package org.apache.solr.schema;
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import org.apache.lucene.search.similarities.Similarity;
import org.apache.solr.schema.SchemaAware; // javadocs
import org.apache.solr.schema.FieldType; // javadocs
import org.apache.solr.common.params.SolrParams;
/**
* A factory interface for configuring a {@link Similarity} in the Solr
* schema.xml.
*
* <p>
* Subclasses of <code>SimilarityFactory</code> which are {@link SchemaAware}
* must take responsibility for either consulting the similarities configured
* on individual field types, or generating appropriate error/warning messages
* if field type specific similarities exist but are being ignored. The
* <code>IndexSchema</code> will provide such error checking if a
* non-<code>SchemaAware</code> instance of <code>SimilarityFactory</code>
* is used.
*
* @see FieldType#getSimilarity
*/
public abstract class SimilarityFactory {
protected SolrParams params;
public void init(SolrParams params) { this.params = params; }
public SolrParams getParams() { return params; }
public abstract Similarity getSimilarity();
}