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package org.apache.lucene.search;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * A manager of collectors. This class is useful to parallelize execution of search requests and has
 * two main methods:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link #newCollector()} which must return a NEW collector which will be used to collect a
 *       certain set of leaves.
 *   <li>{@link #reduce(Collection)} which will be used to reduce the results of individual
 *       collections into a meaningful result. This method is only called after all leaves have been
 *       fully collected.
 * </ul>
 *
 * @see IndexSearcher#search(Query, CollectorManager)
 * @lucene.experimental
 */
public interface CollectorManager<C extends Collector, T> {

  /** Return a new {@link Collector}. This must return a different instance on each call. */
  C newCollector() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Reduce the results of individual collectors into a meaningful result. For instance a {@link
   * TopDocsCollector} would compute the {@link TopDocsCollector#topDocs() top docs} of each
   * collector and then merge them using {@link TopDocs#merge(int, TopDocs[])}. This method must be
   * called after collection is finished on all provided collectors.
   */
  T reduce(Collection<C> collectors) throws IOException;
}
