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package org.apache.lucene.index;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A list of per-document numeric values, sorted 
 * according to {@link Long#compare(long, long)}.
 */
public abstract class SortedNumericDocValues extends DocValuesIterator {

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

    /** 
     * Iterates to the next value in the current document.  Do not call this more than {@link #docValueCount} times
     * for the document.
     */
    public abstract long nextValue() throws IOException;

    /** 
     * Retrieves the number of values for the current document.  This must always
     * be greater than zero.
     * It is illegal to call this method after {@link #advanceExact(int)}
     * returned {@code false}.
     */
    public abstract int docValueCount();
}