>From the quick scan of the entry, I would say the entry is still true. This is not an issue of being thread safe or not, really.
The jGuru Lucene FAQ is more up to date anyway, so I suggest you check that one. Otis --- Brandon Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ooops, sorry, found this on the mailing list referring to 3.41: > (maybe > someone should update the FAQ item?) > > > From: Doug Cutting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Searching while optimizing > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:25:41 -0700 > > That is an old FAQ item. Lucene has been thread safe for a while > now. > > > * Brandon Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-03-16 12:51]: > | Hi. In the Lucene FAQ, 3.41; it's stated: > | > http://lucene.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/faq/faqmanager.cgi?file=chapter.search&toc=faq#q41 > | > | 41. Can I modify the index while performing ongoing searches ? > | > | Yes and no. At the time of writing this FAQ (June 2001), Lucene > is not > | thread safe in this regard. Here is a quote from Doug Cutting, > the > | creator of Lucene: > | > | The problems are only when you add documents or optimize an > | index, and then search with an IndexReader that was > constructed > | before those changes to the index were made. > | > | A possible work around is to perform the index updates in a > parable > | and separate index and switch to the new index when its updating > is > | ... > | > | Is this still true? Looking on the mailing list, it seems like > people > | are doing this w/ the caveat that any Readers created will not > include > | documents added by any subsequent Writers. > | > | Also, this FAQ does not state the consequences of this - will > Lucene > | crash if using a Reader where a subsequent Writer adds documents? > How > | about in the case of optimize? > | > | Thanks for any help. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
