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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 providing a mechanism to use a subset of an index
/// for restriction or permission of index search results.
///
/// Note: In Lucene 3.0 {@link #Bits(IndexReader)} will be removed
/// and {@link #GetDocIdSet(IndexReader)} will be defined as abstract.
/// All implementing classes must therefore implement {@link #GetDocIdSet(IndexReader)}
/// in order to work with Lucene 3.0.
///
[Serializable]
public abstract class Filter
{
/// A BitSet with true for documents which should be permitted in
/// search results, and false for those that should not.
///
/// Use {@link #GetDocIdSet(IndexReader)} instead.
///
[Obsolete("Use GetDocIdSet(IndexReader) instead.")]
public virtual System.Collections.BitArray Bits(IndexReader reader)
{
throw new System.NotSupportedException();
}
/// 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.
///
///
///
///
public virtual DocIdSet GetDocIdSet(IndexReader reader)
{
return new DocIdBitSet(Bits(reader));
}
}
}