: DocId) -> DocId {
@@ -189,19 +166,13 @@ impl<TDocSet: DocSet, TOtherDocSet: DocSet> DocSet for Intersection<TDocSet, TOt
     ///
     /// Some implementations may choose to advance past the target if beneficial for performance.
     /// The return value is `true` if the target is in the docset, and `false` otherwise.
-    fn seek_danger(&mut self, target: DocId) -> SeekDangerResult {
-        if let SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target) = self.left.seek_danger(target) {
-            return SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target);
-        }
-        if let SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target) = self.right.seek_danger(target) {
-            return SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target);
-        }
-        for docset in &mut self.others {
-            if let SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target) = docset.seek_danger(target) {
-                return SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target);
-            }
-        }
-        SeekDangerResult::Found
+    fn seek_into_the_danger_zone(&mut self, target: DocId) -> bool {
+        self.left.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target)
+            && self.right.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target)
+            && self
+                .others
+                .iter_mut()
+                .all(|docset| docset.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target))
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -244,12 +215,9 @@ mod tests {
     use proptest::prelude::*;
 
     use super::Intersection;
-    use crate::collector::Count;
     use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
     use crate::postings::tests::test_skip_against_unoptimized;
-    use crate::query::{QueryParser, VecDocSet};
-    use crate::schema::{Schema, TEXT};
-    use crate::Index;
+    use crate::query::VecDocSet;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_intersection() {
@@ -336,58 +304,6 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(intersection.doc(), TERMINATED);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_intersection_abc() {
-        let a = VecDocSet::from(vec![2, 3, 6]);
-        let b = VecDocSet::from(vec![1, 3, 5]);
-        let c = VecDocSet::from(vec![1, 3, 5]);
-        let mut intersection = Intersection::new(vec![c, b, a], 10);
-        let mut docs = Vec::new();
-        use crate::DocSet;
-        while intersection.doc() != TERMINATED {
-            docs.push(intersection.doc());
-            intersection.advance();
-        }
-        assert_eq!(&docs, &[3]);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_intersection_termination() {
-        use crate::query::score_combiner::DoNothingCombiner;
-        use crate::query::{BufferedUnionScorer, ConstScorer, VecDocSet};
-
-        let a1 = ConstScorer::new(VecDocSet::from(vec![0u32, 10000]), 1.0);
-        let a2 = ConstScorer::new(VecDocSet::from(vec![0u32, 10000]), 1.0);
-
-        let mut b_scorers = vec![];
-        for _ in 0..2 {
-            // Union matches 0 and 10000.
-            b_scorers.push(ConstScorer::new(VecDocSet::from(vec![0, 10000]), 1.0));
-        }
-        // That's the union of two scores matching 0, and 10_000.
-        let union = BufferedUnionScorer::build(b_scorers, DoNothingCombiner::default, 30000);
-
-        // Mismatching scorer: matches 0 and 20000. We then append more docs at the end to ensure it
-        // is last.
-        let mut m_docs = vec![0, 20000];
-        for i in 30000..30100 {
-            m_docs.push(i);
-        }
-        let m = ConstScorer::new(VecDocSet::from(m_docs), 1.0);
-
-        // Costs: A1=2, A2=2, Union=4, M=102.
-        // Sorted: A1, A2, Union, M.
-        // Left=A1, Right=A2, Others=[Union, M].
-        let mut intersection = crate::query::intersect_scorers(
-            vec![Box::new(a1), Box::new(a2), Box::new(union), Box::new(m)],
-            40000,
-        );
-
-        while intersection.doc() != TERMINATED {
-            intersection.advance();
-        }
-    }
-
     // Strategy to generate sorted and deduplicated vectors of u32 document IDs
     fn sorted_deduped_vec(max_val: u32, max_size: usize) -> impl Strategy<Value = Vec<u32>> {
         prop::collection::vec(0..max_val, 0..max_size).prop_map(|mut vec| {
@@ -419,30 +335,6 @@ mod tests {
             }
             assert_eq!(intersection.doc(), TERMINATED);
         }
-    }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_bug_2811_intersection_candidate_should_increase() {
-        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
-        let text_field = schema_builder.add_text_field("text", TEXT);
-        let schema = schema_builder.build();
-
-        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
-        let mut writer = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
-        writer
-            .add_document(doc!(text_field=>"hello happy tax"))
-            .unwrap();
-        writer.add_document(doc!(text_field=>"hello")).unwrap();
-        writer.add_document(doc!(text_field=>"hello")).unwrap();
-        writer.add_document(doc!(text_field=>"happy tax")).unwrap();
-
-        writer.commit().unwrap();
-        let query_parser = QueryParser::for_index(&index, Vec::new());
-        let query = query_parser
-            .parse_query(r#"+text:hello +text:"happy tax""#)
-            .unwrap();
-        let searcher = index.reader().unwrap().searcher();
-        let c = searcher.search(&*query, &Count).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(c, 1);
     }
 }

