## org.apache.lucene.store
Class NRTCachingDirectory

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.lucene.store.Directory
          org.apache.lucene.store.NRTCachingDirectory

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Closeable

    public class NRTCachingDirectory

extends Directory

Wraps a `RAMDirectory` around any provided delegate directory, to be used during NRT search.

This class is likely only useful in a near-real-time context, where indexing rate is lowish but reopen rate is highish, resulting in many tiny files being written. This directory keeps such segments (as well as the segments produced by merging them, as long as they are small enough), in RAM.

This is safe to use: when your app calls {IndexWriter#commit}, all cached files will be flushed from the cached and sync'd.

Here's a simple example usage:

       Directory fsDir = FSDirectory.open(new File("/path/to/index"));
       NRTCachingDirectory cachedFSDir = new NRTCachingDirectory(fsDir, 5.0, 60.0);
       IndexWriterConfig conf = new IndexWriterConfig(Version.LUCENE_32, analyzer);
       IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(cachedFSDir, conf);

This will cache all newly flushed segments, all merges whose expected segment size is <= 5 MB, unless the net cached bytes exceeds 60 MB at which point all writes will not be cached (until the net bytes falls below 60 MB).

WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.lucene.store.Directory
`Directory.IndexInputSlicer`

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.lucene.store.Directory
`isOpen, lockFactory`

Constructor Summary
`NRTCachingDirectory(Directory delegate, double maxMergeSizeMB, double maxCachedMB)` We will cache a newly created output if 1) it's a flush or a merge and the estimated size of the merged segment is <= maxMergeSizeMB, and 2) the total cached bytes is <= maxCachedMB

Method Summary
`void` `clearLock(String name)` Attempt to clear (forcefully unlock and remove) the specified lock.
`void` `close()` Close this directory, which flushes any cached files to the delegate and then closes the delegate.
`IndexOutput` `createOutput(String name, IOContext context)` Creates a new, empty file in the directory with the given name.
`Directory.IndexInputSlicer` `createSlicer(String name, IOContext context)` Creates an `Directory.IndexInputSlicer` for the given file name.
`void` `deleteFile(String name)` Removes an existing file in the directory.
`protected boolean` `doCacheWrite(String name, IOContext context)` Subclass can override this to customize logic; return true if this file should be written to the RAMDirectory.
`boolean` `fileExists(String name)` Returns true iff a file with the given name exists.
`long` `fileLength(String name)` Returns the length of a file in the directory.
`Directory` `getDelegate()`
`LockFactory` `getLockFactory()` Get the LockFactory that this Directory instance is using for its locking implementation.
`String` `getLockID()` Return a string identifier that uniquely differentiates this Directory instance from other Directory instances.
`String[]` `listAll()` Returns an array of strings, one for each file in the directory.
`String[]` `listCachedFiles()`
`Lock` `makeLock(String name)` Construct a `Lock`.
`IndexInput` `openInput(String name, IOContext context)` Returns a stream reading an existing file, with the specified read buffer size.
`void` `setLockFactory(LockFactory lf)` Set the LockFactory that this Directory instance should use for its locking implementation.
`long` `sizeInBytes()` Returns how many bytes are being used by the RAMDirectory cache
`void` `sync(Collection<String> fileNames)` Ensure that any writes to these files are moved to stable storage.
`String` `toString()`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.lucene.store.Directory
`copy, ensureOpen`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### NRTCachingDirectory

    public NRTCachingDirectory(Directory delegate,
                               double maxMergeSizeMB,
                               double maxCachedMB)

  We will cache a newly created output if 1) it's a flush or a merge and the estimated size of the merged segment is <= maxMergeSizeMB, and 2) the total cached bytes is <= maxCachedMB

Method Detail

### getDelegate

    public Directory getDelegate()

### getLockFactory

    public LockFactory getLockFactory()

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Get the LockFactory that this Directory instance is using for its locking implementation. Note that this may be null for Directory implementations that provide their own locking implementation.

  Overrides:
    `getLockFactory` in class `Directory`

### setLockFactory

    public void setLockFactory(LockFactory lf)
                        throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Set the LockFactory that this Directory instance should use for its locking implementation. Each * instance of LockFactory should only be used for one directory (ie, do not share a single instance across multiple Directories).

