SearchEngine.getIndexer()

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Factory method for getting a search engine indexer for a given document type.

Signature:

getIndexer(type: string): Promise<Writable>;

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
type	string	The type or name of the document set for which an indexer should be retrieved. This corresponds to the type property on the document collator/decorator factories and will most often be used to identify an index or group to which documents should be written.

**Returns:**

Promise<Writable>