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+/*
+ *  eXist Open Source Native XML Database
+ *  Copyright (C) 2013 The eXist Project
+ *  http://exist-db.org
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ *  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ */
+package org.exist.indexing.lucene;
+
+/**
+ * @author <a href="mailto:shabanovd@gmail.com">Dmitriy Shabanov</a>
+ *
+ */
+public interface SearchCallback<T> {
+
+    public void found(T element, float score);
+
+}