Constructor of Bibtexentry should set citeKey, shouldn't it

[koppor]

When reading following statement:

    BibtexEntry e = new BibtexEntry("id", BibtexEntryTypes.ARTICLE);

What should e.getCiteKey() be?

I have expected id, but it was null. Reason: the internal id of an entry is not the cite key. I think, this has reasons. For example, when changing the key of an entry or making the entry invalid, what should happen? As a quick fix, I would suggest that the constructor should call this.setField(KEY_FIELD, id);.

Alternatively, we should use Integers (Longs because of large databases?) as Ids as done in magsilva@9bb2074. Refs JabRef#112.

[simonharrer]

Hm, you mean a default for the bibtex key if nothing is set? So that there is always a bibtex key?

[koppor]

The key is not always present (leading to user issues, e.g., JabRef#8645). Nevertheless, we need to handle that case somehow in JabRef. We have a builder in place. Thus, this issue is obsolete.