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package org.apache.lucene.search;


import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext;

Base FieldComparator implementation that is used for all contexts. 
@lucene.experimental
/**
 * Base {@link FieldComparator} implementation that is used for all contexts.
 *
 * @lucene.experimental
 */
public abstract class SimpleFieldComparator<T> extends FieldComparator<T> implements LeafFieldComparator {

  
This method is called before collecting context. /** This method is called before collecting <code>context</code>. */
  protected abstract void doSetNextReader(LeafReaderContext context) throws IOException;

  @Override
  public final LeafFieldComparator getLeafComparator(LeafReaderContext context) throws IOException {
    doSetNextReader(context);
    return this;
  }

  @Override
  public void setScorer(Scorable scorer) throws IOException {}
}