namespace Lucene.Net.QueryParsers.Surround.Query
{
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    /// <summary>
    /// Interface for queries that can be nested as subqueries
    /// into a span near.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IDistanceSubQuery
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// When <see cref="DistanceSubQueryNotAllowed()"/> returns non null, the reason why the subquery
        /// is not allowed as a distance subquery is returned.
        /// <para/>When <see cref="DistanceSubQueryNotAllowed()"/> returns null <see cref="AddSpanQueries(SpanNearClauseFactory)"/> can be used
        /// in the creation of the span near clause for the subquery.
        /// </summary>
        string DistanceSubQueryNotAllowed();

        void AddSpanQueries(SpanNearClauseFactory sncf);
    }
}