lucene/queryparser/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryparser/flexible/core/nodes/DeletedQueryNode.java

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package org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.nodes;

import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.parser.EscapeQuerySyntax;

import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.processors.RemoveDeletedQueryNodesProcessor;

/**
 * A {@link DeletedQueryNode} represents a node that was deleted from the query
 * node tree. It can be removed from the tree using the
 * {@link RemoveDeletedQueryNodesProcessor} processor.
 */
public class DeletedQueryNode extends QueryNodeImpl {

  public DeletedQueryNode() {
    // empty constructor
  }

  @Override
  public CharSequence toQueryString(EscapeQuerySyntax escaper) {
    return "[DELETEDCHILD]";
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "<deleted/>";
  }

  @Override
  public QueryNode cloneTree() throws CloneNotSupportedException {
    DeletedQueryNode clone = (DeletedQueryNode) super.cloneTree();

    return clone;

  }

}