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package org.apache.lucene.codecs;

import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentReadState;
import org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentWriteState;

/** Encodes/decodes per-document score normalization values. */
public abstract class NormsFormat {
  /** Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, typically implicit.) */
  protected NormsFormat() {}

  /** Returns a {@link NormsConsumer} to write norms to the index. */
  public abstract NormsConsumer normsConsumer(SegmentWriteState state) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Returns a {@link NormsProducer} to read norms from the index.
   *
   * <p>NOTE: by the time this call returns, it must hold open any files it will need to use; else,
   * those files may be deleted. Additionally, required files may be deleted during the execution of
   * this call before there is a chance to open them. Under these circumstances an IOException
   * should be thrown by the implementation. IOExceptions are expected and will automatically cause
   * a retry of the segment opening logic with the newly revised segments.
   */
  public abstract NormsProducer normsProducer(SegmentReadState state) throws IOException;
}
