FSDirectoryFactory.java

package org.apache.maven.index.updater;

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory;

/**
 * FSDirectoryFactory allows host application choose specific FSDirectory implementation used during index update. This
 * is useful in some environments where default Lucene heuristics results in suboptimal choice of FSDirectory. For
 * example, MMapDirectory used by default on 64 bit Linux JDK results in heavy operating system swap with certain Linux
 * configuration and host application can choose NIOFSDirectory to avoid the problem.
 */
public interface FSDirectoryFactory
{
    /**
     * Default implementation that lets Lucene choose FSDirectory implementation.
     */
    public static final FSDirectoryFactory DEFAULT = new FSDirectoryFactory()
    {
        public FSDirectory open( File indexDir )
            throws IOException
        {
            return FSDirectory.open( indexDir.toPath() );
        }
    };

    public FSDirectory open( File indexDir )
        throws IOException;
}