On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 07:15:11PM -0800, Andi Vajda wrote:
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> On Wed, 19 Jan 2011, Eric Hall wrote:
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> >On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:05:28AM -0800, Andi Vajda wrote:
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> >>On Wed, 19 Jan 2011, Eric Hall wrote:
> >>
> >
> > Tha HashMap()... method works fine for storing the metadata, and luke
> >shows that its there. Of course getting the metadata back for later
> >comparison/display is also useful, and seemed like it would be
> >straightforward.... Naturally its not working using:
> >
> > indexMetaDataHashMap = reader.getCommitUserData()
> >
> > I get an empty hashmap back from the above. I also tried using:
Whups, I was wrong, I don't get a HashMap type back, I get
a 'Map' type back (still empty). I don't know if that makes a difference
or not....
> >
> > indexCommit = reader.getIndexCommit
> > indexMetaDataHashMap = indexCommit.getUserData()
> >
> >with the same result (empty hashmap). Is there a different way to do this?
> >
>
> If you're getting a HashMap back then the PyLucene side of things is
> working. If it's empty it could mean that you're doing something wrong
> Lucene-wise or that you found a bug there. Could it be that you opened the
> IndexReader before the IndexWriter got committed ? If so, reopen() it after
> commit or move the opening code. If not, you may want to ask about this on
> the Lucene user list at java-u...@lucene.apache.org.
>
I definitely open the reader after the writer is committed and closed,
they're separate scripts.
-eric
