SearchResults.java

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// @exportToFramework:skipFile()
package androidx.appsearch.app;

import androidx.annotation.NonNull;

import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Encapsulates results of a search operation.
 *
 * <p>Each {@link AppSearchSession#search} operation returns a list of {@link SearchResult}
 * objects, referred to as a "page", limited by the size configured by
 * {@link SearchSpec.Builder#setResultCountPerPage}.
 *
 * <p>To fetch a page of results, call {@link #getNextPage()}.
 *
 * <p>All instances of {@link SearchResults} must call {@link SearchResults#close()} after the
 * results are fetched.
 *
 * <p>This class is not thread safe.
 */
public interface SearchResults extends Closeable {
    /**
     * Retrieves the next page of {@link SearchResult} objects.
     *
     * <p>The page size is configured by {@link SearchSpec.Builder#setResultCountPerPage}.
     *
     * <p>Continue calling this method to access results until it returns an empty list,
     * signifying there are no more results.
     *
     * @return a {@link ListenableFuture} which resolves to a list of {@link SearchResult}
     * objects.
     */
    @NonNull
    ListenableFuture<List<SearchResult>> getNextPage();

    @Override
    void close();
}