package org.apache.solr.spelling;
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import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Token;
import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
import org.apache.solr.util.plugin.NamedListInitializedPlugin;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * <p>
 * The QueryConverter is an abstract base class defining a method for converting
 * input "raw" queries into a set of tokens for spell checking. It is used to
 * "parse" the CommonParams.Q (the input query) and converts it to tokens.
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * It is only invoked for the CommonParams.Q parameter, and <b>not</b> the
 * "spellcheck.q" parameter. Systems that use their own query parser or those
 * that find issue with the basic implementation should implement their
 * own QueryConverter instead of using the provided implementation
 * (SpellingQueryConverter) by overriding the appropriate methods on the
 * SpellingQueryConverter and registering it in the solrconfig.xml
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * Refer to <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SpellCheckComponent">SpellCheckComponent</a>
 * for more details
 * </p>
 * 
 * @since solr 1.3
 */
public abstract class QueryConverter implements NamedListInitializedPlugin {
  private NamedList args;

  protected Analyzer analyzer;

  public void init(NamedList args) {
    this.args = args;
  }

  /**
   * @param original
   * @return The Collection of {@link org.apache.lucene.analysis.Token}s for
   *         the query. Offsets on the Token should correspond to the correct
   *         offset in the origQuery
   */
  public abstract Collection<Token> convert(String original);

  /**
   * Set the analyzer to use. Must be set before any calls to convert.
   * 
   * @param analyzer
   */
  public void setAnalyzer(Analyzer analyzer) {
    this.analyzer = analyzer;
  }

  public Analyzer getAnalyzer() {
    return analyzer;
  }
}