Index: src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestNoHitsQuery.java
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--- src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestNoHitsQuery.java	(revision 0)
+++ src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/TestNoHitsQuery.java	(revision 0)
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+package org.apache.lucene.search;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer;
+import org.apache.lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer;
+import org.apache.lucene.document.Document;
+import org.apache.lucene.document.Field;
+import org.apache.lucene.document.Field.Index;
+import org.apache.lucene.document.Field.Store;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.MaxFieldLength;
+import org.apache.lucene.store.RAMDirectory;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.Version;
+
+public class TestNoHitsQuery extends LuceneTestCase {
+
+	  private Analyzer analyzer = new StandardAnalyzer(Version.LUCENE_CURRENT);
+	  
+	  public void testQuery() throws Exception {
+		  RAMDirectory idxDir = new RAMDirectory();
+		  IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(idxDir,analyzer,MaxFieldLength.UNLIMITED);
+		  Document doc = new Document();
+		  doc.add(new Field("body","test",Store.NO,Index.ANALYZED));
+		  writer.addDocument(doc);
+		  writer.commit();
+		  writer.close();
+		  
+		  IndexReader r = IndexReader.open(idxDir, true);
+		  assertEquals(1, r.numDocs());
+		  
+		  IndexSearcher s = new IndexSearcher(r);
+		  Query nohitsQuery = new NoHitsQuery();
+		  TopDocs docs = s.search(nohitsQuery, 10);
+		  assertEquals(0,docs.totalHits);
+		  r.close();
+	  } 
+}
Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/NoHitsQuery.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/NoHitsQuery.java	(revision 0)
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+package org.apache.lucene.search;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexReader;
+
+public class NoHitsQuery extends Query {
+
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString(String field) {
+		return "-:-";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Weight createWeight(Searcher searcher) throws IOException {
+		return new NoHitsWeight();
+	}
+
+	public class NoHitsWeight extends Weight{
+
+		/**
+		 * 
+		 */
+		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+		@Override
+		public Explanation explain(IndexReader reader, int doc)
+				throws IOException {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Query getQuery() {
+			return NoHitsQuery.this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public float getValue() {
+			return 0.0f;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void normalize(float norm) {
+			
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Scorer scorer(IndexReader reader, boolean scoreDocsInOrder,
+				boolean topScorer) throws IOException {
+			return new NoHitsScorer();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public float sumOfSquaredWeights() throws IOException {
+			return 0.0f;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public class NoHitsScorer extends Scorer{
+
+		protected NoHitsScorer() {
+			super(null);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public float score() throws IOException {
+			return 0.0f;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int advance(int target) throws IOException {
+			return NO_MORE_DOCS;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int docID() {
+			return NO_MORE_DOCS;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int nextDoc() throws IOException {
+			return NO_MORE_DOCS;
+		}
+	}
+}