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package org.exoplatform.services.jcr.impl.core.query.lucene;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * <code>HierarchyResolver</code> extends an {@link org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader}
 * with the ability to resolve a JCR hierarchy.
 */
public interface HierarchyResolver {

    /**
     * Returns the document number of the parent of <code>n</code> or an empty
     * array if <code>n</code> does not have a parent (<code>n</code> is the
     * root node).
     *
     * @param n          the document number.
     * @param docNumbers an array for reuse. An implementation should use the
     *                   passed array as a container for the return value,
     *                   unless the length of the returned array is different
     *                   from <code>docNumbers</code>. In which case an
     *                   implementation will create a new array with an
     *                   appropriate size.
     * @return the document number of <code>n</code>'s parent.
     * @throws java.io.IOException if an error occurs while reading from the
     *                             index.
     */
    int[] getParents(int n, int[] docNumbers) throws IOException;
}
