rmuir commented on code in PR #14433: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/14433#discussion_r2034192030
########## lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/search/similarities/Similarity.java: ########## @@ -161,6 +162,17 @@ public long computeNorm(FieldInvertState state) { return SmallFloat.intToByte4(numTerms); } + /** + * Decodes the normalization value as computed by {@link #computeNorm(FieldInvertState)}, yielding + * the field's position length. + * + * @param norm from {@link org.apache.lucene.index.NumericDocValues#longValue()} of the norm. + * @return position length + */ + public long decodeNormToLength(long norm) { + return SmallFloat.byte4ToInt((byte) norm); + } Review Comment: Please remove this method as it is impossible for someone to implement correctly if they customize just one field. The other method is per-field, this one is not. -- 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 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