[LUCENE-5662] Missing Field null checks can result in aborted segments

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.8.1, 4.9, 6.0
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Robert Muir
• Created: 09/May/14 13:21
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 14:07
• Resolved: 09/May/14 16:47

Description

This is bad because you lose other unrelated documents in IndexWriter's buffer.

Simple example:

      BytesRef v = null; // somehow my app screwed up
      doc.add(new StoredField("foo", v));