Multiple threads are free to interact with Directory. But it will be only one thread at a time interacting with a single instance of IndexInput and IndexOutput.
Mike McCandless http://blog.mikemccandless.com On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Dhruv <dhru...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to implement an in-memory version of the Directory, IndexInput > and IndexOutput classes, similar to RAMDirectory. > > Can someone please point out if there are any concurrency and thread safety > requirements from these classes? Do the users of these classes implement > client side locking or use thread confinement? Are there any other OS level > file system guarantees which the Lucene's Directory implementations make > use of and which I should ensure from my in-memory implementation? > > I am using Lucene 3.0.3 and I have looked at RAMDirectory's and > RAMIndexInputStream and RAMIndexOutputStream code but it does not > explicitly mention any concurrency requirements. > > Any help in this regard will be appreciated. > > Thank you, > -Dhruv --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
