package org.apache.lucene.codecs;

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Closeable;

import org.apache.lucene.index.DocsEnum;
import org.apache.lucene.index.DocsAndPositionsEnum;
import org.apache.lucene.index.FieldInfo;
import org.apache.lucene.store.IndexInput;
import org.apache.lucene.store.DataInput;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Bits;

/** The core terms dictionaries (BlockTermsReader,
 *  BlockTreeTermsReader) interact with a single instance
 *  of this class to manage creation of {@link DocsEnum} and
 *  {@link DocsAndPositionsEnum} instances.  It provides an
 *  IndexInput (termsIn) where this class may read any
 *  previously stored data that it had written in its
 *  corresponding {@link PostingsWriterBase} at indexing
 *  time. 
 *  @lucene.experimental */

// TODO: find a better name; this defines the API that the
// terms dict impls use to talk to a postings impl.
// TermsDict + PostingsReader/WriterBase == PostingsConsumer/Producer
public abstract class PostingsReaderBase implements Closeable {

  /** Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass 
   *  constructors, typically implicit.) */
  protected PostingsReaderBase() {
  }

  /** Performs any initialization, such as reading and
   *  verifying the header from the provided terms
   *  dictionary {@link IndexInput}. */
  public abstract void init(IndexInput termsIn) throws IOException;

  /** Return a newly created empty TermState */
  public abstract BlockTermState newTermState() throws IOException;

  /** Actually decode metadata for next term 
   *  @see PostingsWriterBase#encodeTerm 
   */
  public abstract void decodeTerm(long[] longs, DataInput in, FieldInfo fieldInfo, BlockTermState state, boolean absolute) throws IOException;

  /** Must fully consume state, since after this call that
   *  TermState may be reused. */
  public abstract DocsEnum docs(FieldInfo fieldInfo, BlockTermState state, Bits skipDocs, DocsEnum reuse, int flags) throws IOException;

  /** Must fully consume state, since after this call that
   *  TermState may be reused. */
  public abstract DocsAndPositionsEnum docsAndPositions(FieldInfo fieldInfo, BlockTermState state, Bits skipDocs, DocsAndPositionsEnum reuse,
                                                        int flags) throws IOException;

  /** Returns approximate RAM bytes used */
  public abstract long ramBytesUsed();
  
  @Override
  public abstract void close() throws IOException;
}