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Posted to java-user@lucene.apache.org by Philip Brown <pm...@us.ibm.com> on 2006/09/01 00:24:00 UTC
Lock error attempting update of RAMDirectory index
I'm getting the following error trying to instantiate an IndexModifier on a
RAMDirectory index:
java.io.IOException: Lock obtain timed out:
org.apache.lucene.store.RAMDirectory$1@a336b7
at org.apache.lucene.store.Lock.obtain(Lock.java(Compiled Code))
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.<init>(IndexWriter.java:254)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexWriter.<init>(IndexWriter.java:244)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexModifier.init(IndexModifier.java:148)
at org.apache.lucene.index.IndexModifier.<init>(IndexModifier.java:111)
...
Here's some background:
I have a web application where, upon startup, this RAMDirectory is created
and loaded with a set of values from 2 databases. When a user makes a call
to do a delete or add of data, it should update not only the database
(obviously) but also the RAMDirectory index, such that the 2 are always in
sync with one another.
It was my thought to have a static class which calls an update method on
itself every X number of minutes to recreate/reload the RAMDirectory index
from the database -- this in addition to the simultaneous updates to
RAMDirectory (removal of documents and adding of documents) and database to
keep the data in sync. Then, I should be able to just use searching
capabilities that Lucene offers to get the data requested by the user,
rather than issuing tons of select queries to the databases.
What is causing this error, and how do I fix? What would be a good approach
for achieving the goal of database and index synchronization?
Thanks in advance,
Philip
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Re: Lock error attempting update of RAMDirectory index
Posted by Michael McCandless <lu...@mikemccandless.com>.
>>> You probably forgot to close an IndexWriter?
>> Well, I wish it were that easy...I open one IndexWriter to write the
>> documents to the index after it is created, and then call writer.optimize()
>> and writer.close(). Your suggestion is a good one in that, from what I've
>> read, the writer needs to be closed to release the lock file. Apparently,
>> there is more to it than that. Also, this doesn't happen consistently --
>> just occasionally.
>
> Set a breakpoint, print the stacktrace of a new instance of Exception to
> your log, or do something similar in the lock methods of Lucene so you
> will find out what code of yours lock and unlocks the index.
>
> I'm quite convinced you forget to close something. Or perhaps you try to
> modify at the same time as you insert documents.
Why do you need an IndexWriter at all? Can't you open a single
IndexModifier and use to do all adds/deletes against your RAMDirectory?
Or maybe I'm not understanding the full context...
Mike
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Re: Lock error attempting update of RAMDirectory index
Posted by karl wettin <ka...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 19:34 -0700, Philip Brown wrote:
karl wettin-3 wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 15:24 -0700, Philip Brown wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm getting the following error trying to instantiate an IndexModifier
> >> on a RAMDirectory index:
> >>
> >> java.io.IOException: Lock obtain timed out:
> >> org.apache.lucene.store.RAMDirectory$1@a336b7
> >
> > You probably forgot to close an IndexWriter?
>
> Well, I wish it were that easy...I open one IndexWriter to write the
> documents to the index after it is created, and then call writer.optimize()
> and writer.close(). Your suggestion is a good one in that, from what I've
> read, the writer needs to be closed to release the lock file. Apparently,
> there is more to it than that. Also, this doesn't happen consistently --
> just occasionally.
Set a breakpoint, print the stacktrace of a new instance of Exception to
your log, or do something similar in the lock methods of Lucene so you
will find out what code of yours lock and unlocks the index.
I'm quite convinced you forget to close something. Or perhaps you try to
modify at the same time as you insert documents.
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Re: Lock error attempting update of RAMDirectory index
Posted by Philip Brown <pm...@us.ibm.com>.
Well, I wish it were that easy...I open one IndexWriter to write the
documents to the index after it is created, and then call writer.optimize()
and writer.close(). Your suggestion is a good one in that, from what I've
read, the writer needs to be closed to release the lock file. Apparently,
there is more to it than that. Also, this doesn't happen consistently --
just occasionally.
Thanks.
karl wettin-3 wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 15:24 -0700, Philip Brown wrote:
>>
>> I'm getting the following error trying to instantiate an IndexModifier
>> on a RAMDirectory index:
>>
>> java.io.IOException: Lock obtain timed out:
>> org.apache.lucene.store.RAMDirectory$1@a336b7
>
> You probably forgot to close an IndexWriter?
>
>
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Re: Lock error attempting update of RAMDirectory index
Posted by karl wettin <ka...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 15:24 -0700, Philip Brown wrote:
>
> I'm getting the following error trying to instantiate an IndexModifier
> on a RAMDirectory index:
>
> java.io.IOException: Lock obtain timed out:
> org.apache.lucene.store.RAMDirectory$1@a336b7
You probably forgot to close an IndexWriter?
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