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/*
 * COPIED FROM APACHE LUCENE 4.7.2
 *
 * Git URL: [email protected]:apache/lucene.git, tag: releases/lucene-solr/4.7.2, path: lucene/core/src/java
 *
 * (see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OAK-10786 for details)
 */

package org.apache.lucene.codecs;

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import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentWriteState;
import org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentReadState;

/** 
 * Provides a {@link PostingsReaderBase} and {@link
 * PostingsWriterBase}.
 *
 * @lucene.experimental */

// 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

// can we clean this up and do this some other way? 
// refactor some of these classes and use covariant return?
public abstract class PostingsBaseFormat {

  /** Unique name that's used to retrieve this codec when
   *  reading the index */
  public final String name;
  
  /** Sole constructor. */
  protected PostingsBaseFormat(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }

  /** Creates the {@link PostingsReaderBase} for this
   *  format. */
  public abstract PostingsReaderBase postingsReaderBase(SegmentReadState state) throws IOException;

  /** Creates the {@link PostingsWriterBase} for this
   *  format. */
  public abstract PostingsWriterBase postingsWriterBase(SegmentWriteState state) throws IOException;
}