DataImportHandler has non-deterministic sort order for XML files
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Key: SOLR-2864
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-2864
Project: Solr
Issue Type: Bug
Components: contrib - DataImportHandler
Affects Versions: 3.4
Reporter: Gabriel Cooper
Priority: Minor
Fix For: 3.5
DataImportHandler's FileListEntityProcessor relies on Java's File.list() method
to retrieve a list of files from the configured dataimport directory, but
list() does not guarantee a sort order*. This means that if you have two files
that update the same record, the results are non-deterministic. Typically,
list() does in fact return them lexigraphically sorted, but this is not
guaranteed**.
An example of how you can get into trouble is to imagine the following:
xyz.xml -- Created one hour ago. Contains updates to records "Foo" and "Bar".
abc.xml -- Created one minute ago. Contains updates to records "Bar" and "Baz".
In this case, the newest file, in abc.xml, would (likely, but not guaranteed)
be run first, updating the "Bar" and "Baz" records. Next, the older file,
xyz.xml, would update "Foo" and overwrite "Bar" with outdated changes.
* Per
http://download.oracle.com/javase/1,5,0/docs/api/java/io/File.html#list%28%29
"There is no guarantee that the name strings in the resulting array will appear
in any specific order; they are not, in particular, guaranteed to appear in
alphabetical order."
** Even if it was guaranteed, lexigraphical sorting would give you the
following sort order:
1.xml
10.xml
2.xml
...
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