hudi-agent commented on code in PR #19769:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hudi/pull/19769#discussion_r3870971599


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hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/read/BufferedRecordMergerFactory.java:
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@@ -512,6 +512,16 @@ private static <T> boolean 
shouldKeepNewerRecord(BufferedRecord<T> oldRecord, Bu
       // The orderingVal is constant 0 (int) and not guaranteed to match the 
type of the old or new record's ordering value.
       return true;
     }
-    return 
newRecord.getOrderingValue().compareTo(oldRecord.getOrderingValue()) >= 0;
+    Comparable oldOrderingVal = oldRecord.getOrderingValue();
+    Comparable newOrderingVal = newRecord.getOrderingValue();
+    // Checks the ordering value does not equal to 0
+    // because we use 0 as the default value which means natural order.
+    // OrderingValues#create coerces a null ordering field value to that 
default, so its class need
+    // not match the counterpart's real value and comparing the two directly 
would throw
+    // ClassCastException (e.g. Long.compareTo(Integer)).
+    boolean chooseOlder = !OrderingValues.isDefault(newOrderingVal)
+        && OrderingValues.isSameClass(oldOrderingVal, newOrderingVal)
+        && oldOrderingVal.compareTo(newOrderingVal) > 0;
+    return !chooseOlder;

Review Comment:
   🤖 nit: `return !chooseOlder` reads as a double negative inside a method 
already named `shouldKeepNewerRecord` — could you rename the variable to 
`keepOlder` and return `!keepOlder`, or flip it to `keepNewer` and return that 
directly? Either way reduces the mental flip.
   
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