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+package org.apache.lucene.util.encoding;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Decodes integers from a set {@link InputStream}. For re-usability, the
+ * decoder's input stream can be set by ({@link #reInit(InputStream)}).
+ * By design, Decoders are NOT thread-safe.
+ *
+ * @lucene.experimental
+ */
+public abstract class IntDecoder {
+
+ /** A special long value which is used to indicate end-of-stream has reached. */
+ public static final long EOS = 0x100000000L;
+
+ /** Input stream from which the encoded bytes are read */
+ protected InputStream in;
+
+ /** Sets the input stream from which the encoded data is read. */
+ public void reInit(InputStream in) {
+ this.in = in;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Decodes data received from the input stream, and returns one decoded
+ * integer. If end of stream is reached, {@link #EOS} is returned.
+ *
+ * @return one decoded integer as long or {@link #EOS} if end-of-stream
+ * reached.
+ * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
+ */
+ public abstract long decode() throws IOException;
+
+}