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+package org.apache.lucene.queryParser.standard.config;
+
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.lucene.queryParser.core.config.FieldConfig;
+import org.apache.lucene.queryParser.standard.processors.MultiFieldQueryNodeProcessor;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.Attribute;
+
+/**
+ * This attribute is used by {@link MultiFieldQueryNodeProcessor} processor and
+ * it should be defined in a {@link FieldConfig}. This processor uses this
+ * attribute to define which boost a specific field should have when none is
+ * defined to it. <br/>
+ * <br/>
+ *
+ * @deprecated
+ *
+ */
+@Deprecated
+public interface BoostAttribute extends Attribute {
+ public void setBoost(float boost);
+ public float getBoost();
+}