JanusGraph / JanusGraph/janusgraph

Using Vertex-centric Indices for Adjacent Vertex Ids

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Description

**Describe the feature:**
Currently, vertex-centric indices are used for adjacent vertex objects. For example,
```
v2 = g.V(5678).next()

(1) g.V(1234).out('edgeLabel').is(v2).next()
```
will utilize the built in vertex-centric indices. On the other hand,
```
(2) g.V(1234).out('edgeLabel').is(__.V(5678)).next()
```
will not because JanusGraph evaluates `__.V(5678)` after fetching all neighbors with the `'edgeLabel'` edge label. This is an issue if the vertex with id `5678` has many edges with the label `'edgeLabel'`.

This feature would make it so JanusGraph's evaluation of both traversals (1) and (2) uses the built in vertex-centric indices for adjacent vertices.

**Describe a specific use case for the feature:**
When ingesting data, it is much cleaner and simpler to cache vertex ids rather than the full vertex object (which requires serialization and deserialization).

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by locating JanusGraph's traversal evaluation for adjacent vertices and the existing vertex-centric index handling, then compare the two example traversals. Done means both forms use the vertex-centric index without fetching all neighbors first.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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