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package com.flaptor.indextank.index.scorer;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
import com.flaptor.indextank.index.DocId;
/**
* Device that holds special score boosts for every document.
* Each {@link BoostsManager} is defined with a specific number of
* boosts per document. No document can be updated for more boosts
* than that number
*
* @author iperez
*
*/
public interface BoostsManager {
/**
* Specify the values of the boosts for a document, including its timestamp.
* This is accomplished by passing the dynamicBoosts parameter with a Map from the boost index (zero based) to the boost value (a <code>double</code>).
* In this map, no index can be larger than the number of available boosts the {@link BoostsManager} minus one (since it is zero based).
* If no boost was ever set for the document, all non-specified available boost indexes values are defaulted to zero
*
* @param documentId external (customer) identifier of the document
* @param boosts a Map from the boost index (zero based) to the boost value (a <code>double</code>).
* @param timestamp the document timestamp as used for boosting purposes (null if the current timestamp for the document shouldn't be overriden)
* @throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} if an invalid index is passed for a boost
*/
public void setBoosts(String documentId, Integer timestamp, Map<Integer, Float> boosts);
/**
* Specify the values of the boosts for a document.
* This is accomplished by passing the dynamicBoosts parameter with a Map from the boost index (zero based) to the boost value (a <code>double</code>).
* In this map, no index can be larger than the number of available boosts the {@link BoostsManager} minus one (since it is zero based).
* If no boost was ever set for the document, all non-specified available boost indexes values are defaulted to zero
*
* @param documentId external (customer) identifier of the document
* @param boosts a Map from the boost index (zero based) to the boost value (a <code>double</code>).
* @throws {@link IllegalArgumentException} if an invalid index is passed for a boost
*/
public void setBoosts(String documentId, Map<Integer, Float> boosts);
/**
* Clean the boosts for a specific document.
*
* @param documentId external (customer) identifier of the document
*/
public void removeBoosts(String documentId);
/**
* Retrieve the boosts for a specific document
*
* @param documentId external (customer) identifier of the document
* @return an array of doubles with the boosts' values
*/
public Boosts getBoosts(DocId documentId);
/**
* @return the number of document identifiers with boosts associated to them
*/
public int getDocumentCount();
/*
* Dumps the state of the manager to disk
*/
public void dump() throws IOException;
/**
* Returns a map with docId's document variables
*/
public Map<Integer, Double> getVariablesAsMap(DocId docId);
/**
* Returns a map with docId's document categories
*/
public Map<String, String> getCategoryValues(DocId docId);
/**
* Returns a map with docId's document categories (returns empty)
*/
Map<String, String> getCategoriesAsMap(DocId documentId);
}