I need a seed to ensure that my test, which uses a lot of randomization, generates the right randomized shapes. This particular seed just so happens to pick RAMDirectory as well, and that's how I first stumbled upon the problem; all the circumstances were just right. I'm not manually using "new RAMDirectory()", I'm letting it get chosen either by default or if I want something else then picking it via the system property -- "newDirectory()". I am aware of the complexities of debugging this by inadvertently altering what the random seed is at any given moment due to commenting out something in an attempt to deduce what the problem is. I don't think I fell victim to that trap because I've been watchful at the moment the assertion occurs, what the particular random indexed & queried shapes should be.
~ David Michael McCandless-2 wrote > Is it a particular seed that shows the failure with RAMDir? > > If so, I think most likely by specifying the directory to ant you are > effectively altering the random seed? > > If that's it, you can go into LuceneTestCase.java where it has this > directory logic and keep consuming the randomness but then hardwire > the directory impl you want? Be sure to put a // nocommit there too > ;) > > Mike McCandless > > http://blog.mikemccandless.com > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 2:09 PM, David Smiley (@MITRE.org) > < > DSMILEY@ > > wrote: >> I've been reworking a randomized test in Lucene spatial; it's pretty >> hard. >> One particular failing test is driving me crazy right now. I figured out >> that the problem would only occur if the RAMDirectory was chosen, and of >> course if I created just the right sequence of indexed shapes and query >> for >> the right shape, etc... so there's a lot of things that have to be just >> so >> for the test to fail. If the *only* thing I change is >> -Dtests.directory=RAMDirectory then it fails absolutely every time at the >> same spot, and if the directory is something else because I set it with >> the >> system property, then the test passes. Could this actually be a bug in >> my >> code? Any tips on how to debug this is highly appreciated. I can change >> the codec but that doesn't affect the problem. I was hoping to use >> SimpleText codec but I can't easily view the contents of the RAMDirectory >> :-) >> >> All of the code in question is local but if it would help I can post a >> patch >> some where. I haven't narrowed down the problem exactly so it requires >> setting the random seed. >> >> ~ David >> >> >> >> ----- >> Author: >> http://www.packtpub.com/apache-solr-3-enterprise-search-server/book >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Possible-problem-with-RAMDirectory-tips-please-tp4054241.html >> Sent from the Lucene - Java Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscribe@.apache >> For additional commands, e-mail: > dev-help@.apache >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscribe@.apache > For additional commands, e-mail: > dev-help@.apache ----- Author: http://www.packtpub.com/apache-solr-3-enterprise-search-server/book -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Possible-problem-with-RAMDirectory-tips-please-tp4054241p4054245.html Sent from the Lucene - Java Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org
