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+package org.apache.lucene.document;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+/**
+ * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Similar to a {@link java.io.FileFilter}, the FieldSelector allows one to make decisions about
+ * what Fields get loaded on a {@link Document} by {@link org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader#document(int,org.apache.lucene.document.FieldSelector)}
+ *
+ **/
+public interface FieldSelector extends Serializable {
+
+ /**
+ *
+ * @param fieldName the field to accept or reject
+ * @return an instance of {@link FieldSelectorResult}
+ * if the {@link Field} named <code>fieldName</code> should be loaded.
+ */
+ FieldSelectorResult accept(String fieldName);
+}