Issue #474: Don't add slack time to the no-prediction sentinel

[skdas20]

Fixes #474.

TimepointPredictionRecord defaults both predicted fields to -1, so when a record supplies neither, the departureTime <= 0 branch adds the stop's slack to the sentinel:

long arrivalTime = tpr.getTimepointPredictedArrivalTime();   // -1

long departureTime = tpr.getTimepointPredictedDepartureTime();
if (departureTime <= 0) {
  int slack = instance.getBlockStopTime().getStopTime().getSlackTime();
  departureTime = arrivalTime + slack * 1000;                // -1 + 30000 = 29999
}

The arrivalTime == -1 branch below then copies that onto the arrival too, so both fields are published as slackTime * 1000 - 1 — an epoch value a few seconds past 1970 that clients cannot tell apart from a real prediction.

This only synthesizes a departure when there is a usable arrival to synthesize it from, and leaves the sentinel intact otherwise, exactly as suggested in the issue.

Test

testGetArrivalsAndDeparturesForStopInTimeRangeWithNoPredictedTimes feeds a record that sets neither predicted time. It uses the existing fixture, whose Stop A is scheduled 13:30 – 13:35 — StopTimeEntryImpl.getSlackTime() is departureTime - arrivalTime, so that stop already carries 300s of slack.

On develop the test fails with:

java.lang.AssertionError: expected:<-1> but was:<299999>

299999 == 300 * 1000 - 1, matching the reported arithmetic. With the change the full class is green (22/22).

Worth noting why this stayed hidden: no existing test in ArrivalAndDepartureServiceImplTest exercises a prediction record with both times absent, and at a zero-slack stop the bug degenerates to -1, which clients already treat as "no prediction". It only becomes visible where a stop has a scheduled dwell.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Corrected timepoint predictions with no available arrival data so they retain the proper “no prediction” status instead of showing an inaccurate departure time.

• Tests

  • Added coverage to verify that missing arrival and departure predictions remain unset.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The prediction service now preserves the -1 no-prediction sentinel when no positive arrival time exists. A regression test verifies that predicted arrival and departure remain -1.

Changes

Prediction sentinel handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preserve unavailable prediction values onebusaway-transit-data-federation/src/main/java/.../ArrivalAndDepartureServiceImpl.java, onebusaway-transit-data-federation/src/test/java/.../ArrivalAndDepartureServiceImplTest.java	Departure time is synthesized from stop slack only when arrival time is positive. The regression test verifies that missing arrival and departure times remain -1.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 342f2

The PR fixes the slack-adjusted sentinel for records with no predictions, but absent predictions are still treated as set and can overwrite frequency schedules or expose -1 as a real time. This is a concrete correctness risk for arrival and departure data, so the change is not merge-ready until sentinel handling and a frequency regression test are added.

Possibly related PRs

• OneBusAway/onebusaway-application-modules#475: Both changes update ArrivalAndDepartureServiceImpl handling of the -1 no-prediction sentinel.

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The implementation preserves -1 without a usable arrival and retains departure synthesis for valid arrivals, with regression coverage for missing predictions [#474].
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes are limited to the targeted service logic and its regression test for issue #474.
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In
`@onebusaway-transit-data-federation/src/main/java/org/onebusaway/transit_data_federation/impl/ArrivalAndDepartureServiceImpl.java`:
- Around line 730-740: Update isPredictedArrivalTimeSet() and
isPredictedDepartureTimeSet() so they treat both 0 and -1 as unset, returning
true only for valid predicted times. Preserve existing behavior for all other
values and ensure no-prediction records cannot be published as predicted or
overwrite frequency scheduled times.

Apply the same fix in
`@onebusaway-transit-data-federation/src/main/java/org/onebusaway/transit_data_federation/impl/ArrivalAndDepartureServiceImpl.java`
around lines 730 - 740.

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Handle -1 as an unavailable prediction.

TimepointPredictionRecord uses -1 when no predicted times are supplied, but isPredictedArrivalTimeSet() and isPredictedDepartureTimeSet() currently reject only 0. This can treat absent predictions as present, publish invalid -1 values, and overwrite frequency scheduled times. Treat -1 as unset in both checks, prevent unavailable values from updating scheduled fields, and add a regression test covering a frequency record with neither prediction.

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• onebusaway-transit-data-federation/src/main/java/org/onebusaway/transit_data_federation/impl/ArrivalAndDepartureServiceImpl.java#L730-L740 (this comment)
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In
`@onebusaway-transit-data-federation/src/main/java/org/onebusaway/transit_data_federation/impl/ArrivalAndDepartureServiceImpl.java`
around lines 730 - 740, Update isPredictedArrivalTimeSet() and
isPredictedDepartureTimeSet() so they treat both 0 and -1 as unset, returning
true only for valid predicted times. Preserve existing behavior for all other
values and ensure no-prediction records cannot be published as predicted or
overwrite frequency scheduled times.

Apply the same fix in
`@onebusaway-transit-data-federation/src/main/java/org/onebusaway/transit_data_federation/impl/ArrivalAndDepartureServiceImpl.java`
around lines 730 - 740.

[skdas20]

Closing this — #475 by @JRroony already fixes #474 and got there first (Aug 4). I missed it when I picked up the issue, which is my mistake; apologies for the duplicate review load.

For what it's worth, #475 is also the better fix. I normalized the missing case to -1 and that's wrong: isPredictedArrivalTimeSet() / isPredictedDepartureTimeSet() only reject 0, so a -1 still reads as "set" downstream and can reach the frequency-based branch in setPredictedArrivalTimeForInstance, which would then write it onto the scheduled time. #475 normalizes to 0 instead, which is this class's own no-prediction value, and that avoids the whole problem. It also uses slack * 1000L and fixes hasPredictedDepartureTime() in the V1/V2 beans, neither of which I'd covered.

One detail from my testing that may be useful to reviewers of #475: no existing test in ArrivalAndDepartureServiceImplTest exercises a stop with non-zero slack, which is why this survived so long — StopTimeEntryImpl.getSlackTime() is departureTime - arrivalTime, and the shared fixture's Stop A is scheduled 13:30–13:35, so it already carries 300s. A record with neither predicted time against that fixture reproduces the bug directly, failing with expected:<-1> but was:<299999> before the fix.