I just create a new IndexSearcher, leave the old IndexSearcher alone, and JVM's garbage collection cleans it up.
Otis --- "Crump, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > > > I am currently working on a server app that will require the ability > to > make index additions/deletions at any time. I want to cache/reuse > index > searchers and readers. I know that once an index has changed only > newly > opened readers will see the changes. Creating a new reader to see > the > changes and caching it will be no problem. My problem is that since > this is a multithreaded app other threads may be using the old > readers > making it difficult to know when to close them. I assume that a > reader > must be closed to free the associated resources. I was thinking > about > using some kind of reference counted reader that would keep track of > its > references and only truly close when there were no references. > > > > Am I making this too difficult? > > > > Is there a better way? > > > > I assume others have had to do this using Lucene, do you have any > recommendations? > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]