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package org.apache.jackrabbit.core.query.lucene.hits;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Representation of a set of hits
*/
public interface Hits {
/**
* Marks the document with doc number <code>doc</code> as a hit.
* Implementations may throw an exception if you call set() after next() or
* skipTo() has been called.
*/
void set(int doc);
/**
* Return the doc number of the next hit in the set. Subsequent calls never
* return the same doc number.
*/
int next() throws IOException;
/**
* Skips to the first match beyond the current whose document number is
* greater than or equal to the given target. Returns -1 if there is no
* matching document number greater than target.
*/
int skipTo(int target) throws IOException;
}