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package org.opensearch.index.mapper;

import org.apache.lucene.index.LeafReaderContext;
import org.opensearch.search.fetch.subphase.FetchFieldsPhase;
import org.opensearch.search.lookup.SourceLookup;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * A helper class for fetching field values during the {@link FetchFieldsPhase}. Each {@link MappedFieldType}
 * is in charge of defining a value fetcher through {@link MappedFieldType#valueFetcher}.
 *
 * @opensearch.internal
 */
public interface ValueFetcher {
    /**
     * Given access to a document's _source, return this field's values.
     *
     * In addition to pulling out the values, they will be parsed into a standard form.
     * For example numeric field mappers make sure to parse the source value into a number
     * of the right type.
     *
     * Note that for array values, the order in which values are returned is undefined and
     * should not be relied on.
     *
     * @param lookup a lookup structure over the document's source.
     * @return a list a standardized field values.
     */
    List<Object> fetchValues(SourceLookup lookup) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Update the leaf reader used to fetch values.
     */
    default void setNextReader(LeafReaderContext context) {}
}