1 package org.apache.lucene.index;
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20 import java.io.IOException;
22 /** Abstract API that consumes terms, doc, freq, prox and
23 * payloads postings. Concrete implementations of this
24 * actually do "something" with the postings (write it into
25 * the index in a specific format).
27 * @lucene.experimental
29 abstract class FormatPostingsFieldsConsumer {
31 /** Add a new field */
32 abstract FormatPostingsTermsConsumer addField(FieldInfo field) throws IOException;
34 /** Called when we are done adding everything. */
35 abstract void finish() throws IOException;