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package org.apache.lucene.spatial.prefix.tree;

import org.locationtech.spatial4j.shape.Shape;
import org.locationtech.spatial4j.shape.SpatialRelation;
import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;

/**
 * Represents a grid cell. Cell instances are generally very transient and may be re-used
 * internally.  To get an instance, you could start with {@link SpatialPrefixTree#getWorldCell()}.
 * And from there you could either traverse down the tree with {@link #getNextLevelCells(org.locationtech.spatial4j.shape.Shape)},
 * or you could read an indexed term via {@link SpatialPrefixTree#readCell(org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef,Cell)}.
 * When a cell is read from a term, it is comprised of just the base bytes plus optionally a leaf flag.
 *
 * @lucene.experimental
 */
public interface Cell {

//  If we bring this back; perhaps do so as a method that un-shares its internal state: void unshare();
//  /** Resets the state of this cell such that it is identical to {@code source}. This can be used for
//   * cloning a cell to have a safe copy, and it also might be used to position this cell
//   * before calling {@link #readCell(org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef)} in a loop if you know the first term
//   * is going to be close to some other cell, thereby saving some computations. */
//  void copyFrom(Cell source);

  /** Gets the relationship this cell has with the shape from which it was filtered from, assuming it came from a
   * {@link CellIterator}. Arguably it belongs there but it's very convenient here. */
  SpatialRelation getShapeRel();

  /** See {@link #getShapeRel()}.
   * @lucene.internal */
  void setShapeRel(SpatialRelation rel);

  /**
   * Some cells are flagged as leaves, which are indexed as such. A leaf cell is either within some
   * shape or it both intersects and the cell is at an accuracy threshold such that no smaller cells
   * for the shape will be represented.
   */
  boolean isLeaf();

  /** Set this cell to be a leaf. Warning: never call on a cell
   * initialized to reference the same bytes from termsEnum, which should be treated as immutable.
   * Note: not supported at level 0.
   * @lucene.internal */
  void setLeaf();

  /**
   * Returns the bytes for this cell, with a leaf byte if this is a leaf cell.
   * The result param is used to save object allocation, though its bytes aren't used.
   * @param result where the result goes, or null to create new
   */
  BytesRef getTokenBytesWithLeaf(BytesRef result);

  /**
   * Returns the bytes for this cell, without a leaf set. The bytes should sort before
   * {@link #getTokenBytesWithLeaf(org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef)}.
   * The result param is used to save object allocation, though its bytes aren't used.
   * @param result where the result goes, or null to create new
   */
  BytesRef getTokenBytesNoLeaf(BytesRef result);

  /** Level 0 is the world (and has no parent), from then on a higher level means a smaller
   * cell than the level before it.
   */
  int getLevel();

  /**
   * Gets the cells at the next grid cell level underneath this one, optionally filtered by
   * {@code shapeFilter}. The returned cells should have {@link #getShapeRel()} set to
   * their relation with {@code shapeFilter}.  In addition, for non-points {@link #isLeaf()}
   * must be true when that relation is WITHIN.
   * 
   * IMPORTANT: Cells returned from this iterator can be shared, as well as the bytes.
   * 
   * Precondition: Never called when getLevel() == maxLevel.
   *
   * @param shapeFilter an optional filter for the returned cells.
   * @return A set of cells (no dups), sorted. Not Modifiable.
   */
  CellIterator getNextLevelCells(Shape shapeFilter);

  /** Gets the shape for this cell; typically a Rectangle. */
  Shape getShape();

  /**
   * Returns if the target term is within/underneath this cell; not necessarily a direct
   * descendant.
   * @param c the term
   */
  boolean isPrefixOf(Cell c);

  /** Equivalent to {@code this.getTokenBytesNoLeaf(null).compareTo(fromCell.getTokenBytesNoLeaf(null))}. */
  int compareToNoLeaf(Cell fromCell);
}