[SOLR-6141] Schema API: Remove fields, dynamic fields, field types and copy fields; and replace fields, dynamic fields and field types

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 5.1, 6.0
• Component/s: Schema and Analysis
• Labels: rest_api
• Assignee: Steve Rowe
• Reporter: Christoph Strobl
• Created: 05/Jun/14 13:30
• Updated: 09/May/16 18:45
• Resolved: 26/Mar/15 19:13

Description

It should be possible, via the bulk schema API, to remove and replace the following:

1. fields
2. dynamic fields
3. field types
4. copy field directives (note: replacement is not applicable to copy fields)

Removing schema elements that are referred to elsewhere in the schema must be guarded against:

1. Removing a field type should be disallowed when there are fields or dynamic fields of that type.
2. Removing a field should be disallowed when there are copy field directives that use the field as source or destination.
3. Removing a dynamic field should be disallowed when it is the only possible match for a copy field source or destination.

Issue Links

• breaks: SOLR-7366 Can't index example XML docs into the cloud example using bin/post due to regression in ManagedIndexSchema's handling of ResourceLoaderAware objects used by field types
• duplicates: SOLR-5289 Update Schema via the Schema REST API