/** @file xapian/types.h
 *  @brief typedefs for Xapian
 */
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#ifndef XAPIAN_INCLUDED_TYPES_H
#define XAPIAN_INCLUDED_TYPES_H

namespace Xapian {

/** A count of documents.
 *
 *  This is used to hold values such as the number of documents in a database
 *  and the frequency of a term in the database.
 */
typedef unsigned doccount;

/** A signed difference between two counts of documents.
 *
 *  This is used by the Xapian classes which are STL containers of documents
 *  for "difference_type".
 */
typedef int doccount_diff; /* FIXME: can overflow with more than 2^31 docs. */

/** A unique identifier for a document.
 *
 *  Docid 0 is invalid, providing an "out of range" value which can be
 *  used to mean "not a valid document".
 */
typedef unsigned docid;

/** A normalised document length.
 *
 *  The normalised document length is the document length divided by the
 *  average document length in the database.
 */
typedef double doclength;

/** The percentage score for a document in an MSet. */
typedef int percent;

/** A counts of terms.
 *
 *  This is used to hold values such as the Within Document Frequency (wdf).
 */
typedef unsigned termcount;

/** A signed difference between two counts of terms.
 *
 *  This is used by the Xapian classes which are STL containers of terms
 *  for "difference_type".
 */
typedef int termcount_diff; /* FIXME: can overflow with more than 2^31 terms. */

/** A term position within a document or query.
 */
typedef unsigned termpos;

/** A signed difference between two term positions.
 *
 *  This is used by the Xapian classes which are STL containers of positions
 *  for "difference_type".
 */
typedef int termpos_diff; /* FIXME: can overflow. */

/** A timeout value in milliseconds.
 *
 *  There are 1000 milliseconds in a second, so for example, to set a
 *  timeout of 5 seconds use 5000.
 */
typedef unsigned timeout;

/** The number for a value slot in a document.
 *
 *  Any value slot number except Xapian::BAD_VALUENO is valid.
 */
typedef unsigned valueno;

/** A signed difference between two value slot numbers.
 *
 *  This is used by the Xapian classes which are STL containers of values
 *  for "difference_type".
 */
typedef int valueno_diff; /* FIXME: can overflow. */

/** The weight of a document or term. */
typedef double weight;

/** Reserved value to indicate "no valueno". */
const valueno BAD_VALUENO = static_cast<valueno>(-1);

}

#endif /* XAPIAN_INCLUDED_TYPES_H */
