jpountz commented on code in PR #15083: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/15083#discussion_r2282737894
########## lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/DocValuesSkipper.java: ########## @@ -122,4 +123,61 @@ public final void advance(long minValue, long maxValue) throws IOException { advance(maxDocID + 1); } } + + /** + * Returns the minimum value for a field across all segments, or {@link Long#MIN_VALUE} if not + * available + * + * @param searcher a searcher over the index + * @param field the field to retrieve values for + */ + public static long globalMinValue(IndexSearcher searcher, String field) throws IOException { + long minValue = Long.MAX_VALUE; + for (LeafReaderContext ctx : searcher.getLeafContexts()) { + DocValuesSkipper skipper = ctx.reader().getDocValuesSkipper(field); + if (skipper == null) { + minValue = Long.MIN_VALUE; + } else { + minValue = Math.min(minValue, skipper.minValue()); + } + } + return minValue; + } Review Comment: I was thinking of ignoring segments that don't have the field in their field infos (meaning that no docs have a value for this field) and returning MIN_VALUE if the field exists in field infos but it has no skip index? -- 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