Question

I am using MongoDB via official Java API. I can store and retrive Long values without any extra effort. But when I try to accumulate these values using group() function, JavaScript interpreter converts everything into Doubles and the final result ends up being a Double.

Here is my group command:

{
    ...
    initial: { count: 0 },
    reduce: "function (o, a) { a.count += o.count; }"
}

Is there a way to tell the interpreter that count is in fact a Long? Something like count: 0L or count: Long(0)? Or should I do the accumulation on Java side?

Answer 1

This is because group command actually run map/reduce, and map/reduce is a javascript. In the javascript default number type is a double, because of this it return doubles.

So you can probably wrap your numbers with NumberLong(..) if you wanna see long in group command result:

{
    ...
    initial: { count: new NumberLong(0) },
    reduce: "function (o, a) { a.count += new NumberLong(o.count); }"
}

Not tested this, but almost sure that it should work.