src/query/mod.rs

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mod reqopt_scorer;
 mod scorer;
 mod set_query;
 mod size_hint;
-mod term_query;
+pub(crate) mod term_query;
 mod union;
 mod weight;
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pub use self::boost_query::{BoostQuery, BoostWeight};
 pub use self::const_score_query::{ConstScoreQuery, ConstScorer};
 pub use self::disjunction_max_query::DisjunctionMaxQuery;
 pub use self::empty_query::{EmptyQuery, EmptyScorer, EmptyWeight};
-pub use self::exclude::{Exclude, ExclusionSet};
+pub use self::exclude::Exclude;
 pub use self::exist_query::ExistsQuery;
 pub use self::explanation::Explanation;
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -54,13 +54,14 @@ pub use self::more_like_this::{MoreLikeThisQuery, MoreLikeThisQueryBuilder};
 pub use self::phrase_prefix_query::PhrasePrefixQuery;
 pub use self::phrase_query::regex_phrase_query::{wildcard_query_to_regex_str, RegexPhraseQuery};
 pub use self::phrase_query::PhraseQuery;
+pub(crate) use self::phrase_query::PhraseScorer;
 pub use self::query::{EnableScoring, Query, QueryClone};
 pub use self::query_parser::{QueryParser, QueryParserError};
 pub use self::range_query::*;
 pub use self::regex_query::RegexQuery;
 pub use self::reqopt_scorer::RequiredOptionalScorer;
 pub use self::score_combiner::{DisjunctionMaxCombiner, ScoreCombiner, SumCombiner};
-pub use self::scorer::Scorer;
+pub use self::scorer::{box_scorer, Scorer};
 pub use self::set_query::TermSetQuery;
 pub use self::term_query::TermQuery;
 pub use self::union::BufferedUnionScorer;

src/query/phrase_prefix_query/phrase_prefix_scorer.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-use crate::docset::{DocSet, SeekDangerResult, TERMINATED};
+use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
 use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
 use crate::postings::Postings;
 use crate::query::bm25::Bm25Weight;
-use crate::query::phrase_query::{intersection_count, PhraseScorer};
+use crate::query::phrase_query::{intersection_exists, PhraseScorer};
 use crate::query::Scorer;
 use crate::{DocId, Score};
 
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ pub struct PhrasePrefixScorer<TPostings: Postings> {
     phrase_scorer: PhraseKind<TPostings>,
     suffixes: Vec<TPostings>,
     suffix_offset: u32,
-    phrase_count: u32,
     suffix_position_buffer: Vec<u32>,
 }
 
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@ impl<TPostings: Postings> PhrasePrefixScorer<TPostings> {
             phrase_scorer,
             suffixes,
             suffix_offset: (max_offset - suffix_pos) as u32,
-            phrase_count: 0,
             suffix_position_buffer: Vec::with_capacity(100),
         };
         if phrase_prefix_scorer.doc() != TERMINATED && !phrase_prefix_scorer.matches_prefix() {
@@ -153,12 +151,7 @@ impl<TPostings: Postings> PhrasePrefixScorer<TPostings> {
         phrase_prefix_scorer
     }
 
