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Mark Miller commented on LUCENE-1877: ------------------------------------- My initial thought was also that it didn't really belong in IndexWriter - but I sold myself on the fact that IndexWriter talks about locking and offers the force unlock method - so it seems fine to me to mention how to use the optimal locking factory (and generally avoid using the force unlock at all - as an aside I just saw a guy trying to use that the other day as regular code so that they could use two IndexWriters with just commit rather than close - ugg). I'm not sold either way though - I'd go with whatever. My preference would really be to make it the default. > Improve IndexWriter javadoc on locking > -------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-1877 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1877 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Javadocs > Reporter: Mark Miller > Priority: Trivial > Fix For: 2.9 > > > A user requested we add a note in IndexWriter alerting the availability of > NativeFSLockFactory (allowing you to avoid retaining locks on abnormal jvm > exit). Seems reasonable to me - we want users to be able to easily stumble > upon this class. The below code looks like a good spot to add a note - could > also improve whats there a bit - opening an IndexWriter does not necessarily > create a lock file - that would depend on the LockFactory used. > {code} <p>Opening an <code>IndexWriter</code> creates a lock file for the > directory in use. Trying to open > another <code>IndexWriter</code> on the same directory will lead to a > {...@link LockObtainFailedException}. The {...@link > LockObtainFailedException} > is also thrown if an IndexReader on the same directory is used to delete > documents > from the index.</p>{code} > Anyone remember why NativeFSLockFactory is not the default over > SimpleFSLockFactory? -- 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: java-dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-dev-h...@lucene.apache.org