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package org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.core.query.lucene;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * <code>AbstractQueryHits</code> serves as a base class for {@link QueryHits}
 * implementations.
 */
public abstract class AbstractQueryHits implements QueryHits {

    /**
     * This default implemetation does nothing.
     */
    public void close() throws IOException {
    }

    /**
     * Provides a default implementation:
     * <pre>
     * {@code
     * while (n-- > 0) {
     *     if (nextScoreNode() == null) {
     *         return;
     *     }
     * }
     * }
     * </pre>
     * Sub classes may overwrite this method and implement are more efficient
     * way to skip hits.
     *
     * @param n the number of hits to skip.
     * @throws IOException if an error occurs while skipping.
     */
    public void skip(int n) throws IOException {
        while (n-- > 0) {
            if (nextScoreNode() == null) {
                return;
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * This default implementation returns <code>-1</code>.
     *
     * @return <code>-1</code>.
     */
    public int getSize() {
        return -1;
    }
}