namespace Lucene
{
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    /// <summary>
    /// Used to identify an exception as a Java Error type.
    /// <para/>
    /// Lucene Exception types need to be identified as an Error to our exception
    /// handling framework when they derive from Error in Java.
    /// However, <see cref="Error"/> is internal and C# doesn't allow a
    /// public exception to subclass an internal one, so as a workaround,
    /// add this interface instead and subclass the most logical exception in .NET.
    /// </summary>
    internal interface IError
    {
    }
}
