Yes, this is the exact error that I've addressed in the patch I'm about to check in for SegmentTermEnum.
Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: Anders Nielsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 9:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Null pointer error when searching with DateFilter > > > Hello all, > > I am trying to search using a DateFilter so I get a resultset > that lies > between two dates. Without the DateFilter the search works > perfectly, but > when I use the DateFilter I get the following error > > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentTermEnum.clone(SegmentTermEnum.java:91) > at > org.apache.lucene.index.TermInfosReader.terms(TermInfosReader. > java:218) > at > org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentReader.terms(SegmentReader.java:183) > at > org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentsTermEnum.<init>(SegmentsReader > .java:182) > at > org.apache.lucene.index.SegmentsReader.terms(SegmentsReader.java:144) > at > org.apache.lucene.search.DateFilter.bits(DateFilter.java:131) > at > org.apache.lucene.search.IndexSearcher.search(IndexSearcher.java:109) > at org.apache.lucene.search.Hits.getMoreDocs(Hits.java:91) > at org.apache.lucene.search.Hits.<init>(Hits.java:81) > at org.apache.lucene.search.Searcher.search(Searcher.java:75) > > and I was just wondering if anyone who have have had or > overcome similar > problems, could give me the benefit of their experiences? > > > When I create the Documents in the index I use the following > code to create > the date-field > > doc.add(Field.Keyword("timestamp", > DateField.dateToString(date))); > > where date is an object of type Date, > > > and the DateFilter is created like this: > > DateFilter dateFilter = DateFilter.After("timestamp", > from.getTime()); > > where from is an object of type Calendar, > > > and I make the search by calling search(Query, Filter) on an > IndexSearcher > object: > > return _indexSearcher.search(query, searchFilter); > > where query is an object of type Query, and searchFilter is of type > DateFilter. > > > > Venlig hilsen > > Anders Nielsen > Adm. direktør > > _____________ > > Visator ApS > Kroghsgade 1 > 2100 Kbh. Ø > Tlf: 35 55 47 02 > Mobil: 26 71 36 63 > _____________ > > >