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TurfMeasurement#length method cannot handle empty lists

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3/5
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1-2 days
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start at services-turf/src/main/java/com/mapbox/turf/TurfMeasurement.java around the linked length method and reproduce the empty-list failure. Check how the method handles normal point lists and review nearby usage to establish the intended empty-input contract. Done means the behavior is agreed, the empty-list case no longer throws unexpectedly, and regression coverage verifies it.

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The other day, I encountered what I regard as an issue in the following Code snippet: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-java/blob/4ae8b78746fb37b2673364bdd4c8702057f3e7f3/services-turf/src/main/java/com/mapbox/turf/TurfMeasurement.java#L227
The scenario is the following: We have a list of GPS points of which some or all are invalid which is denoted by the coordinates being (0 , 0) - which IS bad Design, but our Team cannot change this... 🙄. Thus, we filter out those points before passing it to the length method. We just encountered an IndexOutOfBoundsException when the list is empty because there is no length check on the list. I guess the fix here is relatively easy, but the question ist - what should be returned in this case. We built in a check before hand returning 0 in this particular case. Maybe even a checked exception might be a feasible idea.

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