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<h4>MIN_PREFIX_CHARS</h4>
<pre>protected static final&nbsp;<a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a> MIN_PREFIX_CHARS</pre>
<div class="block">Minimum number of leading characters before PrefixQuery is used (default 4). 
 Prefixes shorter than this are indexed as character ngrams 
 (increasing index size but making lookups faster)</div>
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