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  1. Lucene - Core
  2. LUCENE-7966

build mr-jar and use some java 9 methods if available

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      See background: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/238

      It would be nice to use some of the newer array methods and range checking methods in java 9 for example, without waiting for lucene 10 or something. If we build an MR-jar, we can start migrating our code to use java 9 methods right now, it will use optimized methods from java 9 when thats available, otherwise fall back to java 8 code.

      This patch adds:

      Objects.checkIndex(int,int)
      Objects.checkFromToIndex(int,int,int)
      Objects.checkFromIndexSize(int,int,int)
      Arrays.mismatch(byte[],int,int,byte[],int,int)
      Arrays.compareUnsigned(byte[],int,int,byte[],int,int)
      Arrays.equal(byte[],int,int,byte[],int,int)
      // did not add char/int/long/short/etc but of course its possible if needed
      

      It sets these up in org.apache.lucene.future as 1-1 mappings to java methods. This way, we can simply directly replace call sites with java 9 methods when java 9 is a minimum. Simple 1-1 mappings mean also that we only have to worry about testing that our java 8 fallback methods work.

      I found that many of the current byte array methods today are willy-nilly and very lenient for example, passing invalid offsets at times and relying on compare methods not throwing exceptions, etc. I fixed all the instances in core/codecs but have not looked at the problems with AnalyzingSuggester. Also SimpleText still uses a silly method in ArrayUtil in similar crazy way, have not removed that one yet.

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        1. LUCENE-7966.patch
          100 kB
          Robert Muir
        2. LUCENE-7966.patch
          99 kB
          Robert Muir
        3. LUCENE-7966.patch
          68 kB
          Robert Muir
        4. LUCENE-7966.patch
          64 kB
          Robert Muir
        5. LUCENE-7966.patch
          64 kB
          Robert Muir
        6. LUCENE-7966-7x-backwards.patch
          6 kB
          Uwe Schindler
        7. LUCENE-7966-7x-backwards.patch
          6 kB
          Uwe Schindler
        8. LUCENE-7966-v2.patch
          95 kB
          Uwe Schindler

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