new

        my $seg_reader = 
          Plucene::Index::SegmentReader->new( Plucene::Index::SegmentInfo $si);

This will create a new Plucene::Index::SegmentReader object.

has_deletions

        if ($seg_reader->has_deletions(Plucene::Index::SegmentInfo $si)) 
                {  ... }

files

        my @files = $seg_reader->files;

terms

        my @terms = $seg_reader->terms;

document

        my $doc = $seg_reader->document($id);

is_deleted

        if ($seg_reader->is_deleted($id)) {  .. }

term_docs

        my Plucene::Index::SegmentTermDocs $docs 
                = $seg_reader->term_docs($term);

This will return the Plucene::Index::SegmentTermDocs object for the given term.

term_positions

        my Plucene::Index::SegmentTermPositions $pos 
                = $seg_reader->term_positions($term);

This will return the Plucene::Index::SegmentTermPositions object for the given term.

doc_freq

        my $doc_freq = $seg_reader->doc_freq($term);

This returns the number of documents containing the passed term.

num_docs

        my $num_docs = $seg_reader->num_docs;

This is the number of documents, excluding deleted ones.

max_doc

        my $max_doc = $seg_reader->max_doc;

norms

        my $norms = $seg_reader->norms($field, $offset);

This returns the byte-encoded normalisation factor for the passed field. This is used by the search code to score documents.

Note we are not using the 'offset' and 'bytes' arguments per the Java. Instead, callers should use substr to put the result of "norms" into the appropriate place in a string.

norm_stream

        my Plucene::Store::InputStream $stream 
                = $seg_reader->norm_stream($field);

This will return the Plucene::Store::InputStream for the passed field.