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  1. Lucene - Core
  2. LUCENE-4916

Spatial WithinPrefixTreeFilter can too eagerly find false-positive

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • 4.3, 6.0
    • modules/spatial
    • None
    • New

    Description

      The recently committed WithinPrefixTreeFilter can sometimes match a false-positive due to the grid approximation technique. Some of this is normal. But if an indexed shape has any of its leaf detail levels "simplified" (removed) up to a higher level, then a false-positive match can occur that is a little too eager when one of those cells that were simplified-away don't intersect the query shape, and thus shouldn't be considered a match for this predicate.

      Marking as "Minor" because it should be quite rare, and when it does occur, the answer (a match) will usually appear close-enough due to the grid approximation that it's not a totally inaccurate answer. I found this problem via extensive randomized testing. I want to fix it because it should make my new tests pass

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            dsmiley David Smiley
            dsmiley David Smiley
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