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package org.apache.jackrabbit.jcr2spi.query;

import javax.jcr.NodeIterator;

/**
 * Extends the {@link javax.jcr.NodeIterator} interface by adding a {@link
 * #getScore()} method that returns the score for the node that is returned by
 * {@link javax.jcr.NodeIterator#nextNode()}.
 */
public interface ScoreNodeIterator extends NodeIterator {

    /**
     * Returns the score of the node returned by {@link #nextNode()}. In other
     * words, this method returns the score value of the next
     * <code>Node</code>.
     *
     * @return the score of the node returned by {@link #nextNode()}.
     * @throws java.util.NoSuchElementException if there is no next node.
     */
    public double getScore();
}
