* Uses O(1) Set lookup for improved performance.
     *
     * @param field the field name to check
     * @return true if the field can be used for sorting, false otherwise
     */
    protected boolean isSortField(final String field) {
        return sortFieldSet != null && sortFieldSet.contains(field);
    }

    /**

         * @param finished True if the process has finished, false otherwise.
         */
        public void setFinished(final boolean finished) {
            this.finished = finished;
        }

        /**
         * Checks if the process has been terminated due to timeout.
         * @return True if the process was terminated, false otherwise.
         */
        public boolean isTeminated() {

    /**
     * Converts a wildcard value to lowercase if configured to do so.
     *
     * @param value The wildcard value to potentially convert
     * @return The value in lowercase if lowercaseWildcard is true, otherwise the original value
     */
    protected String toLowercaseWildcard(final String value) {
        if (lowercaseWildcard) {
            return value.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
        }
        return value;

     */
    protected boolean isFileSystemPath(final String url) {
        return ComponentUtil.getProtocolHelper().isFileSystemPath(url);
    }

    /**
     * Validates if the URL is safe for redirection.
     *
     * @param url the URL to validate
     * @return true if the URL is valid for redirection, false otherwise
     */

        return suggester.getQueryWordsNum();
    }

    /**
     * Deletes all words from the suggest index.
     *
     * @return true if the operation was successful, false otherwise.
     */
    public boolean deleteAllWords() {
        final SuggestDeleteResponse response = suggester.indexer().deleteAll();
        if (response.hasError()) {

     * @param id The document ID.
     * @param consumer The consumer function to process thumbnail and config ID.
     * @return True if processing was successful, false otherwise.
     */
    protected boolean process(final String id, final BiPredicate<String, String> consumer) {
        final FessConfig fessConfig = ComponentUtil.getFessConfig();

     *
     * @return true if the application is EOL, false otherwise.
     */
    protected boolean isEoled() {
        return getCurrentTimeAsLong() > eolTime;
    }

    /**
     * Checks if a permission string is a user permission.
     *
     * @param permission The permission string.
     * @return true if it is a user permission, false otherwise.
     */

    /**
     * Retrieves a character mapping item by its ID.
     *
     * @param id the unique identifier of the mapping item to retrieve
     * @return an OptionalEntity containing the mapping item if found, empty otherwise
     */
    @Override
    public OptionalEntity<CharMappingItem> get(final long id) {
        if (mappingItemList == null) {
            reload(null);
        }

    /**
     * Matches the request locale with the target locale.
     *
     * @param requestLocale The request locale.
     * @param targetLocale The target locale.
     * @return True if the locales match, otherwise false.
     */
    protected boolean matchLocale(final Locale requestLocale, final Locale targetLocale) {
        if (targetLocale.equals(requestLocale) || targetLocale.equals(Locale.ROOT)) {
            return true;

    }

    /**
     * Checks if a label with the specified key exists in the current request's label map.
     *
     * @param value the label key to check
     * @return true if the label exists, false otherwise
     */
    public static Boolean labelExists(final String value) {
        return LaRequestUtil.getOptionalRequest().map(req -> {
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")