This may seem like a naïve question - since the garbage collection is not enforcable, is it possible to send a flag to the IndexReader to give this up once the reader is no longer needed?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yonik Seeley Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:06 AM To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: MultiSearcher holds on to index - optimization not one segment On 6/19/07, Beard, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem I'm having is once the MultiSearcher is open, it holds on to > the index file An IndexReader holds open the files... this is a feature. Not holding the file open would mean that the index would actively change while being searched. Lucene is designed to search on a static index (but one that can be updated in the background with no impact to the current open readers). -Yonik --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
