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package org.apache.lucene.expressions;

import org.apache.lucene.expressions.js.JavascriptCompiler; // javadocs
import org.apache.lucene.queries.function.FunctionValues;
import org.apache.lucene.queries.function.ValueSource;
import org.apache.lucene.search.Rescorer;
import org.apache.lucene.search.SortField;

/**
 * Base class that computes the value of an expression for a document.
 * 
 * Example usage:
 * 
 *   // compile an expression:
 *   Expression expr = JavascriptCompiler.compile("sqrt(_score) + ln(popularity)");
 *   
 *   // SimpleBindings just maps variables to SortField instances
 *   SimpleBindings bindings = new SimpleBindings();    
 *   bindings.add(new SortField("_score", SortField.Type.SCORE));
 *   bindings.add(new SortField("popularity", SortField.Type.INT));
 *   
 *   // create a sort field and sort by it (reverse order)
 *   Sort sort = new Sort(expr.getSortField(bindings, true));
 *   Query query = new TermQuery(new Term("body", "contents"));
 *   searcher.search(query, null, 10, sort);
 * 
 * @see JavascriptCompiler#compile
 * @lucene.experimental
 */
public abstract class Expression {

  /** The original source text */
  public final String sourceText;

  /** Named variables referred to by this expression */
  public final String[] variables;

  /**
   * Creates a new {@code Expression}.
   *
   * @param sourceText Source text for the expression: e.g. {@code ln(popularity)}
   * @param variables Names of external variables referred to by the expression
   */
  protected Expression(String sourceText, String[] variables) {
    this.sourceText = sourceText;
    this.variables = variables;
  }

  /**
   * Evaluates the expression for the given document.
   *
   * @param document docId of the document to compute a value for
   * @param functionValues {@link FunctionValues} for each element of {@link #variables}.
   * @return The computed value of the expression for the given document.
   */
  public abstract double evaluate(int document, FunctionValues[] functionValues);

  /**
   * Get a value source which can compute the value of this expression in the context of the given bindings.
   * @param bindings Bindings to use for external values in this expression
   * @return A value source which will evaluate this expression when used
   */
  public ValueSource getValueSource(Bindings bindings) {
    return new ExpressionValueSource(bindings, this);
  }
  
  /** Get a sort field which can be used to rank documents by this expression. */
  public SortField getSortField(Bindings bindings, boolean reverse) {
    return getValueSource(bindings).getSortField(reverse);
  }

  /** Get a {@link Rescorer}, to rescore first-pass hits
   *  using this expression. */
  public Rescorer getRescorer(Bindings bindings) {
    return new ExpressionRescorer(this, bindings);
  }
}