[SOLR-13249] ByteArrayUtf8CharSequence.getStringOrNull returns null

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 7.7
• Fix Version/s: 8.0
• Assignee: Noble Paul
• Reporter: Markus Jelsma
• Created: 14/Feb/19 14:28
• Updated: 08/Jun/19 15:02
• Resolved: 19/Feb/19 11:24

Description

I have an URP that, in processAdd(), gets a field value via SolrInputField.getValue(). In a normal unit test this yields me a String. But in a distributed test i get a ByteArrayUtf8CharSequence.

If it is a ByteArrayUtf8CharSequence the getStringOrNull() method always returns null unless some internal method called _getStr first.

This is either by design or a mistake. If it is a mistake, then the fix is to use toString() and the getStringOrNull() method can be removed (it would become a duplicate for toString(). If it is by design, then nothing is obvious from the JavaDoc and it should clarify.

This is since 7.7.0.

Issue Links

• causes: SOLR-13331 Atomic Update Multivalue remove does not work
• is related to: SOLR-12992 Avoid creating Strings from BytesRef in ExportWriter
• is related to: SOLR-13255 LanguageIdentifierUpdateProcessor broken for documents sent with SolrJ/javabin
• relates to: SOLR-13255 LanguageIdentifierUpdateProcessor broken for documents sent with SolrJ/javabin