IndexManager (Hibernate Search Engine 6.0.0.Beta9 API)

```
public interface IndexManager
```
An index manager as viewed by Hibernate Search users.
This interface exposes all operations that Hibernate Search users should be able to execute directly on the index manager, without having to go through mapper-specific APIs.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Backend`	`backend()`
`IndexDescriptor`	`descriptor()`
`<T> T`	`unwrap(Class<T> clazz)`	Unwrap the index manager to some implementation-specific type.

- Method Detail
  - backend
```
Backend backend()
```
    Returns:
    
    The backend in which this index manager is defined.
  - descriptor
```
IndexDescriptor descriptor()
```
    Returns:
    
    A descriptor of this index, exposing in particular a list of field and their characteristics.
  - unwrap
```
<T> T unwrap(Class<T> clazz)
```
    Unwrap the index manager to some implementation-specific type.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - The expected type
    
    Parameters:
    
    clazz - The Class representing the expected type
    
    Returns:
    
    The unwrapped index manager.
    
    Throws:
    
    SearchException - if the index manager implementation does not support unwrapping to the given class.