ShardRequestFactory (Solr 9.9.0 core API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

SearchGroupsRequestFactory, StoredFieldsShardRequestFactory, TopGroupsShardRequestFactory
```
public interface ShardRequestFactory
```
Responsible for creating shard requests to the shards in the cluster to perform distributed grouping.

WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  ShardRequest[] constructRequest(ResponseBuilder rb)
  Returns ShardRequest instances.

- Method Detail
  - constructRequest
```
ShardRequest[] constructRequest(ResponseBuilder rb)
```
    Returns ShardRequest instances. Never returns null. If no ShardRequest instances are constructed an empty array is returned.
    
    Parameters:
    
    rb - The response builder
    
    Returns:
    
    ShardRequest instances