Ganesh is right you should check once you webapp is starting up if you
keep the writer open as long as you app is up and running. I just
mentioned it to make you aware of it and prevent some surprises if the
app crashes.
simon
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Ganesh<emailg...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> No. You should not do this for every document you add or update.
>
> First time, When you open your writer, if the directory is locked, it will
> throw LockObtainFailedException, In this case, Unlock it and Open the writer
> again.
>
> Regards
> Ganesh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Amin Mohammed-Coleman" <ami...@gmail.com>
> To: <java-user@lucene.apache.org>; <simon.willna...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: IndexWriter
>
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Thanks for your response. I guess when I add or update using the
>> indexwriter I need to do the following:
>>
>> }finally {
>> if (IndexReader.isLocked(directory)) {
>> IndexReader.unlock(directory);
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Amin
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Simon Willnauer <
>> simon.willna...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You might want to take care of the write.lock file in the index
>>> directory if your application breaks down. If you do not close the
>>> writer and restart you app you might get an LockObtainFailedException.
>>>
>>> simon
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Ganesh<emailg...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>>> > Yes. Single IndexWriter could be maintained in a App and it could be
>>> closed when the App is shutdown.
>>> >
>>> > Regards
>>> > Ganesh
>>> >
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > From: "Amin Mohammed-Coleman" <ami...@gmail.com>
>>> > To: <java-user@lucene.apache.org>
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:27 PM
>>> > Subject: IndexWriter
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> Hi
>>> >>
>>> >> This question has probably been asked before so apologies for asking it
>>> >> again. Just to confirm that it is ok to use a single index writer in a
>>> web
>>> >> application and only close that single instance on application shutdown?
>>> As
>>> >> the indexwriter is thread safe there is no need for any external
>>> >> synchronisation. Am I correct in thinking this?
>>> >>
>>> >> I have configured via spring a single index writer which is used in the
>>> >> application and I use the same one for adding and updating documents.
>>> This
>>> >> index writer is closed when the spring application context shutsdown.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers
>>> >> Amin
>>> >>
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