msokolov commented on a change in pull request #1930:
URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/pull/1930#discussion_r506736220



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File path: lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/VectorValues.java
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+/*
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+
+package org.apache.lucene.index;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.search.DocIdSetIterator;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.TopDocs;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides access to per-document floating point vector values 
indexed as {@link
+ * org.apache.lucene.document.VectorField}.
+ */
+public abstract class VectorValues extends DocIdSetIterator {
+
+  /** The maximum length of a vector */
+  public static int MAX_DIMENSIONS = 1024;
+
+  /** Sole constructor */
+  protected VectorValues() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Return the dimension of the vectors
+   */
+  public abstract int dimension();
+
+  /**
+   * TODO: should we use cost() for this? We rely on its always being exactly 
the number
+   * of documents having a value for this field, which is not guaranteed by 
the cost() contract,
+   * but in all the implementations so far they are the same.
+   * @return the number of vectors returned by this iterator
+   */
+  public abstract int size();
+
+  /**
+   * Return the score function used to compare these vectors
+   */
+  public abstract ScoreFunction scoreFunction();
+
+  /**
+   * Return the vector value for the current document ID.
+   * It is illegal to call this method when the iterator is not positioned: 
before advancing, or after failing to advance.
+   * The returned array may be shared across calls, re-used, and modified as 
the iterator advances.
+   * @return the vector value
+   */
+  public abstract float[] vectorValue() throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Return the binary encoded vector value for the current document ID. These 
are the bytes corresponding to the float array
+   * in IEEE 754 standard encoding, encoded using little-endian byte order.
+   * It is illegal to call this method when the iterator is not positioned: 
before advancing, or after failing to advance.
+   * The returned storage may be shared across calls, re-used and modified as 
the iterator advances.
+   * @return the binary value
+   */
+  public BytesRef binaryValue() throws IOException {

Review comment:
       Yes, I'll remove the mention of the precise encoding.




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