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Michael McCandless commented on LUCENE-1705:
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bq. provided it doesn't cause performance of the operation to degrade to a
delete by query with a *:*
The delete actually would not be with a *:* query; instead, we simple remove
all referenced segments from the segments_N file. So, it would be
exceptionally fast.
Do you wanna cons up a patch? It should be a refactoring of what's now done
inside IndexWriter's init method...
> Add deleteAllDocuments() method to IndexWriter
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> Key: LUCENE-1705
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1705
> Project: Lucene - Java
> Issue Type: Wish
> Components: Index
> Affects Versions: 2.4
> Reporter: Tim Smith
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> Ideally, there would be a deleteAllDocuments() or clear() method on the
> IndexWriter
> This method should have the same performance and characteristics as:
> * currentWriter.close()
> * currentWriter = new IndexWriter(..., create=true,...)
> This would greatly optimize a delete all documents case. Using
> deleteDocuments(new MatchAllDocsQuery()) could be expensive given a large
> existing index.
> IndexWriter.deleteAllDocuments() should have the same semantics as a
> commit(), as far as index visibility goes (new IndexReader opening would get
> the empty index)
> I see this was previously asked for in LUCENE-932, however it would be nice
> to finally see this added such that the IndexWriter would not need to be
> closed to perform the "clear" as this seems to be the general recommendation
> for working with an IndexWriter now
> deleteAllDocuments() method should:
> * abort any background merges (they are pointless once a deleteAll has been
> received)
> * write new segments file referencing no segments
> This method would remove one of the final reasons i would ever need to close
> an IndexWriter and reopen a new one
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