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package org.apache.solr.highlight;

import org.apache.lucene.search.highlight.Encoder;
import org.apache.solr.common.params.SolrParams;
import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
import org.apache.solr.core.SolrInfoMBean;
import org.apache.solr.util.plugin.NamedListInitializedPlugin;

public interface SolrEncoder extends SolrInfoMBean, NamedListInitializedPlugin {

  /** <code>init</code> will be called just once, immediately after creation.
   * <p>The args are user-level initialization parameters that
   * may be specified when declaring a request handler in
   * solrconfig.xml
   */
  @Override
  public void init(NamedList args);

  /**
   * Return an {@link org.apache.lucene.search.highlight.Encoder} appropriate for this field.
   * 
   * @param fieldName The name of the field
   * @param params The params controlling Highlighting
   * @return An appropriate {@link org.apache.lucene.search.highlight.Encoder}
   */
  public Encoder getEncoder(String fieldName, SolrParams params);
}