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#pragma once

namespace mongo {

    class BSONObj;
    class FieldRangeSet;

    enum IndexSuitability { USELESS = 0 , HELPFUL = 1 , OPTIMAL = 2 };

    /**
     * This class is part of query optimization.  For a given index (as uniquely described by
     * keyPattern) and a given query (queryConstraints) and given sort order (order), return how
     * "suitable" the index is for the query + sort.
     *
     * USELESS indices are never used.
     * HELPFUL indices are explored and compared to other HELPFUL indices.
     * OPTIMAL indices short-circuit the search process and are always used.
     */
    class IndexSelection {
    public:
        static IndexSuitability isSuitableFor(const BSONObj& keyPattern,
                                              const FieldRangeSet& queryConstraints,
                                              const BSONObj& order);
    };

}  // namespace mongo