Can we enforce more properties on fields like uniquness [LUCENE-8342]
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Description
This is a spin-off from #9382 where we discuss adding a boolean to FieldInfo to check if the field is used for soft deletes. This has been a a very delicate line we drew in the past but if we take a step back and think about how we'd design a feature like IW#updateDocument(Term, Document) today would we allow passing different fields to this API? It's just one example ie. storing floats and ints in the same DV field is a different one. I personally think it would be a good idea to be more strict on that end and I wonder what others think.
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Migrated from [LUCENE-8342](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-8342) by Simon Willnauer (@s1monw), updated Dec 08 2021
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Research direction
Start by reading the discussion in #9382 and the references to FieldInfo, soft deletes, and IW#updateDocument(Term, Document). Compare the examples about differing fields and data types, then determine whether the project has agreed on stricter field-property enforcement. Done requires a settled design and explicit compatibility or validation requirements.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- backend, search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100