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package org.apache.lucene.codecs;


import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentCommitInfo;
import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
import org.apache.lucene.store.IOContext;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Bits;

Format for live/deleted documents
@lucene.experimental
/** Format for live/deleted documents
 * @lucene.experimental */
public abstract class LiveDocsFormat {

  
Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass 
 constructors, typically implicit.) /** Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass 
   *  constructors, typically implicit.) */
  protected LiveDocsFormat() {
  }

  
Read live docs bits. /** Read live docs bits. */
  public abstract Bits readLiveDocs(Directory dir, SegmentCommitInfo info, IOContext context) throws IOException;

  
Persist live docs bits. Use SegmentCommitInfo.getNextDelGen to determine the generation of the deletes file you should write to. /** Persist live docs bits.  Use {@link
   *  SegmentCommitInfo#getNextDelGen} to determine the
   *  generation of the deletes file you should write to. */
  public abstract void writeLiveDocs(Bits bits, Directory dir, SegmentCommitInfo info, int newDelCount, IOContext context) throws IOException;

  
Records all files in use by this SegmentCommitInfo into the files argument. /** Records all files in use by this {@link SegmentCommitInfo} into the files argument. */
  public abstract void files(SegmentCommitInfo info, Collection<String> files) throws IOException;
}