kashkambath opened a new issue, #12178: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/issues/12178
### Description Hi! This is my first time posting a GitHub issue for Apache Lucene. Please let me know if you need anything further. https://github.com/apache/lucene/blob/569533bd76a115e239d8c621d2540462bc12d891/lucene/sandbox/src/java/org/apache/lucene/sandbox/search/TermAutomatonQuery.java#L443-L447 We should return relevant explain output here instead of returning `null` for `TermAutomatonQuery`. This would be helpful for users running document explain on synonym queries leveraging `TermAutomatonQuery`. Otherwise, certain queries that can nest other queries could throw a `NullPointerException` if their weight's `explain()` calls `TermAutomatonQuery#explain()`. For example, if a `BooleanQuery` nests a `TermAutomatonQuery`, then `BooleanWeight` throws an NPE here when running `explain()`: https://github.com/apache/lucene/blob/569533bd76a115e239d8c621d2540462bc12d891/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/BooleanWeight.java#L75 ### Version and environment details _No response_ -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@lucene.apache.org
