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+package org.apache.lucene.util;
+
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @lucene.experimental
+ */
+
+public interface Bits {
+ public boolean get(int index);
+ public int length();
+
+ public static final Bits[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new Bits[0];
+
+ public static class MatchAllBits implements Bits {
+ final int len;
+
+ public MatchAllBits( int len ) {
+ this.len = len;
+ }
+
+ public boolean get(int index) {
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ public int length() {
+ return len;
+ }
+ }
+
+ public static class MatchNoBits implements Bits {
+ final int len;
+
+ public MatchNoBits( int len ) {
+ this.len = len;
+ }
+
+ public boolean get(int index) {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ public int length() {
+ return len;
+ }
+ }
+}