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using System;

namespace Lucene.Net.Index
{
	
	/// <summary>Abstract class for enumerating terms.
	/// <p/>Term enumerations are always ordered by Term.compareTo().  Each term in
	/// the enumeration is greater than all that precede it.  
	/// </summary>
	public abstract class TermEnum : IDisposable
	{
		/// <summary>Increments the enumeration to the next element.  True if one exists.</summary>
		public abstract bool Next();

	    /// <summary>Returns the current Term in the enumeration.</summary>
	    public abstract Term Term { get; }

	    /// <summary>Returns the docFreq of the current Term in the enumeration.</summary>
		public abstract int DocFreq();

        /// <summary>Closes the enumeration to further activity, freeing resources. </summary>
        //[Obsolete("Use Dispose() instead")]
        public void Close()
        {
            Dispose();
        }

	    /// <summary>Closes the enumeration to further activity, freeing resources. </summary>
	    public void Dispose()
	    {
	        Dispose(true);
	    }

	    protected abstract void Dispose(bool disposing);
	}
}