[LUCENE-9907] Remove dependency on PackedInts#getReader() in all current codecs

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 9.0
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Ignacio Vera
• Reporter: Ignacio Vera
• Created: 06/Apr/21 09:23
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 16:20
• Resolved: 20/Apr/21 07:10

Description

PackedInts#getDirectWriter/Reader are really legacy and the way to go now is using DirectReader and DirectWriter. With LUCENE-9705, we should be able to remove them from the current codecs.

This will help as well to move the Directory API to little endian/

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #64
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #72
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #85
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #93
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #94
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #96
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #97