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package org.apache.lucene.codecs;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.index.BinaryDocValues;
import org.apache.lucene.index.FieldInfo;
import org.apache.lucene.index.NumericDocValues;
import org.apache.lucene.index.SortedDocValues;
import org.apache.lucene.index.SortedNumericDocValues;
import org.apache.lucene.index.SortedSetDocValues;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Accountable;

/** Abstract API that produces numeric, binary, sorted, sortedset,
 *  and sortednumeric docvalues.
 *
 * @lucene.experimental
 */
public abstract class DocValuesProducer implements Closeable, Accountable {

    /** Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass 
     *  constructors, typically implicit.) */
    protected DocValuesProducer() {
    }

    /** Returns {@link NumericDocValues} for this field.
     *  The returned instance need not be thread-safe: it will only be
     *  used by a single thread. */
    public abstract NumericDocValues getNumeric(FieldInfo field) throws IOException;

    /** Returns {@link BinaryDocValues} for this field.
     *  The returned instance need not be thread-safe: it will only be
     *  used by a single thread. */
    public abstract BinaryDocValues getBinary(FieldInfo field) throws IOException;

    /** Returns {@link SortedDocValues} for this field.
     *  The returned instance need not be thread-safe: it will only be
     *  used by a single thread. */
    public abstract SortedDocValues getSorted(FieldInfo field) throws IOException;

    /** Returns {@link SortedNumericDocValues} for this field.
     *  The returned instance need not be thread-safe: it will only be
     *  used by a single thread. */
    public abstract SortedNumericDocValues getSortedNumeric(FieldInfo field) throws IOException;

    /** Returns {@link SortedSetDocValues} for this field.
     *  The returned instance need not be thread-safe: it will only be
     *  used by a single thread. */
    public abstract SortedSetDocValues getSortedSet(FieldInfo field) throws IOException;

    /** 
     * Checks consistency of this producer
     * <p>
     * Note that this may be costly in terms of I/O, e.g. 
     * may involve computing a checksum value against large data files.
     * @lucene.internal
     */
    public abstract void checkIntegrity() throws IOException;

    /** 
     * Returns an instance optimized for merging. This instance may only be
     * consumed in the thread that called {@link #getMergeInstance()}.
     * <p>
     * The default implementation returns {@code this} */
    public DocValuesProducer getMergeInstance() {
        return this;
    }
}