multireader vs multisearcher

2007-12-01 Thread John Wang
Hi: What is the difference between using: 1) MultiReader reader=; // create multi reader from different indexes IndexSearcher searcher=new IndexSearcher(reader); searcher.search(); vs. 2) IndexSearcher searcher1=... IndexSearcher searcher 2=.. MultiSearcher searcher=new

Re: multireader vs multisearcher

2007-12-02 Thread Doron Cohen
MultiReader is more efficient and is preferred when possible. MultiSearcher allows further functionality. Every time an index has more than a single segment (which is. to say almost every index except for after calling optimize()), Opening an IndexReader (or an IndexSearcher) above that index), is