using Lucene.Net.Util;
using System;

namespace Lucene.Net.Codecs
{
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    /// <summary>
    /// When placed on a class that subclasses <see cref="PostingsFormat"/>, adding this
    /// attribute will exclude the type from consideration in the
    /// <see cref="DefaultPostingsFormatFactory.ScanForPostingsFormats(System.Reflection.Assembly)"/> method.
    /// <para/>
    /// However, the <see cref="PostingsFormat"/> type can still be added manually using
    /// <see cref="DefaultPostingsFormatFactory.PutPostingsFormatType(Type)"/>.
    /// </summary>
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = false, Inherited = true)]
    public sealed class ExcludePostingsFormatFromScanAttribute : ExcludeServiceAttribute
    {
    }
}