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+<?php
+/* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Doc\Search;
+
+use UnexpectedValueException;
+
+/**
+ * A doc search match
+ */
+class DocSearchMatch
+{
+    /**
+     * Header match
+     *
+     * @type int
+     */
+    const MATCH_HEADER = 1;
+
+    /**
+     * Content match
+     *
+     * @type int
+     */
+    const MATCH_CONTENT = 2;
+
+    /**
+     * Line
+     *
+     * @type string
+     */
+    protected $line;
+
+    /**
+     * Line number
+     *
+     * @type int
+     */
+    protected $lineno;
+
+    /**
+     * Type of the match
+     *
+     * @type int
+     */
+    protected $matchType;
+
+    /**
+     * Matches
+     *
+     * @type array
+     */
+    protected $matches = array();
+
+    /**
+     * Set the line
+     *
+     * @param   string  $line
+     *
+     * @return  $this
+     */
+    public function setLine($line)
+    {
+        $this->line = (string) $line;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the line
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getLine()
+    {
+        return $this->line;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the line number
+     *
+     * @param   int $lineno
+     *
+     * @return  $this
+     */
+    public function setLineno($lineno)
+    {
+        $this->lineno = (int) $lineno;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the match type
+     *
+     * @param   int $matchType
+     *
+     * @return  $this
+     */
+    public function setMatchType($matchType)
+    {
+        $matchType = (int) $matchType;
+        if ($matchType !== static::MATCH_HEADER && $matchType !== static::MATCH_CONTENT) {
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException();
+        }
+        $this->matchType = $matchType;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the match type
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getMatchType()
+    {
+        return $this->matchType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Append a match
+     *
+     * @param   string  $match
+     * @param   int     $position
+     *
+     * @return  $this
+     */
+    public function appendMatch($match, $position)
+    {
+        $this->matches[(int) $position] = (string) $match;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the matches
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getMatches()
+    {
+        return $this->matches;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the match is empty
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isEmpty()
+    {
+        return empty($this->matches);
+    }
+}