## org.apache.lucene.store
Class Directory

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

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Closeable

Direct Known Subclasses:
  CompoundFileDirectory, FileSwitchDirectory, FSDirectory, NRTCachingDirectory, RAMDirectory, RateLimitedDirectoryWrapper, TrackingDirectoryWrapper

    public abstract class Directory

extends Object
implements Closeable

A Directory is a flat list of files. Files may be written once, when they are created. Once a file is created it may only be opened for read, or deleted. Random access is permitted both when reading and writing.

Java's i/o APIs not used directly, but rather all i/o is through this API. This permits things such as:

- implementation of RAM-based indices;
- implementation indices stored in a database, via JDBC;
- implementation of an index as a single file;

Directory locking is implemented by an instance of `LockFactory`, and can be changed for each Directory instance using `setLockFactory(org.apache.lucene.store.LockFactory)`.

Nested Class Summary
`class` `Directory.IndexInputSlicer` Allows to create one or more sliced `IndexInput` instances from a single file handle.

Field Summary
`protected boolean` `isOpen`
`protected LockFactory` `lockFactory` Holds the LockFactory instance (implements locking for this Directory instance).

Constructor Summary
`Directory()`

Method Summary
`void` `clearLock(String name)` Attempt to clear (forcefully unlock and remove) the specified lock.
`abstract void` `close()` Closes the store.
`void` `copy(Directory to, String src, String dest, IOContext context)` Copies the file src to `Directory` to under the new file name dest.
`abstract 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.
`abstract void` `deleteFile(String name)` Removes an existing file in the directory.
`protected void` `ensureOpen()`
`abstract boolean` `fileExists(String name)` Returns true iff a file with the given name exists.
`abstract long` `fileLength(String name)` Returns the length of a file in the directory.
`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.
`abstract String[]` `listAll()` Returns an array of strings, one for each file in the directory.
`Lock` `makeLock(String name)` Construct a `Lock`.
`abstract IndexInput` `openInput(String name, IOContext context)` Returns a stream reading an existing file, with the specified read buffer size.
`void` `setLockFactory(LockFactory lockFactory)` Set the LockFactory that this Directory instance should use for its locking implementation.
`abstract void` `sync(Collection<String> names)` Ensure that any writes to these files are moved to stable storage.
`String` `toString()`

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

Field Detail

### isOpen

    protected volatile boolean isOpen

### lockFactory

    protected LockFactory lockFactory

  Holds the LockFactory instance (implements locking for this Directory instance).

Constructor Detail

### Directory

    public Directory()

Method Detail

### listAll

    public abstract String[] listAll()
                              throws IOException

  Returns an array of strings, one for each file in the directory.

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

### fileExists

    public abstract boolean fileExists(String name)
                                throws IOException

  Returns true iff a file with the given name exists.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### deleteFile

    public abstract void deleteFile(String name)
                             throws IOException

  Removes an existing file in the directory.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### fileLength

    public abstract long fileLength(String name)
                             throws IOException

  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.

  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.

### createOutput

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

  Creates a new, empty file in the directory with the given name. Returns a stream writing this file.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### sync

    public abstract void sync(Collection<String> names)
                       throws IOException

  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.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### openInput

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

  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`.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### makeLock

    public Lock makeLock(String name)

  Construct a `Lock`.

  Parameters:
    `name` - the name of the lock file

### clearLock

    public void clearLock(String name)
                   throws IOException

  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.

  Parameters:
    `name` - name of the lock to be cleared.
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### close

    public abstract void close()
                        throws IOException

  Closes the store.

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

### setLockFactory

    public void setLockFactory(LockFactory lockFactory)
                        throws IOException

  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).

  Parameters:
    `lockFactory` - instance of `LockFactory`.
  Throws:
    `IOException`

### getLockFactory

    public LockFactory getLockFactory()

  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.

### getLockID

    public String getLockID()

  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.

### toString

    public String toString()

  Overrides:
    `toString` in class `Object`

### copy

    public void copy(Directory to,
                     String src,
                     String dest,
                     IOContext context)
              throws IOException

  Copies the file src to `Directory` to under the new file name dest.

  If you want to copy the entire source directory to the destination one, you can do so like this:

       Directory to; // the directory to copy to
       for (String file : dir.listAll()) {
         dir.copy(to, file, newFile, IOContext.DEFAULT); // newFile can be either file, or a new name
       }

  NOTE: this method does not check whether dest exist and will overwrite it if it does.

  Throws:
    `IOException`

### createSlicer

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

  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.

  Throws:
    `IOException` - if an `IOException` occurs
  WARNING: This API is experimental and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.
  NOTE: This API is for internal purposes only and might change in incompatible ways in the next release.

### ensureOpen

    protected final void ensureOpen()
                             throws AlreadyClosedException

  Throws:
    `AlreadyClosedException` - if this Directory is closed

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