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package org.apache.lucene.codecs;

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

import org.apache.lucene.index.PostingsEnum;
import org.apache.lucene.index.FieldInfo;
import org.apache.lucene.index.ImpactsEnum;
import org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentReadState;
import org.apache.lucene.store.DataInput;
import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Accountable;

/** The core terms dictionaries (BlockTermsReader,
 *  BlockTreeTermsReader) interact with a single instance
 *  of this class to manage creation of {@link org.apache.lucene.index.PostingsEnum} and
 *  {@link org.apache.lucene.index.PostingsEnum} instances.  It provides an
 *  IndexInput (termsIn) where this class may read any
 *  previously stored data that it had written in its
 *  corresponding {@link PostingsWriterBase} at indexing
 *  time. 
 *  @lucene.experimental */

// TODO: maybe move under blocktree?  but it's used by other terms dicts (e.g. Block)

// TODO: find a better name; this defines the API that the
// terms dict impls use to talk to a postings impl.
// TermsDict + PostingsReader/WriterBase == PostingsConsumer/Producer
public abstract class PostingsReaderBase implements Closeable, Accountable {

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

    /** Performs any initialization, such as reading and
     *  verifying the header from the provided terms
     *  dictionary {@link IndexInput}. */
    public abstract void init(IndexInput termsIn, SegmentReadState state) throws IOException;

    /** Return a newly created empty TermState */
    public abstract BlockTermState newTermState() throws IOException;

    /** Actually decode metadata for next term 
     *  @see PostingsWriterBase#encodeTerm 
     */
    public abstract void decodeTerm(long[] longs, DataInput in, FieldInfo fieldInfo, BlockTermState state,
            boolean absolute) throws IOException;

    /** Must fully consume state, since after this call that
     *  TermState may be reused. */
    public abstract PostingsEnum postings(FieldInfo fieldInfo, BlockTermState state, PostingsEnum reuse, int flags)
            throws IOException;

    /**
     * Return a {@link ImpactsEnum} that computes impacts with {@code scorer}.
     * @see #postings(FieldInfo, BlockTermState, PostingsEnum, int)
     */
    public abstract ImpactsEnum impacts(FieldInfo fieldInfo, BlockTermState state, int flags) throws IOException;

    /** 
     * Checks consistency of this reader.
     * <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;

    @Override
    public abstract void close() throws IOException;
}