[jira] [Created] (LUCENE-7844) UnifiedHighlighter: simplify "maxPassages" input API

["David Smiley (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

David Smiley created LUCENE-7844:
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             Summary: UnifiedHighlighter: simplify "maxPassages" input API
                 Key: LUCENE-7844
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-7844
             Project: Lucene - Core
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: modules/highlighter
            Reporter: David Smiley
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: master (7.0)


The "maxPassages" input to the UnifiedHighlighter can be provided as an array to some of the public methods on UnifiedHighlighter.  When it's provided as an array, the index in the array is for the field in a parallel array. I think this is awkward and furthermore it's inconsistent with the way this highlighter customizes things on a by field basis.  Instead, the parameter can be a simple int default (not an array), and then there can be a protected method like {{getMaxPassageCount(String field}} that returns an Integer which, when non-null, replaces the default value for this field.

Aside from API simplicity and consistency, this will also remove some annoying parallel array sorting going on.



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