[LUCENE-9437] Make DocValuesOrdinalsReader.decode(BytesRef, IntsRef) method publicly accessible

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 8.6
• Fix Version/s: 8.7
• Lucene Fields: New, Patch Available
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ankur
• Created: 20/Jul/20 22:35
• Updated: 28/Aug/22 16:05
• Resolved: 22/Jul/20 14:05

Description

Visibility of DocValuesOrdinalsReader.decode(BytesRef, IntsRef) method is set to 'protected'. This prevents the method from being used outside this class in a setting where BinaryDocValues reader is instantiated outside the class and binary payload containing ordinals still needs to be decoded.