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package org.apache.lucene.index;


/**
 * Controls how much information is stored in the postings lists.
 * @lucene.experimental
 */

public enum IndexOptions { 
  // NOTE: order is important here; FieldInfo uses this
  // order to merge two conflicting IndexOptions (always
  // "downgrades" by picking the lowest).
  /** Not indexed */
  NONE,
  /** 
   * Only documents are indexed: term frequencies and positions are omitted.
   * Phrase and other positional queries on the field will throw an exception, and scoring
   * will behave as if any term in the document appears only once.
   */
  DOCS,
  /** 
   * Only documents and term frequencies are indexed: positions are omitted. 
   * This enables normal scoring, except Phrase and other positional queries
   * will throw an exception.
   */  
  DOCS_AND_FREQS,
  /** 
   * Indexes documents, frequencies and positions.
   * This is a typical default for full-text search: full scoring is enabled
   * and positional queries are supported.
   */
  DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS,
  /** 
   * Indexes documents, frequencies, positions and offsets.
   * Character offsets are encoded alongside the positions. 
   */
  DOCS_AND_FREQS_AND_POSITIONS_AND_OFFSETS,
}
  
