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fix: skip documents removed between an index lookup and the fetch - #1302

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This fixes an NPE encountered.

An index scan is two steps that are not atomic under concurrent writes: the index yields the matching ids, then each document is fetched from the collection map. A document removed in between came back as a (id, null) row. With a residual filter that row reached Filter.apply and threw NullPointerException from the filter's document.get(); without one the cursor handed the caller a null element. The by-id fast path had the same window between containsKey and get.

  • IndexedStream now prefetches and drops ids whose document is gone; skip() still walks ids without fetching them.
  • FilteredStream treats a row without a document as a non-match.
  • The by-id path does one get and yields an empty stream when it is null.

The test removes a document from the collection's map behind the index's back, which is what a concurrent remove looks like to a reader that already holds the ids; on the unfixed code its indexed-plus-residual case throws and the others return null rows.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed index scans to skip documents removed between index lookup and retrieval.
    • Prevented missing documents from appearing as null results or matching filters.
    • Corrected result counts and by-ID lookups for removed documents.
    • Improved iterator behavior when no matching documents remain.

An index scan is two steps that are not atomic under concurrent writes: the
index yields the matching ids, then each document is fetched from the
collection map. A document removed in between came back as a (id, null) row.
With a residual filter that row reached Filter.apply and threw
NullPointerException from the filter's document.get(); without one the cursor
handed the caller a null element. The by-id fast path had the same window
between containsKey and get.

- IndexedStream now prefetches and drops ids whose document is gone; skip()
  still walks ids without fetching them.
- FilteredStream treats a row without a document as a non-match.
- The by-id path does one get and yields an empty stream when it is null.

The test removes a document from the collection's map behind the index's
back, which is what a concurrent remove looks like to a reader that already
holds the ids; on the unfixed code its indexed-plus-residual case throws and
the others return null rows.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The index and lookup paths now skip documents removed between identifier lookup and retrieval. Indexed streams buffer valid rows, filtered streams ignore null documents, and by-id lookups return empty results for missing documents. Tests cover scans, filters, sizes, and direct lookups.

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Removed document handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Stream and lookup handling
nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/common/streams/IndexedStream.java, nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/common/streams/FilteredStream.java, nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/operation/ReadOperations.java
Indexed iteration buffers the next valid document, skips missing documents, and handles buffered rows during hasNext(), next(), and skip(). Filtered iteration ignores null documents. By-id lookup returns an empty stream when the document is missing.
Removed document validation
nitrite/src/test/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/IndexScanRemovedDocumentTest.java
Tests verify that scans, filtered scans, size calculations, and by-id lookups exclude a document removed from the backing map.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 79c29

Concurrent document removal can make indexed query sizes inaccurate and pagination return the wrong page. These correctness issues should be fixed before merge.

Suggested reviewers: anidotnet

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nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/operation/ReadOperations.java (1)

237-239: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Do not use stale index cardinality as the covered count.

IndexedStream now drops IDs whose documents are absent. Therefore, nitriteIds.size() can exceed the number of emitted rows. For a fully indexed query with one removed document, this path reports the stale index count through size() although iteration returns fewer documents.

Mark the covered count as unknown for indexed streams that fetch documents, or derive it from live rows. Add a regression assertion for collection.find(where("group").eq("a")).size().

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In
`@nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/operation/ReadOperations.java`
around lines 237 - 239, Update the indexed-query handling around IndexedStream
so indexed streams that fetch documents do not use nitriteIds.size() as the
covered count; mark the count unknown or derive it from emitted live rows, while
preserving exact-count optimization only when no rows can be dropped. Add a
regression assertion verifying collection.find(where("group").eq("a")).size()
excludes removed documents.
nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/common/streams/IndexedStream.java (1)

77-80: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Skip logical rows instead of raw index IDs.

A missing document is no longer a row after advance(). This loop still increments skipped for a missing ID. If the first indexed ID is removed and skip(1) is applied, the next result is the first live document instead of the second live document. Pagination returns the wrong page.

Count only rows returned by advance().

Proposed fix
-            if (next != null && count > 0) {
-                next = null;
-                skipped++;
-            }
-            while (skipped < count && iterator.hasNext()) {
-                iterator.next();
+            while (skipped < count && (next != null || advance())) {
+                next = null;
                 skipped++;
             }
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In `@nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/common/streams/IndexedStream.java`
around lines 77 - 80, Update the skip loop in IndexedStream so skipped advances
count only logical rows returned by advance(), not every raw iterator ID;
preserve iteration over IDs while incrementing the skip counter only when a live
document is produced, ensuring skip(1) after deleted IDs reaches the second live
document.
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Outside diff comments:
In
`@nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/collection/operation/ReadOperations.java`:
- Around line 237-239: Update the indexed-query handling around IndexedStream so
indexed streams that fetch documents do not use nitriteIds.size() as the covered
count; mark the count unknown or derive it from emitted live rows, while
preserving exact-count optimization only when no rows can be dropped. Add a
regression assertion verifying collection.find(where("group").eq("a")).size()
excludes removed documents.

In `@nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/common/streams/IndexedStream.java`:
- Around line 77-80: Update the skip loop in IndexedStream so skipped advances
count only logical rows returned by advance(), not every raw iterator ID;
preserve iteration over IDs while incrementing the skip counter only when a live
document is produced, ensuring skip(1) after deleted IDs reaches the second live
document.

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  • nitrite/src/main/java/org/dizitart/no2/common/streams/IndexedStream.java
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