-    pub fn phrase_count(&self) -> u32 {
-        self.phrase_count
-    }
-
     fn matches_prefix(&mut self) -> bool {
-        let mut count = 0;
         let current_doc = self.doc();
         let pos_matching = self.phrase_scorer.get_intersection();
         for suffix in &mut self.suffixes {
@@ -168,11 +161,12 @@ impl<TPostings: Postings> PhrasePrefixScorer<TPostings> {
             let doc = suffix.seek(current_doc);
             if doc == current_doc {
                 suffix.positions_with_offset(self.suffix_offset, &mut self.suffix_position_buffer);
-                count += intersection_count(pos_matching, &self.suffix_position_buffer);
+                if intersection_exists(pos_matching, &self.suffix_position_buffer) {
+                    return true;
+                }
             }
         }
-        self.phrase_count = count as u32;
-        count != 0
+        false
     }
 }
 
@@ -194,16 +188,11 @@ impl<TPostings: Postings> DocSet for PhrasePrefixScorer<TPostings> {
         self.advance()
     }
 
-    fn seek_danger(&mut self, target: DocId) -> SeekDangerResult {
-        let seek_res = self.phrase_scorer.seek_danger(target);
-        if seek_res != SeekDangerResult::Found {
-            return seek_res;
-        }
-        // The intersection matched. Now let's see if we match the prefix.
-        if self.matches_prefix() {
-            SeekDangerResult::Found
+    fn seek_into_the_danger_zone(&mut self, target: DocId) -> bool {
+        if self.phrase_scorer.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target) {
+            self.matches_prefix()
         } else {
-            SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(target + 1)
+            false
         }
     }
 

src/query/phrase_prefix_query/phrase_prefix_weight.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 use super::{prefix_end, PhrasePrefixScorer};
 use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
 use crate::index::SegmentReader;
-use crate::postings::SegmentPostings;
+use crate::postings::Postings;
 use crate::query::bm25::Bm25Weight;
-use crate::query::explanation::does_not_match;
-use crate::query::{EmptyScorer, Explanation, Scorer, Weight};
+use crate::query::{box_scorer, EmptyScorer, Explanation, Scorer, Weight};
 use crate::schema::{IndexRecordOption, Term};
-use crate::{DocId, DocSet, Score};
+use crate::{DocId, Score};
 
 pub struct PhrasePrefixWeight {
     phrase_terms: Vec<(usize, Term)>,
@@ -46,13 +45,13 @@ impl PhrasePrefixWeight {
         &self,
         reader: &SegmentReader,
         boost: Score,
-    ) -> crate::Result<Option<PhrasePrefixScorer<SegmentPostings>>> {
+    ) -> crate::Result<Option<Box<dyn Scorer>>> {
         let similarity_weight_opt = self
             .similarity_weight_opt
             .as_ref()
             .map(|similarity_weight| similarity_weight.boost_by(boost));
         let fieldnorm_reader = self.fieldnorm_reader(reader)?;
-        let mut term_postings_list = Vec::new();
+        let mut term_postings_list: Vec<(usize, Box<dyn Postings>)> = Vec::new();
         for &(offset, ref term) in &self.phrase_terms {
             if let Some(postings) = reader
                 .inverted_index(term.field())?
@@ -103,42 +102,44 @@ impl PhrasePrefixWeight {
             }
         }
 
-        Ok(Some(PhrasePrefixScorer::new(
+        // TODO make this specialized.
+        Ok(Some(box_scorer(PhrasePrefixScorer::new(
             term_postings_list,
             similarity_weight_opt,
             fieldnorm_reader,
             suffixes,
             self.prefix.0,
-        )))
+        ))))
     }
 }
 
 impl Weight for PhrasePrefixWeight {
     fn scorer(&self, reader: &SegmentReader, boost: Score) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
         if let Some(scorer) = self.phrase_scorer(reader, boost)? {
-            Ok(Box::new(scorer))
+            Ok(scorer)
         } else {
-            Ok(Box::new(EmptyScorer))
+            Ok(box_scorer(EmptyScorer))
         }
     }
 
