Handling failure when adding docs to Solr using SolrJ

[Steven White]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to figure out when and how I should handle failures that may
occur during indexing.  In the sample code below, look at my comment and
let me know what state my index is in when things fail:

   SolrClient solrClient = new HttpSolrClient.Builder(url).build();

   solrClient.add(solrDocs);

   // #1: What to do if add() fails?  And how do I know if all or some of
my docs in 'solrDocs' made it to the index or not ('solrDocs' is a list of
1 or more doc), should I retry add() again?  Retry with a smaller chunk?
Etc.

   if (doCommit == true)
   {
      solrClient.commit();

       // #2: What to do if commit() fails?  Re-issue commit() again?
   }

Thanks

Steven