jpountz commented on code in PR #12064:
URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/12064#discussion_r1066124189


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lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/ByteVectorValues.java:
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+/*
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+ *
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+ */
+package org.apache.lucene.index;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.apache.lucene.document.KnnByteVectorField;
+import org.apache.lucene.search.DocIdSetIterator;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
+
+/**
+ * This class provides access to per-document floating point vector values 
indexed as {@link
+ * KnnByteVectorField}.
+ *
+ * @lucene.experimental
+ */
+public abstract class ByteVectorValues extends DocIdSetIterator {
+
+  /** The maximum length of a vector */
+  public static final int MAX_DIMENSIONS = 1024;
+
+  /** Sole constructor */
+  protected ByteVectorValues() {}
+
+  /** Return the dimension of the vectors */
+  public abstract int dimension();
+
+  /**
+   * Return the number of vectors for this field.
+   *
+   * @return the number of vectors returned by this iterator
+   */
+  public abstract int size();
+
+  @Override
+  public final long cost() {
+    return size();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * 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 BytesRef vectorValue() throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Return the binary encoded vector value for the current document ID. These 
are the bytes
+   * corresponding to the float array return by {@link #vectorValue}. 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 final BytesRef binaryValue() throws IOException {
+    return vectorValue();
+  }

Review Comment:
   Are you adding it for consistency with `VectorValues`?



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