Doc IDs are NOT permanent. If you don't change your index at all (delete especially, but sometimes adding/optimizing can chage IDs) then you can re-use them. Otherwise not.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Shailendra Mudgal < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a small confusion regarding the document ids which we collect using > HitCollector.collect() method. Here is the description of the confusion : > > First i created a FieldCache of type <docID, <list of companyIDs>> using a > query which collects all the articles which are only a month old. I am > storing them into a map. > > So now my cache has same document id 's associated with their field value > ready in the memory. > > Now suppose for a search which has duration less then a month, i get a > list > of docIds using hit collector. Can i map these document ids to the map, > which i created earlier. And use those field values??? > > > Any help will be appreciated .... > > Regards, > Shailendra >
