[SOLR-808] javabin format should write map keys as EXTERN_STRING

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4
• Assignee: Shalin Shekhar Mangar
• Reporter: Noble Paul
• Created: 15/Oct/08 04:28
• Updated: 10/Nov/09 15:51
• Resolved: 15/Oct/08 11:14

Description

Just the way NamedList keys can be externalized, Map keys can also be externalized.And this is backward compatible.

Maps are not used very commonly in SOLR. but SOLR-561 uses maps for master-slave communication