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package org.apache.lucene.index;


import java.io.Reader;

import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;
import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;

// TODO: how to handle versioning here...?

/** Represents a single field for indexing.  IndexWriter
 *  consumes Iterable<IndexableField> as a document.
 *
 *  @lucene.experimental */

public interface IndexableField {

  /** Field name */
  public String name();

  /** {@link IndexableFieldType} describing the properties
   * of this field. */
  public IndexableFieldType fieldType();

  /**
   * Creates the TokenStream used for indexing this field.  If appropriate,
   * implementations should use the given Analyzer to create the TokenStreams.
   *
   * @param analyzer Analyzer that should be used to create the TokenStreams from
   * @param reuse TokenStream for a previous instance of this field <b>name</b>. This allows
   *              custom field types (like StringField and NumericField) that do not use
   *              the analyzer to still have good performance. Note: the passed-in type
   *              may be inappropriate, for example if you mix up different types of Fields
   *              for the same field name. So it's the responsibility of the implementation to
   *              check.
   * @return TokenStream value for indexing the document.  Should always return
   *         a non-null value if the field is to be indexed
   */
  public TokenStream tokenStream(Analyzer analyzer, TokenStream reuse);

  /** Non-null if this field has a binary value */
  public BytesRef binaryValue();

  /** Non-null if this field has a string value */
  public String stringValue();

  /** Non-null if this field has a Reader value */
  public Reader readerValue();

  /** Non-null if this field has a numeric value */
  public Number numericValue();
}