[LUCENE-3219] Change SortField types to an Enum

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0-ALPHA
• Component/s: core/search
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Chris Male
• Reporter: Chris Male
• Created: 20/Jun/11 08:05
• Updated: 10/May/13 10:43
• Resolved: 22/Jun/11 01:49

Description

When updating my SOLR-2533 patch, one issue was that the int value I had given my new type had been used by another change in the mean time. Since we don't use these fields in a bitset kind of way, we can convert them to an enum.

Issue Links

• depends upon: SOLR-2533 Improve API of ValueSource & FunctionQuery SortField weighting
• relates to: LUCENE-3192 SortField.INT / SortField.FLOAT inconsistency with DocValues