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using System;
namespace Lucene.Net.Search
{
/// Provides a for custom field sorting.
///
/// NOTE: This API is experimental and might change in
/// incompatible ways in the next release.
///
///
[Serializable]
public abstract class FieldComparatorSource
{
/// Creates a comparator for the field in the given index.
///
///
/// Name of the field to create comparator for.
///
/// FieldComparator.
///
/// IOException
/// If an error occurs reading the index.
///
public abstract FieldComparator NewComparator(System.String fieldname, int numHits, int sortPos, bool reversed);
}
}