Hi Mike,thanks for the reply... 1.Here is the class that I use for indexing.. package edu.ntu.ce.maureen.index; import org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter; import org.apache.lucene.analysis.Analyzer; import org.apache.lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer; import org.apache.lucene.document.Document; import org.apache.lucene.document.Field; import edu.ntu.ce.maureen.search.MySimilarity; import java.lang.String; public class DocumentIndexer { public IndexWriter writer; public Analyzer analyzer; public Document doc; public String indexDir; public Document getDoc(){ return doc; } public DocumentIndexer(int index,String f) { indexDir = "C:/sweetpea/dual_index/DI"; analyzer = new StandardAnalyzer(); try{ writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, analyzer,index ==0);//true if index ==0,or the first document is indexed...which means it creates new lucene indexfile,and false for the next documents (append to existing indexfile) writer.setSimilarity(new MySimilarity()); doc = new Document(); doc.add(new Field("filename",f,Field.Store.YES,Field.Index.TOKENIZED,Field.TermVector.YES)); }catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e.toString()); } } public void setIndex(XMLData current,String f){ try{ doc.add(new Field(current.tag,current.value,Field.Store.YES,Field.Index.TOKENIZED,Field.TermVector.YES)); }catch(Exception e){} } public Document closeIndex(){ try{ writer.addDocument(doc); writer.close(); //System.out.println("index closed.."); } catch(Exception e){ } return doc; } }
2.The class above(DocumentIndexer.java) is called by the main ,here is the part of the code: File[] listfiles = dir.listFiles(); for (int i = 0;i< listfiles.length ;i++) { if (listfiles[i].isDirectory()) { FileTraverse(listfiles[i], myMap2,counter); continue; } if (!listfiles[i].toString().endsWith(".xml")) continue; String filename = listfiles[i].getAbsolutePath(); DocumentIndexer luceneIndex = new DocumentIndexer(counter,filename);//this counter is initially set to 0 so that for the first file indexed,it creates new index (the IndexWriter flag set to true and false otherwise) and later it is incremented. System.out.println("Indexing "+luceneIndex.getDoc().get("filename")); indexing(luceneIndex,filename,myMap2);//this method will basically call setIndex(XMLData current,String f) of the DocumentIndexer class AssignTagNormFactor("article/",1.0,myMap2,luceneIndex.getDoc()); counter++;//a file has succesfully indexed,increment the counter luceneIndex.closeIndex();// ==>I close the index already,so it should have released the lock.... } 3.I have deleted the directory where the indexfile exist and try to index from the beginning...I dunno wheter 7 hrs later it will raise the same problem"Lock obtain timed out" 4.I use the latest version of Lucene (nightly build) Thanks and Regards, Maureen Michael McCandless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: maureen tanuwidjaja wrote: > I am indexing thousands of XML document,then it stops after indexing for > about 7 hrs > > ... > Indexing C:\sweetpea\wikipedia_xmlfiles\part-0\37027.xml > java.io.IOException: Lock obtain timed out: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]:\sweetpea\dual_index\DI\write.lock > java.lang.NullPointerException > > Can anyone suggest how to overcome this lock time out error? Which version of Lucene are you using? (Looks like it may be a recent trunk nightly build since the write.lock is stored in the index directory?). This often happens if the JVM exited un-gracefully previously and left the "write.lock" in the filesystem. If that's what's hitting you then you can just remove that file and restart your indexing process. You also might want to try switching to the NativeFSLockFactory (if you are using trunk) locking implementation. Because it uses native (OS level) locking, the locks are always freed by the OS when the JVM exits. Also make sure you're not accidentally trying to create two writers in the same index. There can be only one. If that's not what's happening here, can you provide more details about how you are using Lucene? Is there only one IndexWriter, that you periodically close / reopen? The IndexWriter only acquires this lock when it's first instantiated. Also: where is the java.lang.NullPointerException coming from? Can you provide a traceback? Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut.