Hi Chalitha, You can simply use indexWriter.updateDocument to update the existing index documents
On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 11:38 AM, chalitha udara Perera < chalithaud...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a requirement for updating lucene index (add single field for > existing docs and modify value of another field). These documents contain > many other fields that do not need any modifications. But as I understand > luence provides delete/add mechanism for even single field value updates. I > would really appreciate if someone can explain me why lucene use these > delete/add for updates as it feels like a real bottleneck. > > Is there any way to do single fields updates without using delete/add ? > > Thanks, > Chalitha > > -- > J.M Chalitha Udara Perera > > *Department of Computer Science and Engineering,* > *University of Moratuwa,* > *Sri Lanka* > -- Gimantha Bandara Software Engineer WSO2. Inc : http://wso2.com Mobile : +94714961919
