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package org.apache.lucene.search.grouping;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext;

Defines a group, for use by grouping collectors A GroupSelector acts as an iterator over documents. For each segment, clients should call setNextReader(LeafReaderContext), and then advanceTo(int) for each matching document. 
Type parameters:
<T> – the type of the group value/**
 * Defines a group, for use by grouping collectors
 *
 * A GroupSelector acts as an iterator over documents.  For each segment, clients
 * should call {@link #setNextReader(LeafReaderContext)}, and then {@link #advanceTo(int)}
 * for each matching document.
 *
 * @param <T> the type of the group value
 */
public abstract class GroupSelector<T> {

  
What to do with the current value
/**
   * What to do with the current value
   */
  public enum State { SKIP, ACCEPT }

  
Set the LeafReaderContext
/**
   * Set the LeafReaderContext
   */
  public abstract void setNextReader(LeafReaderContext readerContext) throws IOException;

  
Advance the GroupSelector's iterator to the given document
/**
   * Advance the GroupSelector's iterator to the given document
   */
  public abstract State advanceTo(int doc) throws IOException;

  
Get the group value of the current document N.B. this object may be reused, for a persistent version use copyValue() /**
   * Get the group value of the current document
   *
   * N.B. this object may be reused, for a persistent version use {@link #copyValue()}
   */
  public abstract T currentValue();

  
Returns:
a copy of the group value of the current document/**
   * @return a copy of the group value of the current document
   */
  public abstract T copyValue();

  
Set a restriction on the group values returned by this selector If the selector is positioned on a document whose group value is not contained within this set, then advanceTo(int) will return State.SKIP 
Params:
groups – a set of SearchGroup objects to limit selections to/**
   * Set a restriction on the group values returned by this selector
   *
   * If the selector is positioned on a document whose group value is not contained
   * within this set, then {@link #advanceTo(int)} will return {@link State#SKIP}
   *
   * @param groups a set of {@link SearchGroup} objects to limit selections to
   */
  public abstract void setGroups(Collection<SearchGroup<T>> groups);

}