thanks - I've checked in a fix for this. it will still throw an exception if the type of sort field is not explicitly given.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Pipitone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 12:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RuntimeException on sorted search over an empty index > > > Hi folks, > > This might be more apt for the User list, but here goes. > > I've been trying out the new sorting capabilities from the latest CVS > build. I'm really impressed with the performance (over a > single index > and multiple indices) and how easy it is to use. > > But, I find when I do a sorted search over an emtpy index I get the > following sort of RuntimeException: > > java.lang.RuntimeException: no terms in field id > at > org.apache.lucene.search.IntegerSortedHitQueue$1.generateSortI > ndex(IntegerSortedHitQueue.java:91) > at > org.apache.lucene.search.IntegerSortedHitQueue$1.<init>(Intege rSortedHitQueue.java:80) > at > org.apache.lucene.search.IntegerSortedHitQueue.comparator(Inte gerSortedHitQueue.java:77) > at > org.apache.lucene.search.FieldSortedHitQueue.getCachedComparat > or(FieldSortedHitQueue.java:127) > at > org.apache.lucene.search.MultiFieldSortedHitQueue.<init>(Multi FieldSortedHitQueue.java:54) > at > org.apache.lucene.search.IndexSearcher.search(IndexSearcher.java:171) > at org.apache.lucene.search.Hits.getMoreDocs(Hits.java:102) > at org.apache.lucene.search.Hits.<init>(Hits.java:89) > at org.apache.lucene.search.Searcher.search(Searcher.java:79) > > > I get this when I use an integer sort field like so: > > Sort sort = new Sort(new SortField("id", SortField.INT)); > Directory dir = new RAMDirectory(); > (new IndexWriter(dir, new StandardAnalyzer(), true)).close(); > IndexSearcher searcher = new IndexSearcher(dir); > Hits hits = searcher.search(query, sort); > > I can't see why an exception should be being thrown here, since there > are no records to return, and the type of sort field is explicitly > integer (so there's no need to discover the type by inspecting an > existing term). I would expect to get back an empty Hits, as > I would if > I hadn't provided the sort. > > Thanks, > jp --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
