QueryTimeout (Lucene 9.9.2 core API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

QueryTimeoutImpl
```
public interface QueryTimeout
```
Query timeout abstraction that controls whether a query should continue or be stopped. Can be set to the searcher through IndexSearcher.setTimeout(QueryTimeout), in which case bulk scoring will be time-bound. Can also be used in combination with ExitableDirectoryReader.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  boolean shouldExit()
  Called to determine whether to stop processing a query

- Method Detail
  - shouldExit
```
boolean shouldExit()
```
    Called to determine whether to stop processing a query
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the query should stop, false otherwise