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package org.apache.geode.cache.lucene;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.geode.cache.Declarable;
import org.apache.lucene.document.Document;
import org.apache.lucene.document.Field;

import org.apache.geode.annotations.Experimental;

/**
 * An interface for writing the fields of an object into a lucene document
 * 
 * @param <T> The type of object supported by this lucene serializer
 */
@Experimental
public interface LuceneSerializer<T> extends Declarable {

  /**
   * Add the fields of the given value to a set of documents
   *
   * Added fields should be marked with {@link org.apache.lucene.document.Field.Store#NO}. These
   * fields are only used for searches. When doing a query, geode will return the value from the
   * region, not any fields that are stored on the returned Documents.
   * 
   * @param index lucene index
   * @param value user object to be serialized into index
   */
  Collection<Document> toDocuments(LuceneIndex index, T value);
}

@@ -1195,22 +1195,8 @@
  */%0A
-@Experimental%0A
 publ

Remove Experimental tag from LuceneSerializer (#970)