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package net.ontopia.topicmaps.query.spi;
/**
* PUBLIC: Search result interfaced used by implementations of the
* SearcherIF interface.<p>
*/
public interface SearchResultIF {
/**
* PUBLIC: Moves ahead to the next result. Returns true if
* there were more results.
*/
public boolean next();
/**
* PUBLIC: Gets the current result value.
*/
public Object getValue();
/**
* PUBLIC: Gets the score for the current result value;
*/
public float getScore();
/**
* PUBLIC: Closes the search result. This method will be called when
* done with the search results, so that resources can be released.
*/
public void close();
}