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package org.apache.lucene.util.fst;


import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.store.DataInput;
import org.apache.lucene.store.DataOutput;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Accountable;

Represents the outputs for an FST, providing the basic
algebra required for building and traversing the FST.
Note that any operation that returns NO_OUTPUT must return the same singleton object from getNoOutput.
@lucene.experimental
/**
 * Represents the outputs for an FST, providing the basic
 * algebra required for building and traversing the FST.
 *
 * <p>Note that any operation that returns NO_OUTPUT must
 * return the same singleton object from {@link
 * #getNoOutput}.</p>
 *
 * @lucene.experimental
 */

public abstract class Outputs<T> {

  // TODO: maybe change this API to allow for re-use of the
  // output instances -- this is an insane amount of garbage
  // (new object per byte/char/int) if eg used during
  // analysis

  
Eg common("foobar", "food") -> "foo" /** Eg common("foobar", "food") -&gt; "foo" */
  public abstract T common(T output1, T output2);

  
Eg subtract("foobar", "foo") -> "bar" /** Eg subtract("foobar", "foo") -&gt; "bar" */
  public abstract T subtract(T output, T inc);

  
Eg add("foo", "bar") -> "foobar" /** Eg add("foo", "bar") -&gt; "foobar" */
  public abstract T add(T prefix, T output);

  
Encode an output value into a DataOutput. /** Encode an output value into a {@link DataOutput}. */
  public abstract void write(T output, DataOutput out) throws IOException;

  
Encode an final node output value into a DataOutput. By default this just calls write(Object, DataOutput). /** Encode an final node output value into a {@link
   *  DataOutput}.  By default this just calls {@link #write(Object,
   *  DataOutput)}. */
  public void writeFinalOutput(T output, DataOutput out) throws IOException {
    write(output, out);
  }

  
Decode an output value previously written with write(Object, DataOutput). /** Decode an output value previously written with {@link
   *  #write(Object, DataOutput)}. */
  public abstract T read(DataInput in) throws IOException;

  
Skip the output; defaults to just calling read and discarding the result. /** Skip the output; defaults to just calling {@link #read}
   *  and discarding the result. */
  public void skipOutput(DataInput in) throws IOException {
    read(in);
  }

  
Decode an output value previously written with writeFinalOutput(Object, DataOutput). By default this just calls read(DataInput). /** Decode an output value previously written with {@link
   *  #writeFinalOutput(Object, DataOutput)}.  By default this
   *  just calls {@link #read(DataInput)}. */
  public T readFinalOutput(DataInput in) throws IOException {
    return read(in);
  }
  
  
Skip the output previously written with writeFinalOutput; defaults to just calling readFinalOutput and discarding the result. /** Skip the output previously written with {@link #writeFinalOutput};
   *  defaults to just calling {@link #readFinalOutput} and discarding
   *  the result. */
  public void skipFinalOutput(DataInput in) throws IOException {
    skipOutput(in);
  }

  
NOTE: this output is compared with == so you must
 ensure that all methods return the single object if
 it's really no output /** NOTE: this output is compared with == so you must
   *  ensure that all methods return the single object if
   *  it's really no output */
  public abstract T getNoOutput();

  public abstract String outputToString(T output);

  // TODO: maybe make valid(T output) public...?  for asserts

  public T merge(T first, T second) {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  
Return memory usage for the provided output.
 @see Accountable /** Return memory usage for the provided output.
   *  @see Accountable */
  public abstract long ramBytesUsed(T output);
}