IndexSearcher.java

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package org.arastreju.sge.index;

/**
 * <p>
 *  Searcher for the Arastreju index.
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 *  Created 01.02.13
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Oliver Tigges
 */
public interface IndexSearcher {

    /**
     * Search the index.
     *
     * @param query The lucene query.
     * @return An iterator over the search results.
     */
    IndexSearchResult search(String query);
}