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package org.apache.lucene.codecs;

import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Accountable;

/**
 * Vectors' writer for a field
 *
 * @param <T> an array type; the type of vectors to be written
 */
public abstract class KnnFieldVectorsWriter<T> implements Accountable {

  /** Sole constructor */
  protected KnnFieldVectorsWriter() {}

  /**
   * Add new docID with its vector value to the given field for indexing. Doc IDs must be added in
   * increasing order.
   */
  public abstract void addValue(int docID, Object vectorValue) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Used to copy values being indexed to internal storage.
   *
   * @param vectorValue an array containing the vector value to add
   * @return a copy of the value; a new array
   */
  public abstract T copyValue(T vectorValue);
}