lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/MutablePointValues.java

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package org.apache.lucene.codecs;

import org.apache.lucene.index.PointValues;
import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;

/** {@link PointValues} whose order of points can be changed.
 *  This class is useful for codecs to optimize flush.
 *  @lucene.internal */
public abstract class MutablePointValues extends PointValues {

  /** Sole constructor. */
  protected MutablePointValues() {}

  /** Set {@code packedValue} with a reference to the packed bytes of the i-th value. */
  public abstract void getValue(int i, BytesRef packedValue);

  /** Get the k-th byte of the i-th value. */
  public abstract byte getByteAt(int i, int k);

  /** Return the doc ID of the i-th value. */
  public abstract int getDocID(int i);

  /** Swap the i-th and j-th values. */
  public abstract void swap(int i, int j);

  /** Save the i-th value into the j-th position in temporary storage. */
  public abstract void save(int i, int j);

  /** Restore values between i-th and j-th(excluding) in temporary storage into original storage. */
  public abstract void restore(int i, int j);
}