I'll leave those details to the experts who are up to speed <G>. On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Thomas J. Buhr <visual.lo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Erick, > > Thanks for the good news, my question was still lingering from months ago > when I initially looked at an older Lucene. > > Now I need a bit more specific info, since much in my architecture rests on > this ability to modify document fields dynamically. Where can I see how > IndexWriter.updateDocument works without getting into Lucene all over again > until this important issue is resolved? Is there a sample of its usage for > updating specific fields in a given document? Is the update immediate or > delayed? > > Thanks, Thom > > > > On 17-Dec-08, at 8:15 AM, Erick Erickson wrote: > > What version of Lucene are you using? The more recent ones have >> IndexWriter.updateDocument...... >> >> Best >> Erick >> >> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:20 AM, Thomas J. Buhr <visual.lo...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> Hello Lucene, >>> >>> Looking at the document object it seems like each time I want to edit its >>> contents I need to do the following: >>> >>> 1 - fetch the document >>> 2 - dump its contents into a temp container >>> 3 - update field values in the temp container >>> 4 - create a new document >>> 5 - transfer my updated field values back into the new document >>> 6 - add document back into the index >>> >>> This seems like a long process, is it really necessary? >>> >>> An index structure does seem ideal for storing and searching a large set >>> of >>> symbolic strings in my app. From here I need to render these string chars >>> as >>> visible nodes on screen, this can be done with the new JavaFX API . >>> >>> JavaFX has a unique binding system that would also be great to use. Using >>> binding I could setup two way (inverse) binding between the fields in a >>> document and the rendered screen nodes. This way when there is a value >>> change in the rendered node the document field values would auto update >>> and >>> also if there is a change in the document field value the node would auto >>> update. >>> >>> This update senario via binding would be ideal. How can it be done? >>> >>> Information about the JavaFX binding mechanism is available at this link: >>> >>> http://java.sun.com/javafx/1/tutorials/core/dataBinding >>> >>> >>> Hope this can work, >>> >>> Thom >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >>> >>> >>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > >
