package org.apache.lucene.index;
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import java.io.IOException;
/** Abstract API that consumes terms, doc, freq, prox and
* payloads postings. Concrete implementations of this
* actually do "something" with the postings (write it into
* the index in a specific format).
*
* @lucene.experimental
*/
abstract class FormatPostingsFieldsConsumer {
/** Add a new field */
abstract FormatPostingsTermsConsumer addField(FieldInfo field) throws IOException;
/** Called when we are done adding everything. */
abstract void finish() throws IOException;
}