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+// Copyright 2016 Yahoo Inc. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
+package com.yahoo.search.grouping;
+
+import com.yahoo.search.grouping.vespa.ContinuationDecoder;
+
+/**
+ * <p>This class represents a piece of data stored by the grouping framework within a grouping result, which can
+ * subsequently be sent back along with the original request to navigate across a large result set. It is an opaque
+ * data object that is not intended to be human readable.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>To render a Cookie within a result set, you simply need to call {@link #toString()}.</p>
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:simon@yahoo-inc.com">Simon Thoresen</a>
+ */
+public abstract class Continuation {
+
+    public static final String NEXT_PAGE = "next";
+    public static final String PREV_PAGE = "prev";
+    public static final String THIS_PAGE = "this";
+
+    public static Continuation fromString(String str) {
+        return ContinuationDecoder.decode(str);
+    }
+}