lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/Fields.java

package org.apache.lucene.index;

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import java.io.IOException;

/** Flex API for access to fields and terms
 *  @lucene.experimental */

public abstract class Fields {

  /** Returns an iterator that will step through all fields
   *  names.  This will not return null.  */
  public abstract FieldsEnum iterator() throws IOException;

  /** Get the {@link Terms} for this field.  This will return
   *  null if the field does not exist. */
  public abstract Terms terms(String field) throws IOException;

  public final static Fields[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new Fields[0];
}