Sorry, this is how lucene works. I can not think of a case where a IndexSearcher is needed on an not-existing-index. Could that be a XY problem? (http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=542341)
"The XY problem is when you need to do X, and you think you can use Y to do X, so you ask about how to do Y, when what you really should do is state what your X problem is. There may be a Z solution that is even better than Y, but nobody can suggest it if X is never mentioned." DIGY. -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Wertheim [mailto:dan...@wertheim.se] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 12:27 AM To: lucene-net-dev@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Problems with IndexSearcher I get that a searcher needs an index to search, but why not let us create an instance of the searcher which doesn't blow up untill consumed? It takes an Directory as dependency, not a writer... The LuceneDirectory could be responsible for initializing the dir so that the searcher doesn't have a direct dependency on the writer. The dir should then notify dependent searcher(s), "hey, the indexed changed"... That way the searcher can be created and Or maybe return null as result of searches when no index exists. //Daniel 2010/7/5 Digy <digyd...@gmail.com> > No. To make a search, you have to have an index > and Indexes are created with IndexWriter. > (creating an empty index with IndexReader(or IndexSearcher) would be weird) > DIGY > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Wertheim [mailto:dan...@wertheim.se] > Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 10:03 PM > To: lucene-net-dev@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Problems with IndexSearcher > > Hi, > Why? Doesn't that create an unclear coupling from the Searcher to the > Writer? > > Does this mean that they should be seen as one "unit"? > > //Daniel > > 2010/7/5 Digy <digyd...@gmail.com> > > > No. You have to initialize it with an IndexWriter. > > DIGY > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Daniel Wertheim [mailto:dan...@wertheim.se] > > Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 7:59 PM > > To: lucene-net-dev@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: Fwd: Problems with IndexSearcher > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Daniel Wertheim <dan...@wertheim.se> > > Date: 2010/7/5 > > Subject: Problems with IndexSearcher > > To: lucene-net-u...@lucene.apache.org > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Isn't it possible to create an instance of an IndexSearcher for a > directory > > that is empty? Note, I don't consume it, just create it, still there's an > > exception thrown: > > > > "no segments* file found in Lucene.Net.Store.SimpleFSDirectory" > > > > If I create an writer first, everything works fine. > > > > //Daniel > > > > > >
