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+package org.apache.lucene.document;
+
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Provides information about what should be done with this Field
+ *
+ **/
+public enum FieldSelectorResult {
+
+ /**
+ * Load this {@link Field} every time the {@link Document} is loaded, reading in the data as it is encountered.
+ * {@link Document#getField(String)} and {@link Document#getFieldable(String)} should not return null.
+ *<p/>
+ * {@link Document#add(Fieldable)} should be called by the Reader.
+ */
+ LOAD,
+
+ /**
+ * Lazily load this {@link Field}. This means the {@link Field} is valid, but it may not actually contain its data until
+ * invoked. {@link Document#getField(String)} SHOULD NOT BE USED. {@link Document#getFieldable(String)} is safe to use and should
+ * return a valid instance of a {@link Fieldable}.
+ *<p/>
+ * {@link Document#add(Fieldable)} should be called by the Reader.
+ */
+ LAZY_LOAD,
+
+ /**
+ * Do not load the {@link Field}. {@link Document#getField(String)} and {@link Document#getFieldable(String)} should return null.
+ * {@link Document#add(Fieldable)} is not called.
+ * <p/>
+ * {@link Document#add(Fieldable)} should not be called by the Reader.
+ */
+ NO_LOAD,
+
+ /**
+ * Load this field as in the {@link #LOAD} case, but immediately return from {@link Field} loading for the {@link Document}. Thus, the
+ * Document may not have its complete set of Fields. {@link Document#getField(String)} and {@link Document#getFieldable(String)} should
+ * both be valid for this {@link Field}
+ * <p/>
+ * {@link Document#add(Fieldable)} should be called by the Reader.
+ */
+ LOAD_AND_BREAK,
+
+ /** Expert: Load the size of this {@link Field} rather than its value.
+ * Size is measured as number of bytes required to store the field == bytes for a binary or any compressed value, and 2*chars for a String value.
+ * The size is stored as a binary value, represented as an int in a byte[], with the higher order byte first in [0]
+ */
+ SIZE,
+
+ /** Expert: Like {@link #SIZE} but immediately break from the field loading loop, i.e., stop loading further fields, after the size is loaded */
+ SIZE_AND_BREAK,
+
+ /**
+ * Lazily load this {@link Field}, but do not cache the result. This means the {@link Field} is valid, but it may not actually contain its data until
+ * invoked. {@link Document#getField(String)} SHOULD NOT BE USED. {@link Document#getFieldable(String)} is safe to use and should
+ * return a valid instance of a {@link Fieldable}.
+ *<p/>
+ * {@link Document#add(Fieldable)} should be called by the Reader.
+ */
+ LATENT
+}