-    fn explain(&self, reader: &SegmentReader, doc: DocId) -> crate::Result<Explanation> {
-        let scorer_opt = self.phrase_scorer(reader, 1.0)?;
-        if scorer_opt.is_none() {
-            return Err(does_not_match(doc));
-        }
-        let mut scorer = scorer_opt.unwrap();
-        if scorer.seek(doc) != doc {
-            return Err(does_not_match(doc));
-        }
-        let fieldnorm_reader = self.fieldnorm_reader(reader)?;
-        let fieldnorm_id = fieldnorm_reader.fieldnorm_id(doc);
-        let phrase_count = scorer.phrase_count();
-        let mut explanation = Explanation::new("Phrase Prefix Scorer", scorer.score());
-        if let Some(similarity_weight) = self.similarity_weight_opt.as_ref() {
-            explanation.add_detail(similarity_weight.explain(fieldnorm_id, phrase_count));
-        }
-        Ok(explanation)
+    fn explain(&self, _reader: &SegmentReader, _doc: DocId) -> crate::Result<Explanation> {
+        todo!();
+        // let scorer_opt = self.phrase_scorer(reader, 1.0)?;
+        // if scorer_opt.is_none() {
+        //     return Err(does_not_match(doc));
+        // }
+        // let mut scorer = scorer_opt.unwrap();
+        // if scorer.seek(doc) != doc {
+        //     return Err(does_not_match(doc));
+        // }
+        // let fieldnorm_reader = self.fieldnorm_reader(reader)?;
+        // let fieldnorm_id = fieldnorm_reader.fieldnorm_id(doc);
+        // let phrase_count = scorer.phrase_count();
+        // let mut explanation = Explanation::new("Phrase Prefix Scorer", scorer.score());
+        // if let Some(similarity_weight) = self.similarity_weight_opt.as_ref() {
+        //     explanation.add_detail(similarity_weight.explain(fieldnorm_id, phrase_count));
+        // }
+        // Ok(explanation)
     }
 }
 
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ impl Weight for PhrasePrefixWeight {
 mod tests {
     use crate::docset::TERMINATED;
     use crate::index::Index;
+    use crate::postings::Postings;
+    use crate::query::phrase_prefix_query::PhrasePrefixScorer;
     use crate::query::{EnableScoring, PhrasePrefixQuery, Query};
     use crate::schema::{Schema, TEXT};
     use crate::{DocSet, IndexWriter, Term};
@@ -186,14 +189,14 @@ mod tests {
             .phrase_prefix_query_weight(enable_scoring)
             .unwrap()
             .unwrap();
-        let mut phrase_scorer = phrase_weight
+        let mut phrase_scorer_boxed = phrase_weight
             .phrase_scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?
             .unwrap();
+        let phrase_scorer: &mut PhrasePrefixScorer<Box<dyn Postings>> =
+            phrase_scorer_boxed.as_any_mut().downcast_mut().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.doc(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.phrase_count(), 2);
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.advance(), 2);
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.doc(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.phrase_count(), 1);
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.advance(), TERMINATED);
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -213,14 +216,15 @@ mod tests {
             .phrase_prefix_query_weight(enable_scoring)
             .unwrap()
             .unwrap();
-        let mut phrase_scorer = phrase_weight
+        let mut phrase_scorer_boxed = phrase_weight
             .phrase_scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?
             .unwrap();
+        let phrase_scorer = phrase_scorer_boxed
+            .downcast_mut::<PhrasePrefixScorer<Box<dyn Postings>>>()
+            .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.doc(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.phrase_count(), 2);
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.advance(), 2);
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.doc(), 2);
-        assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.phrase_count(), 1);
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.advance(), TERMINATED);
         Ok(())
     }

src/query/phrase_query/mod.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pub mod regex_phrase_query;
 mod regex_phrase_weight;
 
 pub use self::phrase_query::PhraseQuery;
-pub(crate) use self::phrase_scorer::intersection_count;
+pub(crate) use self::phrase_scorer::intersection_exists;
 pub use self::phrase_scorer::PhraseScorer;
 pub use self::phrase_weight::PhraseWeight;
 

src/query/phrase_query/phrase_query.rs

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ impl PhraseQuery {
         };
         let mut weight = PhraseWeight::new(self.phrase_terms.clone(), bm25_weight_opt);
         if self.slop > 0 {
-            weight.slop(self.slop);
+            weight.set_slop(self.slop);
         }
         Ok(weight)
     }

src/query/phrase_query/phrase_scorer.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 
-use crate::docset::{DocSet, SeekDangerResult, TERMINATED};
+use crate::codec::standard::postings::StandardPostings;
+use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
 use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
 use crate::postings::Postings;
 use crate::query::bm25::Bm25Weight;
-use crate::query::{Intersection, Scorer};
+use crate::query::{Explanation, Intersection, Scorer};
 use crate::{DocId, Score};
 
 struct PostingsWithOffset<TPostings> {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ impl<TPostings: Postings> DocSet for PostingsWithOffset<TPostings> {
     }
 }
 
