This line is throwing a null pointer exception for the index I created as I mentioned in my previous emails.
searcher = new IndexSearcher(IndexReader.open(indexPath) ); Any ideas? I made sure the indexPath is a valid path. thanks, lucenenator On 3/7/06, Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 7, 2006, at 10:41 AM, Apache Lucene wrote: > > > Is it advisable to use compound file format? or should I revert it > > back to > > simple file format? How do I revert it back? > > There is a setter on IndexWriter to set it back if you like. The > compound format avoids the issues that cropped up a lot in the past > with greatly segmented indexes eating up all available file handles. > > How you set it really depends. Try both and see. > > > lucenenator > > haha! > > Erik > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >