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using System;

using IndexReader = Lucene.Net.Index.IndexReader;
using DocIdBitSet = Lucene.Net.Util.DocIdBitSet;

namespace Lucene.Net.Search
{
	
	/// <summary>Abstract base class providing a mechanism to use a subset of an index
	/// for restriction or permission of index search results.
	/// <p/>
	/// <b>Note:</b> 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.
	/// </summary>
	[Serializable]
	public abstract class Filter
	{
		/// <returns> A BitSet with true for documents which should be permitted in
		/// search results, and false for those that should not.
		/// </returns>
		/// <deprecated> Use {@link #GetDocIdSet(IndexReader)} instead.
		/// </deprecated>
        [Obsolete("Use GetDocIdSet(IndexReader) instead.")]
		public virtual System.Collections.BitArray Bits(IndexReader reader)
		{
			throw new System.NotSupportedException();
		}
		
		/// <returns> a DocIdSet that provides the documents which should be permitted or
		/// prohibited in search results. <b>NOTE:</b> null can be returned if
		/// no documents will be accepted by this Filter.
		/// 
		/// </returns>
		/// <seealso cref="DocIdBitSet">
		/// </seealso>
		public virtual DocIdSet GetDocIdSet(IndexReader reader)
		{
			return new DocIdBitSet(Bits(reader));
		}
	}
}