[SOLR-9411] Better validation of fields and dynamic fields for Schema API

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 6.3, 7.0
• Component/s: Schema and Analysis
• Assignee: Steven Rowe
• Reporter: Jan Høydahl
• Created: 12/Aug/16 11:53
• Updated: 08/Jun/19 15:37
• Resolved: 27/Sep/16 22:18

Description

Schema REST API needs better validation before doing changes.

• It should not be allowed to delete uniqueKey (also handled in SOLR-9349)
• When adding a dynamic field the API should test that it begins or ends with *. Today the change succeeds, but you get errors later

These are two known cases. We should harden validation across the board for all known schema requirements.

Issue Links

• duplicates: SOLR-8154 Bulk Schema API incorrectly accepts a dynamic field creation request with required=true and/or a default value
• is related to: SOLR-9349 Schema API should never delete fields used elsewhere in the schema