src/Lucene.Net.QueryParser/Flexible/Core/Builders/QueryBuilder.cs

using Lucene.Net.QueryParsers.Flexible.Core.Nodes;

namespace Lucene.Net.QueryParsers.Flexible.Core.Builders
{
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    /// <summary>
    /// This interface is used by implementors classes that builds some kind of
    /// object from a query tree.
    ///
    /// <seealso cref="QueryTreeBuilder"/>
    /// </summary>
    public interface IQueryBuilder<TQuery> // LUCENENET specific - made generic so we don't need to deal with cast
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Builds some kind of object from a query tree.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="queryNode">the query tree root node</param>
        /// <returns>some object generated from the query tree</returns>
        TQuery Build(IQueryNode queryNode); // LUCENENET specific - made return type generic so we don't need to deal with cast
    }
}