-pub struct PhraseScorer<TPostings: Postings> {
+pub struct PhraseScorer<TPostings: Postings = StandardPostings> {
     intersection_docset: Intersection<PostingsWithOffset<TPostings>, PostingsWithOffset<TPostings>>,
     num_terms: usize,
     left_positions: Vec<u32>,
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ pub struct PhraseScorer<TPostings: Postings> {
 }
 
 /// Returns true if and only if the two sorted arrays contain a common element
-fn intersection_exists(left: &[u32], right: &[u32]) -> bool {
+pub(crate) fn intersection_exists(left: &[u32], right: &[u32]) -> bool {
     let mut left_index = 0;
     let mut right_index = 0;
     while left_index < left.len() && right_index < right.len() {
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ fn intersection_exists(left: &[u32], right: &[u32]) -> bool {
     false
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn intersection_count(left: &[u32], right: &[u32]) -> usize {
+fn intersection_count(left: &[u32], right: &[u32]) -> usize {
     let mut left_index = 0;
     let mut right_index = 0;
     let mut count = 0;
@@ -402,6 +403,7 @@ impl<TPostings: Postings> PhraseScorer<TPostings> {
         scorer
     }
 
+    /// Returns the number of phrases identified in the current matching doc.
     pub fn phrase_count(&self) -> u32 {
         self.phrase_count
     }
@@ -530,23 +532,12 @@ impl<TPostings: Postings> DocSet for PhraseScorer<TPostings> {
         self.advance()
     }
 
-    fn seek_danger(&mut self, target: DocId) -> SeekDangerResult {
-        debug_assert!(
-            target >= self.doc(),
-            "target ({}) should be greater than or equal to doc ({})",
-            target,
-            self.doc()
-        );
-        let seek_res = self.intersection_docset.seek_danger(target);
-        if seek_res != SeekDangerResult::Found {
-            return seek_res;
-        }
-        // The intersection matched. Now let's see if we match the phrase.
-        if self.phrase_match() {
-            SeekDangerResult::Found
-        } else {
-            SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(target + 1)
+    fn seek_into_the_danger_zone(&mut self, target: DocId) -> bool {
+        debug_assert!(target >= self.doc());
+        if self.intersection_docset.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target) && self.phrase_match() {
+            return true;
         }
+        false
     }
 
     fn doc(&self) -> DocId {
@@ -584,6 +575,17 @@ impl<TPostings: Postings> Scorer for PhraseScorer<TPostings> {
             1.0f32
         }
     }
+
+    fn explain(&mut self) -> Explanation {
+        let doc = self.doc();
+        let phrase_count = self.phrase_count();
+        let fieldnorm_id = self.fieldnorm_reader.fieldnorm_id(doc);
+        let mut explanation = Explanation::new("Phrase Scorer", self.score());
+        if let Some(similarity_weight) = self.similarity_weight_opt.as_ref() {
+            explanation.add_detail(similarity_weight.explain(fieldnorm_id, phrase_count));
+        }
+        explanation
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]

src/query/phrase_query/phrase_weight.rs

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-use super::PhraseScorer;
 use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
 use crate::index::SegmentReader;
-use crate::postings::SegmentPostings;
+use crate::postings::TermInfo;
 use crate::query::bm25::Bm25Weight;
 use crate::query::explanation::does_not_match;
-use crate::query::{EmptyScorer, Explanation, Scorer, Weight};
-use crate::schema::{IndexRecordOption, Term};
+use crate::query::{box_scorer, EmptyScorer, Explanation, Scorer, Weight};
+use crate::schema::Term;
 use crate::{DocId, DocSet, Score};
 
 pub struct PhraseWeight {
@@ -21,11 +20,10 @@ impl PhraseWeight {
         phrase_terms: Vec<(usize, Term)>,
         similarity_weight_opt: Option<Bm25Weight>,
     ) -> PhraseWeight {
-        let slop = 0;
         PhraseWeight {
             phrase_terms,
             similarity_weight_opt,
-            slop,
+            slop: 0,
         }
     }
 
