[LUCENE-10087] SortField should validate how points were indexed

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 8.10
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adrien Grand
• Created: 06/Sep/21 18:49
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 19:25
• Resolved: 07/Sep/21 15:01

Description

SortField makes assumptions about how fields are indexed with points but doesn't perform any validation. We should at least verify that the number of dimensions and the number of bytes per dimension are correct.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #283
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #286