I cant answer you that. But even if it is feasible, maybe the answer is that noone really needed it.
2012/10/22 Shaya Potter <[email protected]> > I can understand that (i.e. why in place wont work), but the Q would be, > why one can't read in a document, add() or removeField() that document and > then updateDocument() that document. > > > On 10/22/2012 03:43 PM, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis wrote: > >> I am not that familiar with Lucene, so my answer may be a bit off. >> >> Search on the internet about log structured storage. There you will find >> why rewriting an entry is better than updating an existing entry. >> >> Leveldb/cassandra/bigTable use it. maybe search these terms as well. >> >> 2012/10/22 Shaya Potter <[email protected]> >> >> so there are lots of Qs that are asked about wanting to modify a lucene >>> document (i.e. remove fields, add fields....) but are told that one needs >>> to reindex. >>> >>> No one ever answers the technical Q of why this is, and I'm interested in >>> that. presumambly because documents aren't stored as documents or even >>> in >>> any form that could be reassembled into a document, but I'm interested in >>> what the actual answer is. >>> >>> thanks. >>> >>> ------------------------------****----------------------------** >>> --**--------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscribe@lucene.****apache.org< >>> java-user-**[email protected]<[email protected]> >>> > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected].****org< >>> java-user-help@lucene.**apache.org <[email protected]>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > java-user-unsubscribe@lucene.**apache.org<[email protected]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > [email protected].**org<[email protected]> > > -- Sincerely yours, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis
