[LUCENE-4520] ValueSource.getSortField shouldn't throw IOException

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.1, 6.0
• Component/s: core/search
• Lucene Fields: New
• Assignee: Alan Woodward
• Reporter: Alan Woodward
• Created: 31/Oct/12 14:42
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 13:31
• Resolved: 01/Nov/12 10:29

Description

ValueSource.getSortField just returns a new ValueSourceSortField, whose constructor doesn't declare any checked exceptions. So adding the throws clause to the method declaration means adding pointless try-catch warts to client code.