Think from another approach: You can check whether the index exists or
not by IndexReader.*indexExists
<../../../../org/apache/lucene/index/IndexReader.html#indexExists%28java.io.File%29>*(),
and then determine what you want to do with the IndexWriter constructor.
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jchang wrote:
I figured it out...but the answer leads to a new question.
The problem was that I was using this constructor:
IndexWriter(Directory d, Analyzer a, boolean create,
IndexWriter.MaxFieldLength mfl)
I passed in false for create, and if there is no index yet, it fails as I
described. As soon as I pass true for create, the problem goes away. I
guess that makes sense; if you pass false, it expects to find an index
there.
However, if I pass true, I'll overwrite my existing index (that's what the
javadocs say, and I've found it to be true, generally, although not
always...I can't explain the difference).
I don't want to overwrite my index every time I start up, but I don't want
to be able to start up with a new, clean index dir. What do I do?
jchang wrote:
When I try to start my service and construct an IndexWriter, I get this:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: no segments* file found in
org.apache.lucene.store.NIOFSDirectory@/home/jchang/IdeaProjects/index-service_trunk/target/testindexA/index/indexablemaildata:
files: [write.lock]
It is odd. The problem is not that it is complaining about a lock file.
There is none there. It seems to be complaining that there is NOT a lock
file. Why? The directory is brand new - nothing is it it at all - not
write.lock file is there.
