## Uses of Class
org.apache.lucene.codecs.DocValuesFormat

- Packages that use DocValuesFormat
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  org.apache.lucene.codecs | Codecs API: API for customization of the encoding and structure of the index.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene90 | Lucene 9.0 file format.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene99 | Lucene 9.9 file format.
  org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield | Postings format that can delegate to different formats per-field.

- - ### Uses of DocValuesFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs

    Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs that return DocValuesFormat
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `abstract DocValuesFormat` | Codec.`docValuesFormat()` | Encodes/decodes docvalues
    `DocValuesFormat` | FilterCodec.`docValuesFormat()` |
    `static DocValuesFormat` | DocValuesFormat.`forName​(String name)` | looks up a format by name

  - ### Uses of DocValuesFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene90

    Subclasses of DocValuesFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene90
    Modifier and Type | Class | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `class` | `Lucene90DocValuesFormat` | Lucene 9.0 DocValues format.

  - ### Uses of DocValuesFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene99

    Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs.lucene99 that return DocValuesFormat
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `DocValuesFormat` | Lucene99Codec.`docValuesFormat()` |
    `DocValuesFormat` | Lucene99Codec.`getDocValuesFormatForField​(String field)` | Returns the docvalues format that should be used for writing new segments of `field` .

  - ### Uses of DocValuesFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield

    Subclasses of DocValuesFormat in org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield
    Modifier and Type | Class | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `class` | `PerFieldDocValuesFormat` | Enables per field docvalues support.

    Methods in org.apache.lucene.codecs.perfield that return DocValuesFormat
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `abstract DocValuesFormat` | PerFieldDocValuesFormat.`getDocValuesFormatForField​(String field)` | Returns the doc values format that should be used for writing new segments of `field` .