See the javadocs for IndexReader.getFieldNames(IndexReader.FieldOption fldOption). Also see the javadocs for your "Why isn't this correct?" question.
Reading Lucene In Action is highly recommended for all people new to lucene. -- Ian. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Pranav goyal <pranavgoyal40...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to retrieve all the field names from my index so that I can store > them in an array to use in MutiFieldQueryParser. > One question can I do it using my index directory? If yes then a piece of > code would be really helpful as I searched out a lot but no documentation is > there on this thing. > > Why I want to do it using index directory is because my indexing code and > searching codes are in a different file. So it would be better if I can > access field names using the directory. > > I tried with > > IndexReader ir = new IndexReader(FSDirectory.open(indexDir)); > > Why isn't this correct? > > I am a newbie in lucene, so may be these doubts can be silly. > > Thanks > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
