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package org.apache.geode.cache.lucene;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * <p>
 * This interface allows you to retrieve a page of query results at a time, using the
 * {@link #hasNext()} and {@link #next()} methods.
 * </p>
 *
 * {@link PageableLuceneQueryResults} can be serialized and sent to other members.
 *
 * @see LuceneQuery#findPages()
 *
 * @param <K> The type of the key
 * @param <V> The type of the value
 */
public interface PageableLuceneQueryResults<K, V> extends Iterator<List<LuceneResultStruct<K, V>>> {
  /**
   * Total number of hits matching the Lucene query across all pages.
   *
   * @return int value representing total number of hits for this query across all pages.
   */
  public int size();

  /**
   * Returns the maximum score value across all pages.
   *
   * @return float value representing the maximum score across all the Lucene result pages.
   */
  public float getMaxScore();

  /**
   * Get the next page of results.
   *
   * @return a page of results, or null if there are no more pages
   */
  public List<LuceneResultStruct<K, V>> next();

  /**
   * True if there is another page of results in PageableLuceneQueryResults.
   *
   * @return boolean value, true if another Lucene result page is present, false otherwise.
   */
  public boolean hasNext();
}
