package org.apache.lucene.search.suggest.tst;

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/**
 * The class creates a TST node.
 */

public class TernaryTreeNode {
  /** the character stored by a node. */
	char splitchar;
	/** a reference object to the node containing character smaller than this node's character. */
	TernaryTreeNode loKid;
	/** 
	 *  a reference object to the node containing character next to this node's character as 
	 *  occurring in the inserted token.
	 */
	TernaryTreeNode eqKid;
	/** a reference object to the node containing character higher than this node's character. */
	TernaryTreeNode hiKid;
	/** 
	 * used by leaf nodes to store the complete tokens to be added to suggest list while 
	 * auto-completing the prefix.
	 */
	String token;
	Object val;
}
