java.lang.Object
org.apache.cassandra.index.sai.disk.v1.segment.Segment
All Implemented Interfaces:
Closeable, AutoCloseable, SegmentOrdering

public class Segment extends Object implements SegmentOrdering, Closeable
Each segment represents an on-disk index structure (balanced tree/terms/postings) flushed by memory limit or token boundaries. It also helps to reduce resource consumption for read requests as only segments that intersect with read request data range need to be loaded.