trunk/oak-query-spi/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/spi/query/QueryIndexProvider.java

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package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.query;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeState;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * A mechanism to index data. Indexes might be added or removed at runtime,
 * possibly by changing content in the repository. The provider knows about the
 * indexes available at a given time.
 */
public interface QueryIndexProvider {

    /**
     * Get the currently configured indexes.
     * 
     * @param nodeState the node state of the root
     * @return the list of indexes
     */
    @NotNull
    List<? extends QueryIndex> getQueryIndexes(NodeState nodeState);

}