abort() method for IndexOutput [LUCENE-2818]
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Description
I'd like to see abort() method on IndexOutput that silently (no exceptions) closes IO and then does silent papaDir.deleteFile(this.fileName()).
This will simplify a bunch of error recovery code for IndexWriter and friends, but constitutes an API backcompat break.
What do you think?
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Migrated from [LUCENE-2818](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-2818) by Earwin Burrfoot, updated Dec 18 2010
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Research direction
Start by reading IndexOutput and the IndexWriter error-recovery paths that the issue says would be simplified. Compare the proposed abort() behavior—silent IO close followed by silent deletion through papaDir.deleteFile(this.fileName())—with the API compatibility constraints; done means the behavior and backcompat decision are settled.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
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- 25/100