+1!
Daniel's suggestion for dealing with inevitable complaints and
pushbacks sounds like a reasonable template answer to use. :)
Otis
--- Doug Cutting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sigh. This stuff would get a lot simpler if we were able to use Java
>
> 1.4's FileLock. Then locks would be automatically cleared by the OS
> if
> the JVM crashes.
>
> Should we upgrade the JVM requirements to 1.4 for Lucene's 1.9/2.0
> releases and update the locking code?
>
> Doug
>
> Luke Shannon wrote:
> > Here is how I handle it.
> >
> > The Indexer is a Runnable. All the members it uses are static. The
> run()
> > method calls a syncronized method called go(). This kicks off the
> indexing.
> >
> > Before you even get to here, the method in the CMS code that
> created the
> > thread object and instaniated the index is also sychronized.
> >
> > Here is the code that handles the potential lock file that may be
> left
> > behind from a Reader or Writer.
> >
> > Note: I found I had to check if the index existed before checking
> if it was
> > locked. If I checked if it was locked and the index had not been
> created yet
> > I got an error.
> >
> > //if we have gotten to hear that this is the only index running.
> > //the index should not be locked. if it is the lock is "stale"
> > //and must be released before we can continue
> > try {
> > if (index.exists() && IndexReader.isLocked(indexFileLocation)) {
> > Trace.ERROR("INDEX INFO: Had to clear a stale index lock");
> > IndexReader.unlock(FSDirectory.getDirectory(index, false));
> > }
> > } catch (IOException e3) {
> > Trace.ERROR("INDEX ERROR: IMPORTANT. Was unable to clear a stale
> index lock:
> > " + e3);
> > }
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Luke
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Veentjer - Anchor Men" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Lucene Users List" <lucene-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:24 AM
> > Subject: RE: what if the IndexReader crashes, after delete, before
> close.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: Luke Shannon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Verzonden: maandag 10 januari 2005 15:46
> > Aan: Lucene Users List
> > Onderwerp: Re: what if the IndexReader crashes, after delete,
> before
> > close.
> >
> >
> >
> >>>One thing that will happen is the lock file
> >>>will get left behind. This means when you start
> >>>back up and try to create another Reader you will
> >>>get a file lock error.
> >
> >
> > I have figured out that part the hard way ;) Why can`t I access my
> index
> > anymore?? Ahh.. The lock file
> >
> >
> >>>Our system is threaded and synchronized.
> >>>Thus when a Reader is being created I know
> >>>it is the only one (the Writer comes after
> >>>the reader has been closed). Before creating
> >>>it I check if the Index is locked. If it is,
> >>>I forcefully clear it. This prevents the above
> >>>problem from happening.
> >
> >
> > You can have more than 1 reader open at anytime. Even while a
> delete or
> > add is in progress. But you can`t use a reader where documents are
> > deleted (IndexReader) and added(IndexWriter) at the same time. If
> you
> > don`t have other threads doing delete/add you won`t have to
> synchronize
> > anything.
> >
> > And how do you synchronize on it? I have applied the ReadWriteLock
> From
> > Doug Lea`s concurrency library after I have build my own
> > synchronization brick and somebody pointed out that I was
> implementing
> > the ReadWriteLock. But at the moment I don`t do any
> synchronization.
> >
> > And I want to have a component that is executed if the system is
> started
> > and knows that to do if there is rubbish in the index directory. I
> want
> > that component to restore my index to a usable version (and even
> small
> > loss of information is acceptable because everything is checked
> once and
> > a while. And user-added-information is going to be stored in the
> > database. So nothing gets lost. The index can be rebuild..
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Luke
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Peter Veentjer - Anchor Men" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <lucene-user@jakarta.apache.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 4:08 AM
> > Subject: what if the IndexReader crashes, after delete, before
> close.
> >
> >
> > What happens to the Index if the IndexReader crashes, after I have
> > deleted
> > documents, and before I have called close. Are the deletes ignored?
> Is
> > the
> > Index screwed up? Is the filesystem screwed up (if a document is
> deleted
> > new
> > delete-files appear) so are the delete-files still there (and can
> these
> > be
> > ignored the next time?). Can I restore the index to the previous
> state,
> > just
> > by removing those delete-files?
> >
> >
> >
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