apache/lucene

Deprecate MergeSpecification#segString method in MergePolicy

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#14,899 opened on Jul 5, 2025

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Description

Following up from an old TODO, we can deprecate MergePolicy.MergeSpecification#segString. The places it's used (only 1?) doesn't need the directory param, and can simply use the toString() method.

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Find the TODO comment in MergePolicy.java, locate the single usage of MergeSpecification#segString, replace with toString() or similar, and add @Deprecated annotation.
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java
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backend
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1
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java
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