package org.apache.lucene.util.fst;
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import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.lucene.store.DataInput;
import org.apache.lucene.store.DataOutput;
/**
* Represents the outputs for an FST, providing the basic
* algebra needed for the FST.
*
* @lucene.experimental
*/
public abstract class Outputs<T> {
// TODO: maybe change this API to allow for re-use of the
// output instances -- this is an insane amount of garbage
// (new object per byte/char/int) if eg used during
// analysis
/** Eg common("foo", "foobar") -> "foo" */
public abstract T common(T output1, T output2);
/** Eg subtract("foobar", "foo") -> "bar" */
public abstract T subtract(T output, T inc);
/** Eg add("foo", "bar") -> "foobar" */
public abstract T add(T prefix, T output);
public abstract void write(T output, DataOutput out) throws IOException;
public abstract T read(DataInput in) throws IOException;
/** NOTE: this output is compared with == so you must
* ensure that all methods return the single object if
* it's really no output */
public abstract T getNoOutput();
public abstract String outputToString(T output);
public T merge(T first, T second) {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
}
}