I figured it out. an errant open IndexWriter.
--- "Nguyen, Tri (NIH/NLM/LHC)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did you close your writer if an Exception occured?
>
> I had a similiar problem, but it was fixed when i
> close the writer in the
> finally block.
>
> Below is my original code (which generate
> Mjava.io.Exception: Lock obtain
> timed out when an Exception is thrown)
>
> public static void index(File indexDir, List cList,
> boolean ow)
> throws Exception{
> IndexWriter writer = null;
> try{
> writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, new
> MyAnalyzer(), overwrite);
> // index documents
> }
> catch(Exception e){
> writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, new
> MyAnalyzer(), true);
> try{
> // index documents
> }
> catch(Exception ee){
> throw ee;
> }
> }
> writer.close(); // never reaches this statement
> if the catch block is
> called.
> }
>
>
> // revised code to force a close on the IndexWriter
> public static void index(File indexDir, List cList,
> boolean ow)
> throws Exception{
> IndexWriter writer = null;
> try{
> writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, new
> MyAnalyzer(), overwrite);
> // index documents
> writer.close();
> }
> catch(Exception e){
> writer = new IndexWriter(indexDir, new
> MyAnalyzer(), true);
> try{
> // index documents
> }
> catch(Exception ee){
> throw ee;
> }
> finally{
> writer.close();
> }
> }
> }
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> From: Gabe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 1:53 PM
> To: Lucene Users List
> Subject: Re: java.io.IOException: Lock obtain timed
> out
>
>
> Otis,
>
> I only put the unlock call in because I had the
> error
> in the first place. Removing it, the IOException
> still
> occurs, when trying to instantiate the IndexWriter.
>
> Thanks,
> Gabe
>
> --- Otis Gospodnetic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > There is no need for that .unlock call, just
> > .close()
> >
> > Otis
> >
> > --- Gabe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am using Lucene 1.3 final and am having an
> error
> > > that I can't seem to shake. Basically, I am
> > updating a
> > > Document in the index incrementally by calling
> an
> > > IndexReader to remove the document. This works.
> > Then,
> > > I close the IndexReader with the following code:
> > >
> > > reader.unlock(reader.directory());
> > > reader.close();
> > >
> > > I put the first of the two lines in to try to
> > force
> > > the lock to disable. According to the logging,
> > this
> > > code is being called and the IndexReader is
> being
> > > closed.
> > >
> > > However, then I open a writer to add the
> document,
> > I
> > > get the following.
> > >
> > > java.io.IOException: Lock obtain timed out
> > > at
> > >
> org.apache.lucene.store.Lock.obtain(Lock.java:97)
> > > at
> > >
> >
>
org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.<init>(IndexWriter.java:173)
> > > at
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > I open the writer by calling:
> > > return new IndexWriter(INDEX_DIR, analyzer,
> > false);
> > >
> > > where analyzer=new StandardAnalyzer();
> > >
> > > I get the reader by calling:
> > > IndexReader reader=IndexReader.open(INDEX_DIR);
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > > Gabe
> > >
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