Index: IndexReader.java
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RCS file: /home/cvspublic/jakarta-lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexReader.java,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 IndexReader.java
--- IndexReader.java	21 Jan 2002 17:07:23 -0000	1.6
+++ IndexReader.java	8 Feb 2002 18:40:03 -0000
@@ -269,7 +269,28 @@
    */
     abstract public void close() throws IOException;
 
-  /**
+ /**
+   * Returns <code>true</code> iff the index in the named directory is
+   * currently locked.
+   * @param String the directory to check for a lock
+   * @throws IOException if there is a problem with accessing the index
+   */
+   public static boolean isLocked(String directory) throws IOException {
+    return (new File(directory, "write.lock")).exists();
+  }
+  
+ /**
+   * Returns <code>true</code> iff the index in the named directory is
+   * currently locked.
+   * @param File the directory to check for a lock
+   * @throws IOException if there is a problem with accessing the index
+   */  
+  public static boolean isLocked(File directory) throws IOException {
+    return (new File(directory, "write.lock")).exists();
+  }
+
+
+ /**
    * Returns <code>true</code> iff the index in the named directory is
    * currently locked.
    * @param directory the directory to check for a lock

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