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package org.apache.lucene.index;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* A list of per-document numeric values, sorted
* according to {@link Long#compare(long, long)}.
*/
public abstract class SortedNumericDocValues extends DocValuesIterator {
/** Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass
* constructors, typically implicit.) */
protected SortedNumericDocValues() {}
/**
* Iterates to the next value in the current document. Do not call this more than {@link #docValueCount} times
* for the document.
*/
public abstract long nextValue() throws IOException;
/**
* Retrieves the number of values for the current document. This must always
* be greater than zero.
* It is illegal to call this method after {@link #advanceExact(int)}
* returned {@code false}.
*/
public abstract int docValueCount();
}