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# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
"""Typification of the result items generated by the *engines*, *answerers* and
*plugins*.
 
.. note::
 
   We are at the beginning of typing the results.  Further typing will follow,
   but this is a very large task that we will only be able to implement
   gradually.  For more, please read :ref:`result types`.
 
"""
# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
 
from __future__ import annotations
 
__all__ = ["Result", "MainResult", "KeyValue", "EngineResults", "AnswerSet", "Answer", "Translations"]
 
import abc
 
from searx import enginelib
 
from ._base import Result, MainResult, LegacyResult
from .answer import AnswerSet, Answer, Translations
from .keyvalue import KeyValue
 
 
class ResultList(list, abc.ABC):
    """Base class of all result lists (abstract)."""
 
    class types:  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
        """The collection of result types (which have already been implemented)."""
 
        Answer = Answer
        KeyValue = KeyValue
        MainResult = MainResult
        Result = Result
        Translations = Translations
 
        # for backward compatibility
        LegacyResult = LegacyResult
 
    class types:  # pylint: disable=invalid-name …
    def __init__(self):
        # pylint: disable=useless-parent-delegation
        super().__init__()
 
    def __init__(self): …
    def add(self, result: Result | LegacyResult):
        """Add a :py:`Result` item to the result list."""
        self.append(result)
 
 
    def add(self, result: Result | LegacyResult): …
class ResultList(list, abc.ABC): …
class EngineResults(ResultList):
    """Result list that should be used by engine developers.  For convenience,
    engine developers don't need to import types / see :py:obj:`ResultList.types`.
 
    .. code:: python
 
       from searx.result_types import EngineResults
       ...
       def response(resp) -> EngineResults:
           res = EngineResults()
           ...
           res.add( res.types.Answer(answer="lorem ipsum ..", url="https://example.org") )
           ...
           return res
    """
class EngineResults(ResultList): …