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using System;
using IndexReader = Lucene.Net.Index.IndexReader;
using DocIdBitSet = Lucene.Net.Util.DocIdBitSet;
namespace Lucene.Net.Search
{
/// Abstract base class for restricting which documents may be returned during searching.
[Serializable]
public abstract class Filter
{
///
/// Creates a enumerating the documents that should be
/// permitted in search results. NOTE: null can be
/// returned if no documents are accepted by this Filter.
///
/// Note: This method will be called once per segment in
/// the index during searching. The returned
/// must refer to document IDs for that segment, not for
/// the top-level reader.
///
/// a DocIdSet that provides the documents which should be permitted or
/// prohibited in search results. NOTE: null can be returned if
/// no documents will be accepted by this Filter.
///
///
/// A instance opened on the index currently
/// searched on. Note, it is likely that the provided reader does not
/// represent the whole underlying index i.e. if the index has more than
/// one segment the given reader only represents a single segment.
///
///
///
public abstract DocIdSet GetDocIdSet(IndexReader reader);
}
}