NOTE: This constructor is now obsolete.

This constructor will be removed in the 3.0 release. Use IndexWriter(string, Analyzer, bool, MaxFieldLength) instead, and call Commit() when needed

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Constructs an IndexWriter for the index in

path

. Text will be analyzed with

a

. If

create

is true, then a new, empty index will be created in

path

, replacing the index already there, if any.

Throws CorruptIndexException if the index is corrupt

Throws LockObtainFailedException if another writer has this index open (

write.lock

could not be obtained)

Throws System.IO.IOException if the directory cannot be read/written to, or if it does not exist and

create

is

false

or if there is any other low-level IO error

Parameters

path

the path to the index directory

a

the analyzer to use

create

true

to create the index or overwrite the existing one;

false

to append to the existing index

See Also

IndexWriter Class | Lucene.Net.Index Namespace | IndexWriter Constructor Overload List

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