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Shai Erera commented on LUCENE-2455:
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Ok. But since addIndexes(IR) is for IR extensions only, I think the number of
people tha will be limited by it is very low.
But, why wouldn't they be able to use the Directory... version of the method?
Since it's a bulk copy, we don't need IR methods. Maybe just call dir.copyTo or
something of that sort? The method will only be asked to copy files (in case
they exist elsewhere). I was thinking of introducing just a Directoy version of
such method.
Basically, if you use NoMP and call addIndexesNoOptimize today, you get half of
what I want, as only resolveExternals will be called. What I want is for the
resolveExternals to be even faster, plain and shallow "resolution".
> Some house cleaning in addIndexes*
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> Key: LUCENE-2455
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2455
> Project: Lucene - Java
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Index
> Reporter: Shai Erera
> Assignee: Shai Erera
> Priority: Trivial
> Fix For: 3.1, 4.0
>
>
> Today, the use of addIndexes and addIndexesNoOptimize is confusing -
> especially on when to invoke each. Also, addIndexes calls optimize() in
> the beginning, but only on the target index. It also includes the
> following jdoc statement, which from how I understand the code, is
> wrong: _After this completes, the index is optimized._ -- optimize() is
> called in the beginning and not in the end.
> On the other hand, addIndexesNoOptimize does not call optimize(), and
> relies on the MergeScheduler and MergePolicy to handle the merges.
> After a short discussion about that on the list (Thanks Mike for the
> clarifications!) I understand that there are really two core differences
> between the two:
> * addIndexes supports IndexReader extensions
> * addIndexesNoOptimize performs better
> This issue proposes the following:
> # Clear up the documentation of each, spelling out the pros/cons of
> calling them clearly in the javadocs.
> # Rename addIndexesNoOptimize to addIndexes
> # Remove optimize() call from addIndexes(IndexReader...)
> # Document that clearly in both, w/ a recommendation to call optimize()
> before on any of the Directories/Indexes if it's a concern.
> That way, we maintain all the flexibility in the API -
> addIndexes(IndexReader...) allows for using IR extensions,
> addIndexes(Directory...) is considered more efficient, by allowing the
> merges to happen concurrently (depending on MS) and also factors in the
> MP. So unless you have an IR extension, addDirectories is really the one
> you should be using. And you have the freedom to call optimize() before
> each if you care about it, or don't if you don't care. Either way,
> incurring the cost of optimize() is entirely in the user's hands.
> BTW, addIndexes(IndexReader...) does not use neither the MergeScheduler
> nor MergePolicy, but rather call SegmentMerger directly. This might be
> another place for improvement. I'll look into it, and if it's not too
> complicated, I may cover it by this issue as well. If you have any hints
> that can give me a good head start on that, please don't be shy :).
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