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Michael McCandless commented on LUCENE-2455: -------------------------------------------- Patch looks good Shai! Only a small typo in CHANGES (unles -> unless). > Some house cleaning in addIndexes* > ---------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-2455 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2455 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Index > Reporter: Shai Erera > Assignee: Shai Erera > Priority: Trivial > Fix For: 3.1, 4.0 > > Attachments: LUCENE-2455_3x.patch > > > Today, the use of addIndexes and addIndexesNoOptimize is confusing - > especially on when to invoke each. Also, addIndexes calls optimize() in > the beginning, but only on the target index. It also includes the > following jdoc statement, which from how I understand the code, is > wrong: _After this completes, the index is optimized._ -- optimize() is > called in the beginning and not in the end. > On the other hand, addIndexesNoOptimize does not call optimize(), and > relies on the MergeScheduler and MergePolicy to handle the merges. > After a short discussion about that on the list (Thanks Mike for the > clarifications!) I understand that there are really two core differences > between the two: > * addIndexes supports IndexReader extensions > * addIndexesNoOptimize performs better > This issue proposes the following: > # Clear up the documentation of each, spelling out the pros/cons of > calling them clearly in the javadocs. > # Rename addIndexesNoOptimize to addIndexes > # Remove optimize() call from addIndexes(IndexReader...) > # Document that clearly in both, w/ a recommendation to call optimize() > before on any of the Directories/Indexes if it's a concern. > That way, we maintain all the flexibility in the API - > addIndexes(IndexReader...) allows for using IR extensions, > addIndexes(Directory...) is considered more efficient, by allowing the > merges to happen concurrently (depending on MS) and also factors in the > MP. So unless you have an IR extension, addDirectories is really the one > you should be using. And you have the freedom to call optimize() before > each if you care about it, or don't if you don't care. Either way, > incurring the cost of optimize() is entirely in the user's hands. > BTW, addIndexes(IndexReader...) does not use neither the MergeScheduler > nor MergePolicy, but rather call SegmentMerger directly. This might be > another place for improvement. I'll look into it, and if it's not too > complicated, I may cover it by this issue as well. If you have any hints > that can give me a good head start on that, please don't be shy :). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org