"""Vector Database to connect to."""
    k: int = 4
    """Number of documents to query for."""
    search_type: str = "similarity"
    """Search type to use over vectorstore. `similarity` or `mmr`."""
    search_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
    """Extra search args."""
    @root_validator()
    def raise_deprecation(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
        warnings.warn(
            "`VectorDBQA` is deprecated - "
            "please use `from langchain.chains import RetrievalQA`"
        )
        return values
    @root_validator()
    def validate_search_type(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
        """Validate search type."""
        if "search_type" in values:
            search_type = values["search_type"]
            if search_type not in ("similarity", "mmr"):
                raise ValueError(f"search_type of {search_type} not allowed.")
        return values
    def _get_docs(
        self,
        question: str,
        *,
        run_manager: CallbackManagerForChainRun,
    ) -> List[Document]:
        """Get docs."""
        if self.search_type == "similarity":
            docs = self.vectorstore.similarity_search(
                question, k=self.k, **self.search_kwargs
            )
        elif self.search_type == "mmr":
            docs = self.vectorstore.max_marginal_relevance_search(
                question, k=self.k, **self.search_kwargs
            )
        else:
            raise ValueError(f"search_type of {self.search_type} not allowed.")
        return docs
    async def _aget_docs(
        self,
        question: str,
        *,