[jira] Updated: (LUCENE-2316) Define clear semantics for Directory.fileLength

["Shai Erera (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Shai Erera updated LUCENE-2316:
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    Fix Version/s: 3.1

> Define clear semantics for Directory.fileLength
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LUCENE-2316
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2316
>             Project: Lucene - Java
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Index
>            Reporter: Shai Erera
>            Assignee: Shai Erera
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 3.1, 4.0
>
>         Attachments: LUCENE-2316.patch
>
>
> On this thread: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/lucene-java-dev/201003.mbox/%3C126142c1003121525v24499625u1589bbef4c0792e7@mail.gmail.com%3E it was mentioned that Directory's fileLength behavior is not consistent between Directory implementations if the given file name does not exist. FSDirectory returns a 0 length while RAMDirectory throws FNFE.
> The problem is that the semantics of fileLength() are not defined. As proposed in the thread, we'll define the following semantics:
> * Returns the length of the file denoted by <code>name</code> if the file exists. The return value may be anything between 0 and Long.MAX_VALUE.
> * Throws FileNotFoundException if the file does not exist. Note that you can call dir.fileExists(name) if you are not sure whether the file exists or not.
> For backwards we'll create a new method w/ clear semantics. Something like:
> {code}
> /**
>  * @deprecated the method will become abstract when #fileLength(name) has been removed.
>  */
> public long getFileLength(String name) throws IOException {
>   long len = fileLength(name);
>   if (len == 0 && !fileExists(name)) {
>     throw new FileNotFoundException(name);
>   }
>   return len;
> }
> {code}
> The first line just calls the current impl. If it throws exception for a non-existing file, we're ok. The second line verifies whether a 0 length is for an existing file or not and throws an exception appropriately.

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