Lucene example source code file (DocIdSetIterator.java)

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The Lucene DocIdSetIterator.java source code

package org.apache.lucene.search;

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import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This abstract class defines methods to iterate over a set of non-decreasing
 * doc ids. Note that this class assumes it iterates on doc Ids, and therefore
 * {@link #NO_MORE_DOCS} is set to {@value #NO_MORE_DOCS} in order to be used as
 * a sentinel object. Implementations of this class are expected to consider
 * {@link Integer#MAX_VALUE} as an invalid value.
 */
public abstract class DocIdSetIterator {
  
  /**
   * When returned by {@link #nextDoc()}, {@link #advance(int)} and
   * {@link #docID()} it means there are no more docs in the iterator.
   */
  public static final int NO_MORE_DOCS = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

  /**
   * Returns the following:
   * <ul>
   * <li>-1 or {@link #NO_MORE_DOCS} if {@link #nextDoc()} or
   * {@link #advance(int)} were not called yet.
   * <li>{@link #NO_MORE_DOCS} if the iterator has exhausted.
   * <li>Otherwise it should return the doc ID it is currently on.
   * </ul>
   * <p>
   * 
   * @since 2.9
   */
  public abstract int docID();

  /**
   * Advances to the next document in the set and returns the doc it is
   * currently on, or {@link #NO_MORE_DOCS} if there are no more docs in the
   * set.<br>
   * 
   * <b>NOTE: after the iterator has exhausted you should not call this
   * method, as it may result in unpredicted behavior.
   * 
   * @since 2.9
   */
  public abstract int nextDoc() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Advances to the first beyond (see NOTE below) the current whose document
   * number is greater than or equal to <i>target. Returns the current
   * document number or {@link #NO_MORE_DOCS} if there are no more docs in the
   * set.
   * <p>
   * Behaves as if written:
   * 
   * <pre>
   * int advance(int target) {
   *   int doc;
   *   while ((doc = nextDoc()) < target) {
   *   }
   *   return doc;
   * }
   * </pre>
   * 
   * Some implementations are considerably more efficient than that.
   * <p>
   * <b>NOTE: when  target ? current implementations may opt
   * not to advance beyond their current {@link #docID()}.
   * <p>
   * <b>NOTE: this method may be called with {@link #NO_MORE_DOCS} for
   * efficiency by some Scorers. If your implementation cannot efficiently
   * determine that it should exhaust, it is recommended that you check for that
   * value in each call to this method.
   * <p>
   * <b>NOTE: after the iterator has exhausted you should not call this
   * method, as it may result in unpredicted behavior.
   * <p>
   * 
   * @since 2.9
   */
  public abstract int advance(int target) throws IOException;

}