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package org.apache.lucene.search.spans;


import org.apache.lucene.index.PostingsEnum;
import org.apache.lucene.index.Term;

import java.io.IOException;

An interface defining the collection of postings information from the leaves of a Spans 
@lucene.experimental
/**
 * An interface defining the collection of postings information from the leaves
 * of a {@link org.apache.lucene.search.spans.Spans}
 *
 * @lucene.experimental
 */
public interface SpanCollector {

  
Collect information from postings
Params:
postings – a PostingsEnum
position – the position of the PostingsEnum
term –  the Term for this postings list
Throws:
IOException – on error/**
   * Collect information from postings
   * @param postings a {@link PostingsEnum}
   * @param position the position of the PostingsEnum
   * @param term     the {@link Term} for this postings list
   * @throws IOException on error
   */
  public void collectLeaf(PostingsEnum postings, int position, Term term) throws IOException;

  
Call to indicate that the driving Spans has moved to a new position
/**
   * Call to indicate that the driving Spans has moved to a new position
   */
  public void reset();

}