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package org.apache.lucene.util.fst;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.store.DataInput;
import org.apache.lucene.store.DataOutput;
import org.apache.lucene.util.Accountable;

/**
 * Represents the outputs for an FST, providing the basic
 * algebra required for building and traversing the FST.
 *
 * <p>Note that any operation that returns NO_OUTPUT must
 * return the same singleton object from {@link
 * #getNoOutput}.</p>
 *
 * @lucene.experimental
 */

public abstract class Outputs<T> {

    // TODO: maybe change this API to allow for re-use of the
    // output instances -- this is an insane amount of garbage
    // (new object per byte/char/int) if eg used during
    // analysis

    /** Eg common("foobar", "food") -&gt; "foo" */
    public abstract T common(T output1, T output2);

    /** Eg subtract("foobar", "foo") -&gt; "bar" */
    public abstract T subtract(T output, T inc);

    /** Eg add("foo", "bar") -&gt; "foobar" */
    public abstract T add(T prefix, T output);

    /** Encode an output value into a {@link DataOutput}. */
    public abstract void write(T output, DataOutput out) throws IOException;

    /** Encode an final node output value into a {@link
     *  DataOutput}.  By default this just calls {@link #write(Object,
     *  DataOutput)}. */
    public void writeFinalOutput(T output, DataOutput out) throws IOException {
        write(output, out);
    }

    /** Decode an output value previously written with {@link
     *  #write(Object, DataOutput)}. */
    public abstract T read(DataInput in) throws IOException;

    /** Skip the output; defaults to just calling {@link #read}
     *  and discarding the result. */
    public void skipOutput(DataInput in) throws IOException {
        read(in);
    }

    /** Decode an output value previously written with {@link
     *  #writeFinalOutput(Object, DataOutput)}.  By default this
     *  just calls {@link #read(DataInput)}. */
    public T readFinalOutput(DataInput in) throws IOException {
        return read(in);
    }

    /** Skip the output previously written with {@link #writeFinalOutput};
     *  defaults to just calling {@link #readFinalOutput} and discarding
     *  the result. */
    public void skipFinalOutput(DataInput in) throws IOException {
        skipOutput(in);
    }

    /** NOTE: this output is compared with == so you must
     *  ensure that all methods return the single object if
     *  it's really no output */
    public abstract T getNoOutput();

    public abstract String outputToString(T output);

    // TODO: maybe make valid(T output) public...?  for asserts

    public T merge(T first, T second) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }

    /** Return memory usage for the provided output.
     *  @see Accountable */
    public abstract long ramBytesUsed(T output);
}