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Doron Cohen commented on LUCENE-997: ------------------------------------ {quote} TimerThread provides a pseudo-clock service to all searching threads, so that they can count elapsed time with less overhead than repeatedly calling System.currentTimeMillis. A single thread should be created to be used for all searches. {quote} Is this really faster than calling System.currentTimeMillis()? I quick searched but found no references supporting this. This one says the opposite: http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/28685 Because if this is not the case, you could do without the TimerThread? > Add search timeout support to Lucene > ------------------------------------ > > Key: LUCENE-997 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-997 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: Sean Timm > Priority: Minor > Attachments: LuceneTimeoutTest.java, timeout.patch, timeout.patch > > > This patch is based on Nutch-308. > This patch adds support for a maximum search time limit. After this time is > exceeded, the search thread is stopped, partial results (if any) are returned > and the total number of results is estimated. > This patch tries to minimize the overhead related to time-keeping by using a > version of safe unsynchronized timer. > This was also discussed in an e-mail thread. > http://www.nabble.com/search-timeout-tf3410206.html#a9501029 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]