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package org.apache.lucene.index;


import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.search.DocIdSetIterator;
import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;

Iterates through the postings. NOTE: you must first call DocIdSetIterator.nextDoc before using any of the per-doc methods.
/** Iterates through the postings. * NOTE: you must first call {@link #nextDoc} before using * any of the per-doc methods. */
public abstract class PostingsEnum extends DocIdSetIterator {
Flag to pass to TermsEnum.postings(PostingsEnum, int) if you don't require per-document postings in the returned enum.
/** * Flag to pass to {@link TermsEnum#postings(PostingsEnum, int)} if you don't * require per-document postings in the returned enum. */
public static final short NONE = 0;
Flag to pass to TermsEnum.postings(PostingsEnum, int) if you require term frequencies in the returned enum.
/** Flag to pass to {@link TermsEnum#postings(PostingsEnum, int)} * if you require term frequencies in the returned enum. */
public static final short FREQS = 1 << 3;
Flag to pass to TermsEnum.postings(PostingsEnum, int) if you require term positions in the returned enum.
/** Flag to pass to {@link TermsEnum#postings(PostingsEnum, int)} * if you require term positions in the returned enum. */
public static final short POSITIONS = FREQS | 1 << 4;
Flag to pass to TermsEnum.postings(PostingsEnum, int) if you require offsets in the returned enum.
/** Flag to pass to {@link TermsEnum#postings(PostingsEnum, int)} * if you require offsets in the returned enum. */
public static final short OFFSETS = POSITIONS | 1 << 5;
Flag to pass to TermsEnum.postings(PostingsEnum, int) if you require payloads in the returned enum.
/** Flag to pass to {@link TermsEnum#postings(PostingsEnum, int)} * if you require payloads in the returned enum. */
public static final short PAYLOADS = POSITIONS | 1 << 6;
Flag to pass to TermsEnum.postings(PostingsEnum, int) to get positions, payloads and offsets in the returned enum
/** * Flag to pass to {@link TermsEnum#postings(PostingsEnum, int)} * to get positions, payloads and offsets in the returned enum */
public static final short ALL = OFFSETS | PAYLOADS;
Returns true if the given feature is requested in the flags, false otherwise.
/** * Returns true if the given feature is requested in the flags, false otherwise. */
public static boolean featureRequested(int flags, short feature) { return (flags & feature) == feature; }
Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.)
/** Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass * constructors, typically implicit.) */
protected PostingsEnum() { }
Returns term frequency in the current document, or 1 if the field was indexed with IndexOptions.DOCS. Do not call this before DocIdSetIterator.nextDoc is first called, nor after DocIdSetIterator.nextDoc returns DocIdSetIterator.NO_MORE_DOCS.

NOTE: if the PostingsEnum was obtain with NONE, the result of this method is undefined.

/** * Returns term frequency in the current document, or 1 if the field was * indexed with {@link IndexOptions#DOCS}. Do not call this before * {@link #nextDoc} is first called, nor after {@link #nextDoc} returns * {@link DocIdSetIterator#NO_MORE_DOCS}. * * <p> * <b>NOTE:</b> if the {@link PostingsEnum} was obtain with {@link #NONE}, * the result of this method is undefined. */
public abstract int freq() throws IOException;
Returns the next position, or -1 if positions were not indexed. Calling this more than freq() times is undefined.
/** * Returns the next position, or -1 if positions were not indexed. * Calling this more than {@link #freq()} times is undefined. */
public abstract int nextPosition() throws IOException;
Returns start offset for the current position, or -1 if offsets were not indexed.
/** Returns start offset for the current position, or -1 * if offsets were not indexed. */
public abstract int startOffset() throws IOException;
Returns end offset for the current position, or -1 if offsets were not indexed.
/** Returns end offset for the current position, or -1 if * offsets were not indexed. */
public abstract int endOffset() throws IOException;
Returns the payload at this position, or null if no payload was indexed. You should not modify anything (neither members of the returned BytesRef nor bytes in the byte[]).
/** Returns the payload at this position, or null if no * payload was indexed. You should not modify anything * (neither members of the returned BytesRef nor bytes * in the byte[]). */
public abstract BytesRef getPayload() throws IOException; }