  Overrides:
    `setLockFactory` in class `Directory`
  Parameters:
    `lf` - instance of `LockFactory`.
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### getLockID

    public String getLockID()

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Return a string identifier that uniquely differentiates this Directory instance from other Directory instances. This ID should be the same if two Directory instances (even in different JVMs and/or on different machines) are considered "the same index". This is how locking "scopes" to the right index.

  Overrides:
    `getLockID` in class `Directory`

### makeLock

    public Lock makeLock(String name)

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Construct a `Lock`.

  Overrides:
    `makeLock` in class `Directory`
  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the lock file

### clearLock

    public void clearLock(String name)
                   throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Attempt to clear (forcefully unlock and remove) the specified lock. Only call this at a time when you are certain this lock is no longer in use.

  Overrides:
    `clearLock` in class `Directory`
  Parameters:
    `name` - name of the lock to be cleared.
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### toString

    public String toString()

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Directory`

### listAll

    public String[] listAll()
                     throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Returns an array of strings, one for each file in the directory.

  Specified by:
    `listAll` in class `Directory`
  Throws:
    `NoSuchDirectoryException` - if the directory is not prepared for any write operations (such as `Directory.createOutput(String, IOContext)`).
    `IOException` - in case of other IO errors

### sizeInBytes

    public long sizeInBytes()

  Returns how many bytes are being used by the RAMDirectory cache

### fileExists

    public boolean fileExists(String name)
                       throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Returns true iff a file with the given name exists.

  Specified by:
    `fileExists` in class `Directory`
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### deleteFile

    public void deleteFile(String name)
                    throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Removes an existing file in the directory.

  Specified by:
    `deleteFile` in class `Directory`
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### fileLength

    public long fileLength(String name)
                    throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Returns the length of a file in the directory. This method follows the following contract:
  - Throws `FileNotFoundException` if the file does not exist
  - Returns a value ≥0 if the file exists, which specifies its length.

  Specified by:
    `fileLength` in class `Directory`
  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the file for which to return the length.
  Throws:
    `FileNotFoundException` - if the file does not exist.
    `IOException` - if there was an IO error while retrieving the file's length.

### listCachedFiles

    public String[] listCachedFiles()

### createOutput

    public IndexOutput createOutput(String name,
                                    IOContext context)
                             throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Creates a new, empty file in the directory with the given name. Returns a stream writing this file.

  Specified by:
    `createOutput` in class `Directory`
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### sync

    public void sync(Collection<String> fileNames)
              throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Ensure that any writes to these files are moved to stable storage. Lucene uses this to properly commit changes to the index, to prevent a machine/OS crash from corrupting the index.
  NOTE: Clients may call this method for same files over and over again, so some impls might optimize for that. For other impls the operation can be a noop, for various reasons.

  Specified by:
    `sync` in class `Directory`
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### openInput

    public IndexInput openInput(String name,
                                IOContext context)
                         throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Returns a stream reading an existing file, with the specified read buffer size. The particular Directory implementation may ignore the buffer size. Currently the only Directory implementations that respect this parameter are `FSDirectory` and `CompoundFileDirectory`.

  Specified by:
    `openInput` in class `Directory`
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### createSlicer

    public Directory.IndexInputSlicer createSlicer(String name,
                                                   IOContext context)
                                            throws IOException

  Description copied from class: `Directory`
  Creates an `Directory.IndexInputSlicer` for the given file name. IndexInputSlicer allows other `Directory` implementations to efficiently open one or more sliced `IndexInput` instances from a single file handle. The underlying file handle is kept open until the `Directory.IndexInputSlicer` is closed.

  Overrides:
    `createSlicer` in class `Directory`
  Throws:
    `IOException` - if an `IOException` occurs

### close

    public void close()
               throws IOException

  Close this directory, which flushes any cached files to the delegate and then closes the delegate.

  Specified by:
    `close` in interface `Closeable`
  Specified by:
    `close` in class `Directory`
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### doCacheWrite

    protected boolean doCacheWrite(String name,
                                   IOContext context)

  Subclass can override this to customize logic; return true if this file should be written to the RAMDirectory.

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