@@ -43,32 +41,53 @@ impl PhraseWeight {
         &self,
         reader: &SegmentReader,
         boost: Score,
-    ) -> crate::Result<Option<PhraseScorer<SegmentPostings>>> {
+    ) -> crate::Result<Option<Box<dyn Scorer>>> {
         let similarity_weight_opt = self
             .similarity_weight_opt
             .as_ref()
             .map(|similarity_weight| similarity_weight.boost_by(boost));
         let fieldnorm_reader = self.fieldnorm_reader(reader)?;
-        let mut term_postings_list = Vec::new();
-        for &(offset, ref term) in &self.phrase_terms {
-            if let Some(postings) = reader
-                .inverted_index(term.field())?
-                .read_postings(term, IndexRecordOption::WithFreqsAndPositions)?
-            {
-                term_postings_list.push((offset, postings));
-            } else {
-                return Ok(None);
-            }
+
+        if self.phrase_terms.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(None);
         }
-        Ok(Some(PhraseScorer::new(
-            term_postings_list,
+        let field = self.phrase_terms[0].1.field();
+
+        if !self
+            .phrase_terms
+            .iter()
+            .all(|(_offset, term)| term.field() == field)
+        {
+            return Err(crate::TantivyError::InvalidArgument(
+                "All terms in a phrase query must belong to the same field".to_string(),
+            ));
+        }
+
+        let inverted_index_reader = reader.inverted_index(field)?;
+
+        let mut term_infos: Vec<(usize, TermInfo)> = Vec::with_capacity(self.phrase_terms.len());
+
+        // TODO make it specialized
+        for &(offset, ref term) in &self.phrase_terms {
+            let Some(term_info) = inverted_index_reader.get_term_info(term)? else {
+                return Ok(None);
+            };
+            term_infos.push((offset, term_info));
+        }
+
+        let scorer = reader.codec.new_phrase_scorer_type_erased(
+            &term_infos[..],
             similarity_weight_opt,
             fieldnorm_reader,
             self.slop,
-        )))
+            &inverted_index_reader,
+        )?;
+
+        Ok(Some(scorer))
     }
 
-    pub fn slop(&mut self, slop: u32) {
+    /// Sets the slop for the given PhraseWeight.
+    pub fn set_slop(&mut self, slop: u32) {
         self.slop = slop;
     }
 }
@@ -76,9 +95,9 @@ impl PhraseWeight {
 impl Weight for PhraseWeight {
     fn scorer(&self, reader: &SegmentReader, boost: Score) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
         if let Some(scorer) = self.phrase_scorer(reader, boost)? {
-            Ok(Box::new(scorer))
+            Ok(scorer)
         } else {
-            Ok(Box::new(EmptyScorer))
+            Ok(box_scorer(EmptyScorer))
         }
     }
 
@@ -91,14 +110,7 @@ impl Weight for PhraseWeight {
         if scorer.seek(doc) != doc {
             return Err(does_not_match(doc));
         }
-        let fieldnorm_reader = self.fieldnorm_reader(reader)?;
-        let fieldnorm_id = fieldnorm_reader.fieldnorm_id(doc);
-        let phrase_count = scorer.phrase_count();
-        let mut explanation = Explanation::new("Phrase Scorer", scorer.score());
-        if let Some(similarity_weight) = self.similarity_weight_opt.as_ref() {
-            explanation.add_detail(similarity_weight.explain(fieldnorm_id, phrase_count));
-        }
-        Ok(explanation)
+        Ok(scorer.explain())
     }
 }
 
@@ -106,7 +118,8 @@ impl Weight for PhraseWeight {
 mod tests {
     use super::super::tests::create_index;
     use crate::docset::TERMINATED;
-    use crate::query::{EnableScoring, PhraseQuery};
+    use crate::query::phrase_query::PhraseScorer;
+    use crate::query::{EnableScoring, PhraseQuery, Scorer};
     use crate::{DocSet, Term};
 
