/*
* #!
* Ontopia Engine
* #-
* Copyright (C) 2001 - 2013 The Ontopia Project
* #-
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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*/
package net.ontopia.infoset.fulltext.core;
import java.io.IOException;
import net.ontopia.topicmaps.core.index.IndexIF;
/**
* INTERNAL: Represents a search engine. Instances of this class are
* able to perform searches across a collection of documents.<p>
*/
public interface SearcherIF extends IndexIF {
/**
* INTERNAL: Performs a query on an index. The actual query syntax is
* search engine dependent.
*/
public SearchResultIF search(String query) throws IOException;
/**
* INTERNAL: Releases resources associated with this searcher.
*/
public void close() throws IOException;
}