This requires tracking the genealogy of docids as they are merged inside IndexWriter. It's doable, so if you're particularly interested feel free to open a jira issue.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Shay Banon <kim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a case where deleting documents by doc id make sense (I know > before hand the docs I want to delete based on the doc id). I am wondering > why the API is not exposed in the IndexWriter (as it is in IndexReader). I > understand that this API is more "expert" than typical usage, but it allows > for certain optimization on my end (already performed the query for > deletion > and I have the doc ids, so I don't want to perform it again...). It looks > like the DocumentsWriter already has support for deleting by document id, > so > I was wondering if it is possible to expose it in IndexWriter. > > Thanks, > Shay > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Delete-by-docId-in-IndexWriter-tp24239930p24239930.html > Sent from the Lucene - Java Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >
