Re: [hibernate-dev] HSEARCH-1917, faceting, indexNullAs, FieldBridges
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Sanne Grinovero <sanne(a)hibernate.org>
wrote:
I don't have a strong opinion on the usefulness on faceting on
null;
would someone have a sensible example of faceting on a "null value" ?
We can fix it but I have the impression it's just about fixing a
developer's itch because of it being inconsistent with other
components; if it helps with Elasticsearch integration then that makes
more sense to me.
It's not faceting on a null value, it's the ability to support null values
in faceted fields when indexing the entity. Currently, it throws a NPE on
indexing. For instance, you might have entities which doesn't have a value
for a given faceted field.
Does it make more sense?
But why would you fix it by "if (value == null) return;" ?
Do you
think you can make it work with that? I'd rather actually index the
marker token defined by 'indexNullAs'.
Do you think we would want facet results for the indexNullAs value?
+1 to collect notes on FieldBridge and Document change wishes.
OK, will do.