[jira] Commented: (LUCENE-460) hashCode improvements

2005-12-23 Thread Yonik Seeley (JIRA)
[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-460?page=comments#action_12361200 ] Yonik Seeley commented on LUCENE-460: - Some people have asked where some of the magic constants come from in the hashCodes: > python -c "import random;print hex(random.ge

Re: LUCENE-460

2005-12-23 Thread Yonik Seeley
Here is my previous reply to Otis: > python -c "import random;print hex(random.getrandbits(32))[:-1]" > Just a way of making some things unique let me know if you have a > better idea on that. So those constants are just random numbers. I thought about trying to pick magic numbers to maximiz

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-23 Thread mark harwood
I suspect it's a little too ambitious to provide a unifying common abstraction which wraps event based *and* "pull" parser approaches. I'm personally happier to stick with one approach, preferably with an existing, standardized interface which lets me switch implementations. I didn't really want

RE: Why is Document final?

2005-12-23 Thread Aruna Rawat
Hi Can u plz tell me if i have to ask any doubt so where should i mail. Regards, Aruna Rawat (Software Engineer) Patni Computer Systems, Millennium Business Park, Mahape, Navi Mumbai 400 710 Phone: 022-27783600, Ext: 1708 -Original Message- From: Steven Pannell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

LUCENE-460

2005-12-23 Thread Pasha Bizhan
Hi, Question about latest cvs changes and hashcodes. http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-460 Could anybody explain the magic numbers? 0x6634D93C,0x2742E74A and other. Any special meaning? Is this documented anywhere? Pasha --

RE: Why is Document final?

2005-12-23 Thread Steven Pannell
Hi, Yes, I can see why in this implementation it will not work. However, what about using the XMLEncoder instead of Serializable? Using this method we have both platform and class object independence. That would solve it. Steve. -Original Message- From: Erik Hatcher [mailto:[EMAIL PR

Re: Why is Document final?

2005-12-23 Thread Erik Hatcher
On Dec 23, 2005, at 5:00 AM, Steven Pannell wrote: Can someone please tell my why the Document class has no interface and is final? Primarily because Lucene controls the construction of Document instances returned from Hits. I want to create some documents that have some standard fields

Why is Document final?

2005-12-23 Thread Steven Pannell
Hi, Can someone please tell my why the Document class has no interface and is final? I want to create some documents that have some standard fields (eg: creation date), and I don't want to keep repeating my code. This way I ensure some standard conventions in all my documents. What's the reason

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-23 Thread Chris Hostetter
: > I think that the ideal API wouldn't require people : > writing ObjectBuilders : > to know anything about sax, or to ever need to : > import anything from : > org.xml.** or javax.xml.** : : Fair enough. I presume we want to maintain the : position that Lucene should not have any dependencies : o