Sure, that'd work. It would also work to just continue to use f.getPath() whenever you need it.
FWIW Erick On Nov 12, 2007 1:43 PM, KR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Erick Erickson wrote: > > > > Sure, just define it in the same scope as you want to refer to it. > > Of course, that tells you nothing <G>... > > > > Java variables go out of scope when the last '}' *at the same level* > > is passed. For intance: > > > > { > > string s1; > > { > > string s2; > > } // s2 is out of scope after this line. > > // s1 is still available > > } > > //s1 no longer available. > > > > So just define your category string "at the appropriate place" outside > the > > if statement and it will be available *after* the if. You may need to > move > > it outside the enclosing braces. Or outside the enclosing braces > > outside the enclosing braces (as many levels as your braces are > > nested that you want to refer to that variable). > > > > > > > Thanks, I understand that better now... (I hope). > > It looks like the best way to do this would be to extract the filename > from > the path just after the code snippet below: > > > public static Document Document(File f) > throws IOException, InterruptedException { > // make a new, empty document > Document doc = new Document(); > > // Add the url as a field named "path". Use a field that is > // indexed (i.e. searchable), but don't tokenize the field into words. > doc.add(new Field("path", f.getPath().replace(dirSep, '/'), > Field.Store.YES, > Field.Index.UN_TOKENIZED)); > > > This way the filename is available for all the subsequent if {} blocks. > > Keith. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Create-and-populate-a-field-when-indexing-tf4713018.html#a13711541 > Sent from the Lucene - Java Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >