javanna commented on code in PR #11793:
URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/11793#discussion_r975048307


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lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/PointValues.java:
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@@ -467,4 +467,91 @@ public final long estimateDocCount(IntersectVisitor 
visitor) {
 
   /** Returns the total number of documents that have indexed at least one 
point. */
   public abstract int getDocCount();
+
+  private static final PointTree EMPTY_POINT_TREE =
+      new PointTree() {
+        @Override
+        public PointTree clone() {
+          throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean moveToChild() {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean moveToSibling() {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean moveToParent() {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public byte[] getMinPackedValue() {
+          return new byte[0];
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public byte[] getMaxPackedValue() {
+          return new byte[0];
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public long size() {
+          return 0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitDocIDs(IntersectVisitor visitor) {}
+
+        @Override
+        public void visitDocValues(IntersectVisitor visitor) {}
+      };
+
+  public static final PointValues EMPTY =
+      new PointValues() {
+        @Override
+        public PointTree getPointTree() {
+          return EMPTY_POINT_TREE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public byte[] getMinPackedValue() {
+          return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public byte[] getMaxPackedValue() {
+          return null;

Review Comment:
   returning null here does not feel great, yet I did not find a better way 
that fits in the existing code. I tried the empty array but it required changes 
in how the return value is consumed.



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