public abstract class

TokenFilter

extends TokenStream
package org.apache.lucene.analysis;

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import java.io.IOException;

/** A TokenFilter is a TokenStream whose input is another TokenStream.
  <p>
  This is an abstract class; subclasses must override {@link #incrementToken()}.
  @see TokenStream
  */
public abstract class TokenFilter extends TokenStream {
  /** The source of tokens for this filter. */
  protected final TokenStream input;

  /** Construct a token stream filtering the given input. */
  protected TokenFilter(TokenStream input) {
    super(input);
    this.input = input;
  }
  
  /** Performs end-of-stream operations, if any, and calls then <code>end()</code> on the
   * input TokenStream.<p/> 
   * <b>NOTE:</b> Be sure to call <code>super.end()</code> first when overriding this method.*/
  @Override
  public void end() throws IOException {
    input.end();
  }
  
  /** Close the input TokenStream. */
  @Override
  public void close() throws IOException {
    input.close();
  }

  /** Reset the filter as well as the input TokenStream. */
  @Override
  public void reset() throws IOException {
    input.reset();
  }
}