     #[test]
@@ -121,9 +134,11 @@ mod tests {
         ]);
         let enable_scoring = EnableScoring::enabled_from_searcher(&searcher);
         let phrase_weight = phrase_query.phrase_weight(enable_scoring).unwrap();
-        let mut phrase_scorer = phrase_weight
+        let phrase_scorer_boxed: Box<dyn Scorer> = phrase_weight
             .phrase_scorer(searcher.segment_reader(0u32), 1.0)?
             .unwrap();
+        let mut phrase_scorer: Box<PhraseScorer> =
+            phrase_scorer_boxed.downcast::<PhraseScorer>().ok().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.doc(), 1);
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.phrase_count(), 2);
         assert_eq!(phrase_scorer.advance(), 2);

src/query/phrase_query/regex_phrase_weight.rs

@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ use tantivy_fst::Regex;
 use super::PhraseScorer;
 use crate::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
 use crate::index::SegmentReader;
-use crate::postings::{LoadedPostings, Postings, SegmentPostings, TermInfo};
+use crate::postings::{LoadedPostings, Postings, TermInfo};
 use crate::query::bm25::Bm25Weight;
 use crate::query::explanation::does_not_match;
 use crate::query::union::{BitSetPostingUnion, SimpleUnion};
-use crate::query::{AutomatonWeight, BitSetDocSet, EmptyScorer, Explanation, Scorer, Weight};
+use crate::query::{
+    box_scorer, AutomatonWeight, BitSetDocSet, EmptyScorer, Explanation, Scorer, Weight,
+};
 use crate::schema::{Field, IndexRecordOption};
 use crate::{DocId, DocSet, InvertedIndexReader, Score};
 
@@ -103,18 +105,9 @@ impl RegexPhraseWeight {
         term_info: &TermInfo,
         doc_bitset: &mut BitSet,
     ) -> crate::Result<()> {
-        let mut block_segment_postings = inverted_index
-            .read_block_postings_from_terminfo(term_info, IndexRecordOption::Basic)?;
-        loop {
-            let docs = block_segment_postings.docs();
-            if docs.is_empty() {
-                break;
-            }
-            for &doc in docs {
-                doc_bitset.insert(doc);
-            }
-            block_segment_postings.advance();
-        }
+        let mut segment_postings =
+            inverted_index.read_postings_from_terminfo(term_info, IndexRecordOption::Basic)?;
+        segment_postings.fill_bitset(doc_bitset);
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -188,7 +181,7 @@ impl RegexPhraseWeight {
         // - Bucket 1: Terms appearing in 0.1% to 1% of documents
         // - Bucket 2: Terms appearing in 1% to 10% of documents
         // - Bucket 3: Terms appearing in more than 10% of documents
-        let mut buckets: Vec<(BitSet, Vec<SegmentPostings>)> = (0..4)
+        let mut buckets: Vec<(BitSet, Vec<Box<dyn Postings>>)> = (0..4)
             .map(|_| (BitSet::with_max_value(max_doc), Vec::new()))
             .collect();
 
@@ -197,7 +190,7 @@ impl RegexPhraseWeight {
         for term_info in term_infos {
             let mut term_posting = inverted_index
                 .read_postings_from_terminfo(term_info, IndexRecordOption::WithFreqsAndPositions)?;
-            let num_docs = term_posting.doc_freq();
+            let num_docs = u32::from(term_posting.doc_freq());
 
             if num_docs < SPARSE_TERM_DOC_THRESHOLD {
                 let current_bucket = &mut sparse_buckets[0];
@@ -271,9 +264,9 @@ impl RegexPhraseWeight {
 impl Weight for RegexPhraseWeight {
     fn scorer(&self, reader: &SegmentReader, boost: Score) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn Scorer>> {
         if let Some(scorer) = self.phrase_scorer(reader, boost)? {
-            Ok(Box::new(scorer))
+            Ok(box_scorer(scorer))
         } else {
-            Ok(Box::new(EmptyScorer))
+            Ok(box_scorer(EmptyScorer))
         }
     }
 
@@ -311,7 +304,7 @@ mod tests {
         #![proptest_config(ProptestConfig::with_cases(50))]
         #[test]
         fn test_phrase_regex_with_random_strings(mut random_strings in proptest::collection::vec("[c-z ]{0,10}", 1..100), num_occurrences in 1..150_usize) {
-            let mut rng = rand::rng();
+            let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
 
             // Insert "aaa ccc" the specified number of times into the list
             for _ in 0..num_occurrences {