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package org.apache.lucene.index;

import java.util.List;

/** Information about upcoming impacts, ie. (freq, norm) pairs. */
public abstract class Impacts {

  /** Sole constructor. Typically invoked by sub classes. */
  protected Impacts() {}

  /**
   * Return the number of levels on which we have impacts. The returned value is always greater than
   * 0 and may not always be the same, even on a single postings list, depending on the current doc
   * ID.
   */
  public abstract int numLevels();

  /**
   * Return the maximum inclusive doc ID until which the list of impacts returned by {@link
   * #getImpacts(int)} is valid. This is a non-decreasing function of {@code level}.
   */
  public abstract int getDocIdUpTo(int level);

  /**
   * Return impacts on the given level. These impacts are sorted by increasing frequency and
   * increasing unsigned norm, and only valid until the doc ID returned by {@link
   * #getDocIdUpTo(int)} for the same level, included. The returned list is never empty and should
   * implement {@link java.util.RandomAccess} if it contains more than a single element. NOTE: There
   * is no guarantee that these impacts actually appear in postings, only that they trigger scores
   * that are greater than or equal to the impacts that actually appear in postings.
   */
  public abstract List getImpacts(int level);
}